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Support Area #3

 School uniforms benefit lower-class families by allowing them to save money. “Bennet’s policy has been in effect for just a month but has already cut down on friction between students over clothing” (Simon 2). In many cases, students who are not as well-off are bullied and teased for not having the nicest or newest clothes. “‘Many students were picked on,’ Reynolds said. ‘Some of our disciplinary referrals – Sometimes even fights – revolved around who was wearing what. I want to try, as much as possible, to level the playing field’” (Simon 2). For lower-class students, uniforms are able to reduce anxiety having to do with new trends and clothing. “‘When I was in middle school, one of the things I feared was being an outcast. But since everyone has the same exact thing on…you just fade in, and that’s one of the things that’s sort of comfortable about it’” (Lively 2).