Above all, they would encourage the concept that school is the place where thinking is more important than appearance. Why do teams wear uniforms? Some people may only be identifiable by fans. However, players needed to be able to identify their members to work together and win. School uniforms encourage identification with a common enterprise: the excellence of a school. That's why coaches don't allow team members to "accessorize" their uniforms. All team members are important to this effort. Education Digest concluded that cooperation among students promotes better learning than competition. With the right leadership, students can be led to see themselves as contributing to something much bigger, which in itself is an excellent lesson in citizenship. Another benefit of school uniforms is the elimination of clothing that interferes with learning. Skimpy outfits, message T-shirts, expensive clothes, and bizarre accessories are some of the commonly present distractions, particularly in high schools. They all serve to establish entirely superficial identities. Indeed, clothes do not make the man. If clothes really have great meaning, what are we to conclude about Mahatma Gandhi? Of course, there is no hope that clothes will become unimportant in contemporary Western culture, but a decrease in their importance at a formative time in life could only have positive effects on the character development of students. If school is to be a place where the primary goal is to develop the minds and character of young people, uniforms would free young people from the superficiality of much of modern culture. With no easy way to stand out from the crowd, students may find it helpful to do it the hard way by paying attention to their studies. It would be appropriate to de-emphasize the social aspects of school in favor of intellectual activities