The article “Public School Uniforms: The Pros and Cons for Your Child” by Grace Chen uses logos to explain the pros and the cons of public school uniforms using statistics and facts. For example, if one were looking for logical reasons as to why public schools should have uniforms, that person would be interested in knowing what percentage of schools require a strict dress code, or how much the number of fighting and office referrals has decreased due to school uniforms. The author uses this example to show the reasoning why uniforms should stay, and why they help. This logic is used for persuading people who might be against uniforms.
The author also uses logos to explain why uniforms are not appropriate for school. An example of this is that some of the reasons against strict dress codes that were explained in the article is that uniforms are not comfortable for students, and the uncomfortable students sometimes have self-esteem issues, and this could cause them to lose focus on their work. This might interest someone who is arguing on why public schools should not have uniforms, and the author uses these examples as logical reasons to not only explain why some people do not support school uniforms, but to also persuade others.
Whether someone is searching for pros or cons, this article uses logos as a persuasion technique to pull and allure people to one side or the other. The author realizes that most audiences look for logic and reason behind an argument, and decided to add in percentage rates regarding the decrease in juvenile actions to support the argument, but also included the price of student uniforms as a reason to be against it. This technique draws in more people, and it also creates a debate worthy of discussion.