... uniforms, in my opinion, are a good idea. They are very professional looking; they are cheaper than buying clothes twice a month, and they show school spirit. This also means we don't have to worry much about ... lasting effect. On my first day of high school in the late 90's, I was surprised by what I thought were the most bizarre clothes. Students worn torn clothes and baggy pants, and had dyed hair. Dressing outside of what is expected can be a distraction that works against a goal a person ... is trying to accomplish. Different outfits would be worn when someone go for a job intervie...

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... needs. Grant only is worried about his physical need like clothing and food. "Anything I ought to take him?" (Rev. Ambrose pg. 101) "Food, I suppose. Maybe some clean clothes. I can't think of anything else." (Grant pg. 101) "I was thinking more about the Bible." (Rev. Ambrose pg. 101). Reverend Ambrose is irritated that Grant does not have ... like the toughest or strongest person. Throughout the story, Grant had the idea that he was effecting Jefferson's life, not Jefferson affecting his and the community's lives. Vivian was extremely torn from this tragedy to the community. She felt ...

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... teach. He was also head of Tuskegee University. Mr. Washington's life experience's taught him that everything has a time and a place. He painted a picture of a boy in a filthy room with torn and ragged clothes, reading a French book. He believed that man must have skills and should be able to provide for himself and his family. He was speaking of economic freedom. He was ... ...

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... financial backgrounds attending the same school students may be under pressure, and possibly ridiculed because of failure to conform to the latest fashion trends. Everybody wearing the same styles of clothes might eliminate that. In response to growing levels of violence in our schools, many parents, teachers, and school officials have come to see school uniforms as one positive way to ... school safety and discipline. California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia have already enacted school uniform regulations. Even though social and...

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... to wear blue trousers and penny loafers to play ball on the weekend? Parents are still going to have to fork out money for regular clothes. Also, what happens when an article of the uniform gets ripped, torn, or stained? There goes a bunch more money for replacements. In a recent pole taken in New York of 1,000 parents who had to wear school ... ...

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