Argumentative Essay

Some people say that school uniform should be abolished. What are your views?
In all schools in Singapore, for primary and secondary schools, as well as college, students are required to wear the school uniform. However, over the years Singapore has been getting a lot of criticism from the students due to this. Students feel that the school uniform should be abolished as it takes away their rights to wear what they want, and should not be forced to wear school uniforms. However, I feel that the school uniform is extremely important in the education system of Singapore, it is here to stay.

The school uniform is important because it adds trustworthiness and comfort to others. For example, let us compare; imagine in your mind a teenager, with long hair and long beard, what would your thoughts be? You would probably not be as comfortable around this teenager as you are, even with the same teenager around, just with a school uniform, clean shaven beard and crew cut hair. This shows us that the school uniform is useful in presenting a studious and formal image to the world.

The school uniform also instills a sense of belonging to the school. Take for instance a student from a certain school wears the school uniform. He is bound to feel a sense that he belongs to the school. In this aspect, the school uniform has once again shown the advantages of making school uniform. When students wear the school uniform, regardless of poor or rich, Malay or Chinese, all will come together to study and play. This shows how important it is to have the school uniform system implemented.

The school uniform also helps to control the behavior of a student in public. As we know, many times when a student goes to another location directly from school, most of the time they are wearing school uniform. This school uniform upholds the pride of the school. When wearing it, students try their best to be role models outside, and show the world that they are proud to be in the school they are in. They show that the school they are in is capable of producing students with values, thus adding to the reputation of the school.

In general, I feel that the school uniform should be kept and retained as the speciality of Singapore’s education system. Even though there may be many problems and arguments about the school uniform, the merits outweigh the demerits. The school uniform is here to stay.