PROS & CONS OF SCHOOL UNIFORM
BY PETER LEE
Students at Shanghai Livingston American
School (SLAS) have different opinions on the
school uniform. There are some students who
support wearing a uniform, while there are other
students who oppose wearing a uniform. While
there are many contrasting opinions, it`s
important to develop a non-biased and
balanced viewpoint.
Wearing the school uniform give us benefits.
Some say the uniform looks nice because it has
the school symbol on it and it makes students
to admire the school.
Andy Lee, a 7th grade student said, “It doesn`t
feel comfortable to wear the school uniform and
it`s unfashionable. It easily gets damaged when
we play sports. The inner uniform fabric is very
Hasung Jeong, a 9th grade student said, itchy. It is not processed well so students don`t
“Honestly, the uniforms are not bad! They are want to wear the uniform.”
way cheaper than “branded” clothes. If our
school allowed us to wear any kind of clothing There is a big contrast between the two groups
that we wanted, then there would be of students who support and oppose the
competition amongst students. Also some uniform policy. However, both of the groups
branded clothing has unsuitable designs or want their school uniform to improve and to be
(inappropriate) words on the surface. So I of better quality. This will greatly improve
support the student uniform policy at our student use while they play sports.
school.”
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