Wearing a uniform is mandatory for school children in numerous countries. This essay will argue that the benefit of it outweigh its unsupported drawbacks. This essay will first highlight that inability of skipping school without permission of their parents and learning disciple are the two biggest benefit of wearing school dress. Subsequently, it will analyze the possible drawback and demonstrate its invalidity.
The predominant advantages of wearing school uniform is that children will be unable to skip school and they will learn discipline. After wearing school uniform, children stand out from casual cloth wearing people and if they try to skip school, they will attract special attention from people around them. This will realize them that they have done something incorrect. Consequently, they will avoid such situation and prefer to attend school instead. Furthermore, wearing uniform requires extra time which mandate children to get up early. This routine of getting up early and getting properly dressed for school, will teach them disciple which they will utilize throughout their whole life.
Those who take a contrary stance to aforementioned viewpoint assert that wearing a uniform is stressful for children the principal reason being the extra time required for them to wear school uniform. However this assertion lacks the empirical evidence. For instance, a survey conduced in South Korean schools who have mandated their children to wear school uniform failed to identify any stress experienced by them due to wearing uniform.
In conclusion, wearing school uniform is beneficial for children as it diminish the likelihood that school children will skip their school without having an clue to their parents and it teaches them discipline. These benefits overshadows the possible unsupported concern which is stress faced by children.