School Uniforms. Yes or No?

I decided to go with a simple topic, which is should school uniforms be required in Schools? It is indeed a very basic topic but at the same time it is a very important question worth looking into. Being recently out of high school I remember what it is like to hear what kids said about the other students not being cool enough or rich enough to have any friends.  It’s safe to say that the majority of schools in the U.S. don’t currently have school uniforms. Letting kids have the freedom to express their selves, through clothing in this case, is very constitutional but it gets a lot of kids in trouble. Many clicks are formed based on what each kid is wearing and I feel this ostracizes a lot of kids. Some kids are looked down on and picked on, or bullied, because they cannot afford to buy the expensive designer clothing. The requirement of school uniforms would ultimately allow kids to look at each other as equals. This would cut down on a lot of the bullying problems which would in turn make the students a lot safer. Also, it would help to “hide” gang clothing. If kids weren’t allowed to wear whatever they wanted the students in gangs couldn’t be identified, which would cut down on in school violence between rival gangs and such. This too is a way to help make the students safer.