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School Uniforms

Does a school uniform make your child safer? In studies done by several well know psychologists it is overwhelming the difference that a school uniform can make. Children are less violent, more aware of their studies and less likely to steal. School uniforms can make for a safer and more productive learning environment for your children.

In the first example we are showing public schools without uniforms. This produces more violent behavior in schools, such as fighting, stealing, and gangs. In most public schools with no dress code at all there is more drugs, sex, and a lack of focus in the classroom. With the lack of focus brings problems such as unemployment after school, and a higher rate of underage pregnancies. Often times there is drugs being sold in the school, stealing from other students, and a sense of tension between the different ethnic groups of the school. This in turn makes it harder to obtain a creditable and well educated teaching staff to work with.

The second example shows public schools with uniforms. It is shown in scientific studies that these schools have lowered violence, higher grades, and a higher graduation rate. Other things that show how uniforms can help a school is the focus and leadership the student learn and carry on to a collegiate level. Better jobs are one of the benefits of having uniforms in the school. Lowered violence and pregnancies and less gangs makes it easier to get highly educated teachers to teach the children. Which in most cases but not all can

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