Reading
1. PW. Read and match the headings with the paragraphs.

A) First impressions are important. | B) Uniforms for everyone
C) Are you serious about your job? | D) United by clothes!

1. We shouldn’t judge a person by their appearance. In fact, the experts say that when we meet someone for the first time, we make a decision about what that person is like in three seconds. What do we look at? One of the most important things is clothes, but the brand of clothes people wear isn’t so important. The important thing is to wear the right clothes for the occasion.

2. Experts say that students should wear a school uniform. A lot of teachers think that a uniform makes students feel that they are part of their school and their uniform helps them to be serious about their studies. If all the students wear the same, they can’t judge one another because of their clothes. There are no arguments about who or what is fashionable.

3. However, it is not only schools that want people to dress in a certain way. We all really have stereotypes about what the people in certain professions should wear. If we visit a doctor, we expect to see respectable clothes under the doctor’s white coat. When we go into a bank we expect the staff to wear suits or dresses. In fact, a lot of companies have dress codes for their staff. Even University students, who often wear a casual “uniform” like jeans and T-shirts, invest in suits or dresses to attend job interviews in their final year. They know a smart appearance can help them get a job.

4. Can our clothes really tell people what we are like? Maybe not, but they can show our attitude to what we’re doing at that moment. When people see us in the right clothes they think we are serious about what we are doing. Furthermore, if we are clean, smart and polite, people will have confidence in us. Are the clothes people wear really important if they are good at their jobs? Well, would you feel happy visiting a doctor who is wearing a dirty old T-shirt and torn jeans?

2. PW. Create a paragraph on: "Do you judge people by their appearance?"