To put it abruptly, school uniforms are dumb. I understand wanting your students to wear appropriate clothes and that all well and good, but making students wear just one thing is an example of conformity. I think it's really great that these uniforms are being modified against gender conformity. LGBTQ people are too often forced to assume roles because of what other people think, but this new system is more open. I surprised that this switch is going over so well, I don't think it would in America.However while this change is good, I think they should just get rid of it all together. Conformity leads to a lack in creativity and uniforms turn people into just another cog in the machine. People should be allowed to wear things that represent them. I hope all of those kids who now have more choice take advantage of it, because it could still be a while before conformity stops completely.
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This article featured an interview with Louis Michael Seidman dealt with his feelings on the constitution. He feels that it isn't fair that a document made by a bunch of men who don't live in our modern world has to be followed. While I think that the constitution either needs major change or replacement by a different document, Seidman disagrees. He thinks it isn't fair that future generation should have to follow our current views. His beliefs our that the many laws and rules in that document could be replaced with a value system. The problem with this idea is that the reason the constitution is important is that it allows the government to have power. It's the reason that the original document that our government used The Articles Of Confederation were replaced. Also the reason that a system passed on values doesn't work is because not everybody is morally righteous. People tend to abuse power and this blurring of the legal system would instantly be abused. In today's modern society a country with our ties cannot just stop having a probably structured system. So while I think with an update on how speech and press can be taken, and weapons have changed outright ditching a constitution of some kind is a mistake.
This article in my opinion was very clever and humorous. While some of the social commentary is dated for the most part it holds up surprising well for something around 50 years old. I love social commentary like this and in this case it works especially well since you don't know that it's fake commentary. I had doubts about the Nacirema tribe being real from the start since I had never heard of them, but it wasn't until the second page that I realized what they were. I feel that if someone who had never seen are society saw it they would probably have a similar reaction to the narrator in this piece. I am not a fan of the dentist so the section making fun of that was my personal favorite part. I am aware that other people have done similar articles about the Nacirema and if they are as ingenious as the original article I'll have to check them out.
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