Argumentative Essay

To Wear or Not to Wear School Uniform?

Let us change students’ life at school by making school uniforms compulsory. Uniforms improve discipline, self-esteem and self-respect. Instead buying leisure clothes for your children every month it would be better to buy a school uniform once a year. School uniforms make differences between students from different school and it causes a sort of heed and pride. Therefore, school uniforms help solve many problems. The first recorded use of standardized dress in education may have been in England in 1222, when the Archbishop of Canterbury mandated that students wear a robe-like outfit called the "cappa clausa." 

School Uniforms improve students’ attendance and they are free to concentrate on their lessons. They don’t need to spend time on gossips about someone’s clothes and they concentrate on studying. They get use with the idea that they have the same rights and become careless about look of others. On the other hand, uniforms can decrease the child’s comfort level and attentiveness while attending lessons. This problem can be solved by explaining to him that wearing such a uniform is an honour and privilege.

Uniforms will also lower the bullying and the violence in school. They will lower economical, racial or social discrimination. Rich students would not share their new and expensive cloths and they would not make fun of students who are dressed simpler and more modest than they would. No one will be judged because of what they are wearing, because they dress too simple or too nerdy. Nevertheless, another problem can arise. A child wearing uniform can be the target for bullying of students from different schools. However, more violence will be if a child wears the same clothes every year while other children have new clothes once a month.

Students need less time to prepare and get ready for school in the morning and they reduce the pressure of deciding what dress to wear. School is not a fashion show where their appearance is the most important. With school uniforms, students will save their time in the morning. They will not spend a lot of time in front of the wardrobe choosing their best outfit and they will not spend their time in front of the mirror making the best make-up. However, there is another problem that these uniforms would restrict self-expression. Instead, students are free to wear what they want on weekends and vacations when they can share their style to everyone.

According to figures released in 2014 by the National Centre for Education Statistics, the total number of public schools nationwide requiring students to wear school uniforms increased from 13% during the 2003-2004 school year to 19% during the 2011-2012 school year. It is a proof that pro-arguments are strong. Students should be simple, more careless about trends and fashion at their schools because these will not help them to learn harder or pass the exams. School is the place for studying, for improving the discipline, for education and progress. 

Expository Essay

Likely Consequences of Dropping Out of School.

Our century is characterized by materialism. Parents are busy at work with the intention to make money and have no time to spend with their children. They think that money is the most important thing and a way to express their love to them. Children become uncontrolled and too independent. In the Middle School and in the High School children are obsessed by brand clothes, expensive Smartphones and social networks where they share everything about them, their personal life, wishes and thoughts. They live there. All of these take all their time and they don’t have time to study. Consequently, they don’t pass the exams or just drop out of school before them. Reasons of dropping out of school may be unexpected pregnancy, avoid bullying, family emergency, poor grades, depression or just boredom. Moreover, bad influence from the sort of “friends” who make them try drugs and alcohol or some other bad habits turning them into addiction. Therefore, they have problems with law, with their families, good friends and school administration. They don’t realize consequences of dropping out of school.

        The first problem that dropouts face is that most employers require a high school diploma credential to be considered for employment, making it even more difficult for dropouts to earn an income. If they obtain a job, they have a lower economic gain compared with high school graduates. Employers cannot pay a salary to a person without a high school diploma similarly as to a graduate one. Employers cannot be sure in dropout’s skills, knowledge and competence. Thereupon, dropouts are not able to access the wealth producing assets such as retirement pensions, which employers often offer as a benefit. In 2001, 45% of adult high school dropouts were unemployed compared to 26% of high school graduates and 13% of graduates from a four-year college.

Another problem is lack of access to Higher Education. Let us presume that after some time dropouts realize their mistakes and want to continue their study at college or at trade school in order to take a diploma. They will have difficulties in gaining access to financial aid from colleges or trade schools. In fact, most universities and trade schools require students to have a high school diploma before they are accepted into a program. Therefore, the lack of diploma affects their self-esteem and psychological well-being. Their lack of knowledge and skills is an obstacle to their desires and a higher income.
 

The third problem is that Dropouts are 3.5 times more likely than high school graduates to be incarcerated during their lifetime. They become hopeless, disappointed and unsure about tomorrow. The increased likelihood of poverty, along with the decreased access to higher education and career opportunities makes high school dropouts predisposed to crime and possibly substance abuse. Additionally, The Education Testing Service reports that 40 percent of all incarcerated 16 to 24-year-olds in the United States are high school dropouts. Also, 90% of the 11,000 youth in detention facilities have no more than a 9th grade education.

Of course, there are more likely consequences of dropping out of school, but these are the most significant. Teenagers should realize that graduation from school is the turning point. It marks not only the beginning of their adult life but also opens higher education and career opportunities. Parents should talk to their children about the advantages of the High School graduation and about the disadvantages of its lack. 21^st century presuppose development, progress and convenience. All of these are impossible without knowledge, studying and endeavour. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you’ve imagined.