One of the major problems facing us today is violence in middle and high schools across the country. With school shootings becoming an almost expected thing each year, the focus of many people should be on how to stop this violence. Many of the instigators of the violence in schools have been stereotyped by the clothes that they wear, such as the "trench-coat mafia". This is why I think that schools nation-wide should institute a school uniform policy. Doing this helps reduce gang violence, blurs socioeconomic lines, provides financial help to parents, and increases security on campus.
             The main benefit of school uniforms would be the reduced risk of violence on campus. Most gangs have colors and symbols that they associate themselves with. Instituting a school uniform policy would help to eliminate the increased tensions between gangs in the schools. Another benefit uniforms have is they immediately set apart visitors to the campus from the students. This helps the administrators know who belongs and who does not.
             School uniforms also help to blur socioeconomic lines and provide financial help to parents and students. This day and age high school is all about who is wearing what and how they are wearing it. The big thing is designer clothes, which sometimes separate who is "cool" from who is not. These designer clothes sometimes cause jealousy, envy, and hate among students in the school, which leads to violence. The students will still be able to wear their own clothes after school and on the weekends, just not during school. The parents of the students will save money because they won't have to buy as much of the expensive clothes. They will have to buy the certain uniform clothes while the student is in school.
             Sometimes it is hard for parents to pay for their children's clothing. This is when the school and school district may be able to step in and provide some sort of financia...