School uniforms then, yea they must be bad(tm) or they must be the best thing in the world.
Saying that Country A B and C has a good education system because kids wear school uniforms is stupid.
They have a good education system because they have good facilities/teachers/social attitudes to education.
Fact is, school uniforms make one tiny little piece of students life easier. People don't have to worry about image, at least not when it comes to clothes. If you can't afford to by the best jeans, runners, whatever... it doens't matter in school. Sure people will still be harassed and bullied and whatever, but at least the won't be made feel guilty because they're families (somthing which they have no control of) are rich or poor.
You could even argue that seperating clothing from image creates people with stronger personal identities.
In fact you could argue anything you want really...things is, we just don't know what's going on in schools. We talk from our own experience and try to relate that to everyone else without really doing an effective job.
So we'll have twisted biased out-dated opinions to change other peoples impressionable minds.