By Hazuki Kajiume
A topic that has been frequently debuted in recent years is whether students should go to school in uniforms of in private clothes. My position on this matter is that students should be required to wear uniforms in school. According to Kojien, a Japanese dictionary, uniforms are clothes that are designated to be worn by people belonging to a certain group. The advantages of wearing a uniform are economical, practical, and social.
First, uniforms are economical. According to the Kanko school uniforms company’s survey, some people say that uniforms are economical because people can reduce the amount of spending money for private clothes. The answer that school uniforms were economical was mainly from the parents of the students. If the school doesn’t have a uniform, students must wear private clothes to school every day. In that case, students will have to buy a lot of private clothes. By going to school in uniform, people can save money on clothes. Also, this is not good in terms of the environment either. In evidence of that the Ministry of the Environment says that buying less clothes will reduce the burden on the environment. A healthy environment is important to the economy on a large scale, while saving money is good for personal economy.
Second, students don’t have to care about school clothes by wearing a uniform. This is the most popular answer given by people in the same company’s survey above as an advantage of wearing school uniforms. Surprisingly, about 80 percent of respondents answered so in the survey. Some of the respondents said it was useless to spend time choosing clothes. Wearing school uniforms saves students time thinking about what to wear to school. In addition, uniforms are equal because clothing is not different from person to person. It is true that some people say that equality makes it difficult to show individuality in the questionnaire, but students should show their personality outside of their appearance, such as study, exercise, and social life. Requiring uniforms reduces mental pressure on young students with many other things to manage.
Finally, students can increase a sense of belonging. According to the dictionary, uniforms have the function of expressing the character of a certain group or group, and the purpose is to raise a sense of solidarity within the group and to specify occupations, classes, and roles externally. This is exactly the advantage of school. Uniforms vary from school to school, so people can know which school a student is from by looking at the students in uniform. This helps to identify which students attend which school. In addition, uniforms give a sense of unity. If students have a sense of belonging, a sense of unity is created in school. And if a sense of unity is created in school, students can spend a fulfilling school life.
As explained above, there are many benefits to students wearing uniforms in school, such as families can save money on clothing while saving the environment, students can save time on outfit planning, students can feel a sense of belonging at school and in society. Although not everyone prefers uniforms, they are important, useful, and encourage social harmony. Therefore, students should be required to wear uniforms in school.
