SMOD and NO SMOD

Many Middle Schools, High Schools and Elementary Schools have standard mode of dress (SMOD). Some schoold feel that if the students are seen in uniform then your seen as in proper dress in other peoples eyes. Other schools think that it lowers the chances of children being bullied. Either way it's both bull crap to me. When the student is in smod it doesn't give them the satisfaction of expressing themselves. It also makes the student feel trapped inside of their own body. When the student is not in smod they can dress however they feel or based on whatever their mood is. There are many choices the student can choose from when they are not wearing smod. Students will be bullied no matter what you have on. Smod or no smod shouldn't effect what the child can do academically in school.