By Mikono Motomori
In Japan, most students wear school uniforms. Japanese school uniforms have a history of over 120 years, so there are a lot of types of school uniforms in Japan. Recently, the number of schools which don’t have school uniforms has increased because of diversity. However, students should be required to wear uniforms in school from the three perspectives of responsibility of students, convenience for students and reducing economic burden for students.
First, school uniforms play a role to discourage students from crime. People can judge students whether they are junior high school students or high school students and what schools they are from by their school uniforms. Therefore, students can’t do any bad things when they are on their way home and students begin to take more responsibility for their actions. In addition, it is unlikely that they could get involved in some trouble because school uniforms stand out. If there is a student wearing school uniform and the student seems to be doing suspicious behavior or to be talking to suspicious person, local people will help the student and call the police. School uniforms can be a prevention of crime.
Second, it is convenient to wear certain outfits. Students go to school almost every day and they have to go to school early, so it is so hard for them to choose their outfits every morning. According to the company which sells school uniforms, to the question of what are good points of school uniforms, 75.4 percent of people said, “We don’t have to decide what to wear every morning.” So, if there are certain outfits to go to school, they don’t have to worry about their outfits every morning and they don’t waste time. In addition, school uniforms are formal wear in Japan, so students can go to any formal event, from weddings to funerals. If there aren’t school uniforms, people have to buy or rent new clothes for every event, so it is so useful for students wearing their school uniforms to be able to attend all formal events in Japan.
Third, school uniforms can reduce economic burden for students. For Japanese students, especially, junior high and high school students, both school uniforms and casual clothes are the same things. Students hang out with their friends, go to eat dinner with their family, go shopping and go to cram schools with their school uniforms after school. There is not much time to change their school uniforms to casual clothes in weekday, So, there is not much time to spend money on their clothes, either. And also, students can use their older brother’s and sister’s hand-me-downs. One of the good points to wear the same clothes is the time and money saving.
In conclusion, there are many good reasons for students to wear school uniforms. There is a lower possibility that students could get involved in trouble, they don’t have to worry about what to wear, and they don’t waste money. Therefore, students should wear school uniforms.
