Notes

School uniforms create a sense of identity and unity in a school. By having students dress the same way, you promote the idea that they are all part of something bigger than themselves individually. What's often overlooked in the school uniform debate is that uniforms often transform a school from simply a place that students attend to something they are part of.

Uniforms allow students to give schools a visible identity—something physical and real which students can look to and be proud of. Uniforms create a definitive idea of "us" as opposed to them (them being students from other schools).

Even though many students may outwardly hate wearing their uniform, they often take pride in it secretly, especially when confronted by students from other schools. Even those school uniforms that are particularly bad can create a sense of common suffering among students.

A student's education at the end of the day is a journey. Uniforms let them know that they are going through that journey with a cohort of their peers and that they aren't alone. This ultimately is a lesson and experience worth learning not only during one's schooling years but for the entirety of their life.

Having a uniform for school, makes it easier for teachers to identify students and catch intruders or runaway students. Their use also develops a sense of belonging to a school and a group feeling among them, promoting school spirit. All these factors also lead to an improvement of discipline, followed in school. This also promotes the thought that not appearance, but performance is all that should set you apart.

Some promoters of the idea believe that students who wear uniforms show better academic performance. As a combination of all the above factors, some believe that children in uniform adhere to a system more readily and do better in studies, due to lesser distractions.