Ms Fran, does your grandchild attend Hong Kong Sze Yap Commercial and Industrial Association Chan Nam Chong Memorial College? Schools in Hong Kong are very much like that but even they allow chatterings during lunchtime.
I like school uniforms. I always feel sorry for the little kids with torn t-shirts and worn out jeans. Others kids walk around in shoes that can cost over a hundred dollars, and designer labels on their clothes. The poor kids were always picked on, can you guess by whom? Uniforms are an equalizer between the poor kids and the rich kids.