For the majority of a student's school life they are required to wear a specific uniform and look a certain way so they blend in with the rest of the school, but how is preventing them from expressing themselves benefiting their education? I can confidently say I am not alone in believing that children should be given permission to express themselves through their style and would strongly encourage them to be able to look how they want to look.
Self expression plays a big part in a persons life and having the chance to be their own person is being restricted for all of their school years because of schools banning students from wearing their own clothes and choosing how they want to look. You spend your time teaching children to be themselves, to be confident with their style, to not be afraid to look different from others, yet as soon as they walk through the school doors you make them change anything which makes them stand out. I believe all students should be allowed to wear whatever they're comfortable in, not uniforms which they have been forced to wear. The main point of school is to make sure students get an education and have a good time, and I think getting rid of uniform would make their school lives happier. As many people mention, there is a risk of people getting bullied because of their style, and although I agree with this there is still a large amount of bullying in schools even with uniform. Most schools have non school uniform days at some point and there is never an increase in bullying just because students are wearing their own clothes. I don't think the amount of bullying in schools would change much just because of uniform changing.
One of the main reasons teachers are unhappy with students wearing their own uniform is because they believe school is for learning and not for dressing up, but giving students the chance to wear their own uniform isn't going to restrict their learning in any way. In college all students can wear their own clothes and there is no evidence to suggest that their learning is any worse off because of it. Teachers make students change their hair colour or remove piercings because they believe they will be a 'distraction to other students' but the fact of the matter is a student's grades are down to how much effort they put in to their learning, not what colour their hair is.
To conclude, I think students should at least be given the chance to wear their own clothes, wear their piercings and have their hair any colour. All students have their own personality, so why shouldn't you let them show it off through their uniform? I hope there are a lot of you who agree with my opinion and I hope those who didn't have been encouraged to question if non-uniform is really that bad. thank you.
Analysis
When writing in this specific genre I had to consider the audience I was aiming my speech at, the level of formality I was using and the different rhetorical devices I needed to make my speech successful. My speech was aimed at adults, so I kept the register formal and didn't add humour as I wanted to get my point across in a serious way. I made sure I kept the sentences fairly simple but added some formal language and varied the length of my sentences to keep it engaging. I structured it so that I had some kind of introduction and conclusion, then planned the two points I was going to make and separated them into different paragraphs. In terms of rhetorical devices, I tried to add a few in but not overload my speech with them. I used rhetorical questions to add effect and variation to my speech, and also added triplets as it is an effective rhetorical device to use because people remember things better in threes. I used synthetic personalisation and pronouns to directly address the audience and give them the impression that I was speaking to them directly.
To conclude, I think students should at least be given the chance to wear their own clothes, wear their piercings and have their hair any colour. All students have their own personality, so why shouldn't you let them show it off through their uniform? I hope there are a lot of you who agree with my opinion and I hope those who didn't have been encouraged to question if non-uniform is really that bad. thank you.
Analysis
When writing in this specific genre I had to consider the audience I was aiming my speech at, the level of formality I was using and the different rhetorical devices I needed to make my speech successful. My speech was aimed at adults, so I kept the register formal and didn't add humour as I wanted to get my point across in a serious way. I made sure I kept the sentences fairly simple but added some formal language and varied the length of my sentences to keep it engaging. I structured it so that I had some kind of introduction and conclusion, then planned the two points I was going to make and separated them into different paragraphs. In terms of rhetorical devices, I tried to add a few in but not overload my speech with them. I used rhetorical questions to add effect and variation to my speech, and also added triplets as it is an effective rhetorical device to use because people remember things better in threes. I used synthetic personalisation and pronouns to directly address the audience and give them the impression that I was speaking to them directly.
