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Originally posted by Taualumna
It's interesting that people say that dress codes don't really matter, because in Ontario, Catholic school students tend to do better than their public school counterparts. Catholic schools, at least the high schools, have uniforms while public schools don't.
Note: The majority of Catholic schools in Ontario receive full government funding and are run just like public schools.
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I don't think you should use Catholic schools as a comparison. My brother's friend's father is a VP in a Catholic school and many catholic schools have serious problems. There is a lot of violence with in many catholic school. I agree with Russ. Uniforms often treat the symptoms of bigger problems rather than the cause.
When the teacher threw himself down the stairs (yes he did it to himself) and blamed the neo-nazi skin head at my school and a certain dress code came into effect. No docs or army boots with white or red laces. This doesn't solve anything. All it does is make the kids with these behaviours less visable. It doesn't help them see how misguided their views are.