Maybe we should just do away with school uniforms

Now that disputes over school uniforms have refused to die, maybe we should just do away with them. Every child – nay, every parent – should be accorded the fundamental freedom of expression. Otherwise, a uniform policy replete with a whole range of exceptions defeats the very meaning of the word itself. The word “uniform” is defined simply in the dictionary to refer to being the same. Thus, the critical purpose of school uniforms is to help students look the same, thereby downplaying their social, economic, or religious differences. However, some are strongly opposed to this very fact. Their argument is that dressing, beyond just covering our nakedness, is a means of expression. Therefore, requiring all students to wear the same clothes, or limiting them as to what they can wear, disrupts their sense of identity and curtails self-expression.