s. Students should be able to learn easier without all the stress of wondering what type of clothes everyone has on(Revisiting 1). Schools would also be more safer if uniforms were required. Students wouldn’t be able to wear baggy clothes thus weapons and drugs couldn’t be smuggled inside as easy. Students would also have better self-confidence with dress codes(K.L. 1). They wouldn’t have to worry about being picked on for not wearing name brands and would feel more equal all around. Uniforms would also remind kids that they are in school and should be a reminder that they are there for a reason and it is to learn. One area where school uniforms have been a big payoff is the California Long Beach Unified School District. Since they started requiring uniforms in 1994 the violence in the school has decreased by seventy six percent. During the same period the attendance of these students reached the greatest ever reported(School 1). The reason for this decrease in violence would have to do with the competition over clothes. The teenagers wont beat up the kids for their clothes if they only have their uniforms on(Schools 1). Even though the students may not like the uniforms they mostly agree that they will be safer. One of these students said, “Uniforms make the school safer but I don’t like them”(Schools 1). The number of people against school uniforms is still high and they stand behind their beliefs. Most cases against school dress codes are headed by the first amendment. The first amendment states the right to free speech(Revisiting 1). Most students and parents feel they should be able to decide what they want to wear to school and however they want to wear it. They use clothing and how they dress as a way to express their own feelings and beliefs. If they wear uniforms the students feel they look like everyone else and they have no chance to be different(K F 1). Another proble...