This is certainly not true as they are given many opportunities to achieve a sense of individuality. They might join a sport or even a club with people who share their common interest. For example, it is claimed that “numerous lawsuits have found that schools have overly broad and unconstitutional dress codes” (Haynes). This is false because schools do not enforce such policies without reason. They do this for the students' sake, to protect them from harm and encourage them to focus on things other than their clothes and their classmates. When a New Jersey school banned the wearing of T-shirts with the word "redneck," it caused a stir because students do not "forfeit their constitutional rights to free speech and expression upon entering the school" (Haynes). What this argument fails to address is that some sort of neutrality must be maintained. While the word "redneck" is not always offensive to school officials, it may offend other students. Ultimately, school uniforms do not violate the student body's right to express themselves as individuals; is applied as a process for students to achieve