Synthesizing a real life situation seems tough, especially since I’m not very good at synthesizing. One of the hardest things for me to do when reading is to figure out what two different articles have in common, to synthesize those articles. I think I have found a very good life story, and I’m actually going to tell it in story form. So here goes:
A World of Perfection
I’m sitting up on a cloud, just floating all over the world. I can go anywhere right now, see anything I want to see. Wow, there is my house; it looks so small from way up here. Oh no, there he is. How did he get up here, I’ve always had a crush on him. He’s walking over to me. What do I do, my stomach is starting to turn knots. Oh no, I think he’s going to say something. What should I say back, I’m so nervous.
“Hey Stephanie, Stephanie”
Wow, he just said my name.
“Stephanie, wake up the bell is ringing”
What, what is going on?
That is when I awoke in English today. We were out of time, yet people were still debating on school uniforms. This has been a debate for probably a year now in our school. All I know is when it is my turn to go up there, I will not let anyone down. I love to debate and I will show them that I know exactly what I’m talking about.
The next day I was up to debate. I wasn’t quite sure how to start, so I started by proving to people why school uniforms would be hard to accept. After all, I am talking to a bunch of football players and cheerleaders, and in my school, that means preppy people. So, I pointed out how school uniforms wouldn’t be as “pretty” or “hot” as regular clothing would. I pointed out that everyone would have to dress the same and there would not be any difference among people’s looks in the school anymore. Then I pointed to a good friend of mine. Her name was also Stephanie and I had just actually took the time to talk to her a couple months ago. No one really seemed to know who she was. That is when I pointed out that everyday she gets made fun of. That everyday she goes home in tears because of people that were sitting right in the class room. Uniforms would make it to where she looked just like everyone else. She wouldn’t have to worry about having holes in all her jeans, or having shirts that looked five sizes too big. Everyone would look the same, but that could be a good thing.
The next part of my debate was bringing in my two younger cousins to school, Miranda and Ashli. The two of them went to toledo schools and had to wear uniforms. Neither one of them liked uniforms at first, but it kind of grew on them. I also brought in their mother, Leigh Ann. I told the class how she had informed me that uniforms are not that expensive either. Students/parents would not have to spend a fortune on the uniforms like they do regular clothes already. Leigh Ann helped me inform the students of how she found out a way that schools help out people who cannot afford uniforms and she has become a part of helping that way out. She said there were a lot of parents, that once their child outgrows the uniform they will sell it for less, or donate that uniform to some child in need of one. This is a great thing to have. Not only will uniforms help out people from not getting teased, but the people that are teased are normally the people that do not have enough money to buy all the “in things”. So, uniforms can come cheap and help control the amount of teasing going on within a school.
Needless to say, I did end up winning the best argument out of the whole class.
By: Stephanie Barkhimer
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