Summary of Appearances Are Destructive
Bully has become a headache bur pricked American school for such a long period. The worst point is, besides the thorny school violence problems, the author Mark Mathabane took his two sister experiences to not only unmask the how ridiculous vanity could high school students be in America, but contrast the notion of dress code could both protect students and promote learning, also.
After his sisters arrived in
Mark began to visit numerous schools to make sure that there was nothing wrong with his sisters’ wearing. Nothing comes out as he planned; he found that students paid more attention on their bodies than in their minds. Moreover, students valued
parental love by how their parent willing to pamper them money on clothing, shoes and other vanity stuffs. And parents without many to waste on it would be tag as “cruel and uncaring”. “It is cool thing to do.”, said by students. Vanity gave them status and respect. Girls thought that gaudy looks are the only thing that could catch boy’s attention.
Dress codes infringe on freedom of expression is mislead by citizens, through the above scenario. We observed that dress codes is are in nearly every aspect in our daily lives Mark emphasized that it could create the proper learning environment for students. And finally he made a restatement by it is time to let American rethink about the dress codes.
Refection:
As the old proverb goes, “ all that glitters is not gold.” In my opinion, appearance could be divided into surface beauty and innermost beauty. It is obviously to see that students’ conception has been twisted. They thought appearance are everything, but it is cruel that when taking off their gaudy look. Nothing is the only thing they have.
On the other hand, I won’t against someone pursue their appearance. That is his or hers choice or freedom. However, I do against someone discriminate other people just because the innate sense of priority makes them to think that they are better even prior than other. In my consideration, it is quite ridiculous and childish. Traced the origin element of why people want to discriminate other , the riddle could be no more simple than other ---- fear. People who fear to lose their power, status would take this step to transfer their fear to other. From the scenario in the context, which make me insist on that high school should and must have dress code.
The reason why I support it is that they high school students are not mature enough to decode the dress code. Because of the discrimination, which have buried their freedom into ground, make them be locked with dress code. But dress code isn’t so bad at all; it represents a unity, a group and community. In some ways the dress code do have its meaning. And we should not miscomprehend it.
I definitely believe the innermost beauty is more important than surface beauty. Our beauty comes from inside. Of course the surface should be neat too, but just looking reasonably good is enough in this aspect. The surface beauty appearance looks good at first sight, but it won’t last long after you look at it for a long time. In cases of illness or accidents, the surface beautiful appearance disappears in a short time. Having only a beautiful appearance but no joy and warmth inside, people cannot bear that after looking at each other for a long time.
回覆刪除I also support that there are dress codes in high school. Uniforms are a symbol of a school’s honor. So students wearing uniforms must be careful on their behaviors. Wearing uniforms make students do not have to pay more attention on what they should wear. The same clothes can also avoid bad competition. These benefits are enough to tell that all high school should have dress codes to make a better learning environment and even protect students.
In my opinion, I think appearance is very important. That is partially true, but what I've learned is that you can't judge a person on their appearance alone.
回覆刪除If students without dress codes to rule, they will begin to dress up themselves to compare with their classmates. They will judge someone by their performance and then decide to talk to them or not. That is a so strange situation that they make a friend based on a person’s outlook. However, these cases happened in the society, too. It seems that it is not only a school problem but also a social problem. The inside beauty is more important than outside surely. But today we can easily to see these problems happened in the school. Teacher should teach them the clothes we wear don’t mean the power and statues. Children need rules and guidance. So the dress code is needed in school. The dress codes can provide a better learning environment and help students not to be distracted. Schools are supposed to have regulations on how students dress. The intent is to keep students safe and focused on academics. Also teachers have more time to motivate students learning.