Boynton Health Service surveyed 9,931 students at 14 different two- and four-year schools. Then they matched grade point averages with health problems such as stress, smoking and drinking as well as typical lifestyle choices such as gambling and excessive screen time. They found that students with unhealthy behaviors had significantly lower GPAs. Stress was one of the biggest factors. Of the 69.9 percent of students who reported they were stressed, 32.9 percent said that stress was hurting their academic performance.

A survey reported by the New York Police Department listed many positive results after a uniform policy was begun in 2000: overall crime was down 14.7 percent and there was an improved sense of belonging and tolerance.

Behavior can be influenced by a number of factors beyond attitude, including preconceptions about self and others, monetary factors, social influences

95% of parents believe they are expected to pay 'unreasonable' amount A survey of 1000 parents carried out for the report found an overwhelming 95% of parents believe the amount they are expected to pay is 'unreasonable'.

The cost of the uniforms is another problem for families. The average cost of uniforms is about two hundred fifty dollars to three hundred dollars depending on the uniform brand. If the uniforms are expensive, than the families with less money will have a harder time finding ways to pay for the uniforms. People should not be forced to buy something they do not want or cannot afford.

The solution to the problem of uniforms would be to stay away from the uniforms and instead enforce a dress code that still allows students to express themselves in the way they dress but so that they can dress modestly.

Sure, teachers don’t have enough to do! (sarcasm). Now give them spreadsheets to learn all the gang colors and dress codes appropriate and inappropriate during school hours. Lets face it, each school and each teacher will have their own personal definition of what’s appropriate to wear. I’m not a statistician but, I’m sure implementing this policy will take away valuable time better spent teaching the skills our children need to get through this world.

Everyone says uniforms are going to help the bullying problems, that so not true. Kids will bully you on anything they can think of, hair, bag, friends, animals, house, type of phone, weight and height, and the list goes on

Why would you make every kid look the same. the schools are taking away everyone's freedom they already took away there freedom to go to the bathroom on there own. now we have to announce it to the hole classroom. plus the expense on the parents part to buy the kids uniforms and cloths for after school and on weekends.

Uniforms can make you feel so uncomfortable. Several reasons can be given for the agitation to ban school uniforms, but one that most people can easily identify with is the fact that they are quite uncomfortable to be in all the time.

Uniforms slow down development into adulthood. These early days are very important in the development of these students, imposing school uniforms on them denies them the chance to choose what to wear, which is a very important symbol of adulthood.3. Uniforms reduce self-esteem. Uniforms never make anyone look his or her best because they had no say in the choice of style and design. Girls are the worst hit by this low self-esteem syndrome due to the use of uniforms.

81% Say Yes

For example, nearly 800,000 students go to school wearing poorly-fitting uniforms because their parents can't afford to keep buying new ones, and a further 400,000 have been sent home for wearing incorrect uniforms.

Average annual cost to parents for school uniforms $249

Annual school uniform sales $1,300,000,000

Sylvia Plath

I see her back, and reflect it faithfully.

Whatever I see I swallow immediately

Till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true

And for thy Mother, she alas is poor, Which caus’d her thus to send thee out of door.

Thou ill-form’d offspring of my feeble brain,