Journal #30

I do not think Pleasant Plains should wear uniforms. Pleasant Plains already has a dress code that is followed strictly. If people are in violation of the dress code, either our principal, vice principal, or one of the teachers almost immediately says something to that person, telling them to change. We used to have a rule against holes in jeans, but it was not followed very well and our administration always just covered the holes in the jeans with duct tape, so the punishment was never very bad. They have since changed that rule, now allowing us to have holes in our jeans, and it has made things a lot easier. Since they realized that their punishment was insufficient, they realized that students would keep having holes in their jeans, because there was never much done about it. Now they realize that they have made things easier for everyone by allowing us to have holes in our jeans to a certain extent. Since our administration handles the dress code and dress code violations so well, I do not think we need uniforms. Also, in schools that do wear uniforms, people often change those uniforms or add things to them so that they will have their own individual take on the uniform, which kind of defeats the purpose. I think it makes the uniforms ineffective, making the whole effort useless. People will always figure out ways to get around the dress code and wear at least something that they want to wear, no matter what the dress code is, whether they are uniforms or not. I think uniforms just make everything more complicated, because people will end up being a lot pickier about what they want and about what they will accept. People can also be a lot crabbier when they must wear uniforms and they do not want to. They could become more rebellious, because they could be so upset. People can do a lot of different things with uniforms, and while they might be good in some places, I do not think uniforms would be a good idea in Pleasant Plains High School.