[PGR88]

Pardon me — I don’t see the link to school uniforms. I wore a school uniform until college.

I was only extrapolating from the article. As the article states, seeking fake brands for self-promotion causes (or reveals) lying and other bad behaviors, then I assume that kids/people wearing uniforms (at school) would perhaps cause the reverse - less lying, less self-promotion, better self-esteem, more group awareness.

[Cronos]

Thank you! Darn, missed my coffee :)

But I can tell you from personal experience that my school (a Catholic one) insisted on the same uniform -- the poorer students would get it donated by the school, but whether your daddy was super rich or you were a poor orphan, you dressed the same, down to your shoes and no watches allowed either.

This had the effect of group awareness and yes, better self-esteem, less self-promotion and nobody caring about the other's social status -- the school alumni are very close: my best friends are those I met at 9-10 and I still meet them and I know of many from my school who do the same thing (i.e. their school friends are still their closest friends).

About less lying --> I don't know, since I don't have anything to compare it with. My wife's school didn't have these uniforms et. al. and they had lesser group awareness.

of course this is purely my (biased) observation... :)