阅读下面短文，根据所给首字母、上下文或括号内单词等提示，在空白处填入适当的单词。每个空只能填一个词。Every year around August, millions of teens take their parents to stores to buy new clothes for the start of the school year. Not every parent can a{#blank#}1{#/blank#} this, and some teens are forced to go to school in the same clothes they had last year. The obvious differences in clothes c{#blank#}2{#/blank#} differences among students. Here comes the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (simple) solution: school uniforms.
I know from personal experience and surveys that wearing uniforms creates a s{#blank#}4{#/blank#} of equality among teens.
From the sixth grade until I graduated from high school, I attended a school that r{#blank#}5{#/blank#} students to wear uniforms. The uniform was very plain: dark brown shoes, green-brown pants, and a white shirt. The uniform left little r{#blank#}6{#/blank#}for any kind of self-expression, especially through clothes.
However, I learned how to stand out by expressing myself, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} my personality, art, and sports. I did not know I could draw until the sixth grade. I also would never have learned of my musical a{#blank#}8{#/blank#} if it were not for my desire to find ways to express myself. Uniforms taught me that I was myself, except what I {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(wear) .
Uniforms help provide a better e{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(education) experience for all students no matter what race, culture, or economic class. Wearing uniforms is good for both schools and students.
