21.   Smoking and alcohol are not allowed in school, on school trips or while wearing school uniform.

22.   Can you take that up then and your school uniform, and go and put that away somewhere.

23.   And he used his bully pulpit to argue for higher standards, school uniforms and programs to insure that every student reads by the third grade.

24.   And if it means teen-agers will stop killing each other over gang jackets, then public schools should be able to require school uniforms.

25.   And the school uniform will be unfashionable black suits.

26.   As a practical matter, many parents favor school uniforms, finding that they make it both easier, and cheaper, to outfit their children each day.

27.   A problem for students is that the school uniform requires white socks, and it is difficult to be kakkoii while wearing white socks.

28.   A school uniform is martial law, a surrender.

29.   A Page One story in The New York Times documented the growing support for school uniforms nationwide.

30.   But beyond the general absurdity in implementation, there are solid reasons not to like school uniforms.