Uniforms

The school uniform is very common in most schools. It often comes as a combination of pants and suits for boys or skirts and suits for girls. The colour is usually the school's official colours, which are colours chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. The debate about school uniform's necessity is a much known one in many schools around the world, and there are many opinions supported by many advantages and disadvantages.
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One main advantage of the school uniform is the fact that it makes everyone equal. With the school uniform, you can't show off with fancy and expensive clothes and it prevents unnecessary competition between students over their clothing. Another advantage is a financial one. If there were no school uniforms, students would have needed more regular clothes to wear in(ww. - to) school. This kind of expense is something not all families can afford themselves(מיותר).
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But, school uniforms also have some disadvantages. The school uniform takes away individuality from students. Everybody looks the same and that is very problematic because every student is another person(ww. - differeny/unique) with other(ww. - different) preferences. This leads me to the second disadvantage – the school uniform takes away the freedom of choice. The students are forced to wear clothes they would not like for sure.
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To conclude, I really think there is no definitive answer whether the school uniform is necessary or not because it depends entirely upon one person's preferences and beliefs. This is why it is the topic of big discussions in many places around the world. It has a lot of advantages but also some disadvantages. Personally, I think (the) school uniform is necessary, but not in the European method, when students were full uniforms, including pants. In my school, students are allowed to pick the colour of their shirt and they can wear any pants they want - but the shirt must be a T-shirt with the sign of school(phr. - "..with the school symbol..") on it. I think that's the perfect method, because it doesn't hurt the freedom of choice and it still makes everyone equal.

Omer, where has the division into paragraphs gone??? I had to reorganize you whole essay. Still, on the whole, it's a very good essay. (92)

Daphna.

*Daphna,
I've seen what you wrote about me not giving an opinion on this issue, and you said I can't do that because that was an "opinion essay". In our website you never mentioned this was an opinion essay, you said "In assignment no. 12 you are asked to present arguments for and against the issue of.......school uniform". That's it. In the Word file dedicated to the essay you even wrote "conclude your essay and add your opinion, if you have one."So I logically assumed that if I don't have an opinion, I can just say I don't have an opinion, because – again, you never mentioned this was an opinion essay. If you wanted me to state my opinion no matter what, you should've said that in the Word file/our website.
Anyway, I did changed the ending.

Fine, I understand. However, I still can't find your 13th assignment, no matter how many times I visit your blog....was I not clear enough about that too...?
Daphna.