You believe that, then I got a bridge I'd love to sell you. I went to a grade school that had uniforms, the end result was that we felt like walking targets, and it made teachers jobs alot harder since "rules are rules". In High School, it was dress code, boys had to wear a dress shirt, ties and certain types of slacks, it made going to the school expensive as hell, as everyone got into turning themselves into GQ styles. The teachers had even harder problem since dress code infractions are the biggest problem, and alot of kids just changed after school anyway for fear of being mugged or attacked going home. (You'd be surprised, thugs seem to think guys in shirts and ties look like bulls eyes in some neighborhoods). Dress codes and uniforms are like putting make up over a black eyes every day, you think the girl isn't getting a beating, but the problem is still there.