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Uniforms Limit Freedom of Expression

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? For my issue I chose to look at the First Amendment and problems that go on with it. For a specific problem I chose dress code, specifically, should schools be required to tell children what they can and cannot wear or should children be able to wear what they want? I say no, schools should not have a dress code. Statistically, many people think it’s wrong and insane to even consider putting children at any limit regarding what they wear at school. I say this because according to Debate. org, where many people go to express their opinions about certain topics, only 29% of Americans think dress codes are a good thing and 79% say no to uniforms. Most people who said yes say that there should be a dress code because of their own child’s concern. People don’t want to see people walking around school half naked because they know there will be those few children that decided to come to school wearing practically nothing. Those who say no cite expression reasons. They feel as if what someone wears makes them who they are and if they are limited then how can they ever be able to show who they really are? In the First Amendment it is stated that everyone is given the right of religion, of prohibiting the free exercise theory; of the freedom of speech, of the press, of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition. Never in that statement does it say that kids have the right of expression but it doesn’t say they don’t. In my own opinion, dress codes should not be allowed in schools. In the Bill of Rights it states in the First Amendment that everyone has the right of religion. If we have right of religion then who is going to stop someone who is Muslim from wearing their hijabs? Who is going to stop a Christian from wearing a long skirt? No one is going to stop someone from their beliefs because that is their right no matter what religion or race they are. How will children my age, older, and younger be able to crea

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