First of all, school uniforms eliminate school violence in the classroom. School uniforms play a major role in decreasing potentially dangerous altercations amongst students. A case in point, many unsuspecting and vulnerable students unknowingly wear gang-colored or gang-affiliated clothes to school. If school uniforms were mandated this would bring and end to students being mistaken for members of rival gangs and being shot for the sake of defending their gang territory. At Will Rogers Elementary school, in Long Beach California, teachers are beginning to notice that students have had decreasing amounts of racial or ethnic tension between them because students now look more alike. In the 1994 school year, at Long Beach Unified school district, school officials noticed a 50% decrease in the number of students bringing weapons to school. To add, Delma Culverson, an eighth grader at the Chicago school Florence B. Price Elementary, said, " wearing a uniform doesn't symbolize. The colors don't symbolize anything, and wearing one could save your life." Students should not be worrying about their safety in schools. They should be focusing on their academic abilities. This is an example of how uniforms can make a child feel more comfortable in their school and safety will no longer be their main agenda. Finally, Dr. Reginald Wilson, Senior Scholar of the American Council on Education, said uniforms make quite a bit of difference and they have worked in reducing violent behavior in schools. If uniforms are enforced students will be able to work steadily and surely, not worrying about their safety. Just as important, school uniforms eliminate crimes of jealousy among students. In a State of the Union Address, former President Clinton expressed his whole-hearted support of invoking school uniforms for school aged children. He addressed the nation and said public schools should be able to implement mandatory school uniforms ...