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I think I read a study one time that said a collar helps rearrange the body's external aura in such a way that brain waves are intensified by an order of magnitude or two.

My experience tends to agree with that, rahrah. Also, a really bad suit seems to do wonders for mathematical intelligence, if my math and physics professors were typical.

On the other hand, my PhD husband seems to be equally smart in denim or gabardine. Perhaps the LTE writer is correct and it takes more than clothing--perhaps motivation is what makes hubby so smart?

roger: the purpose of public schools is to teach you to fill out a w-2 or w-9 so you can get a job and support the government. That's the level of writing skill needed for any US citizen..and then to memorize the pledge to a piece of cloth and the statist view of history. If you have done those things, they're through with you. If government has control of schools they dont need to control the media. The unlearning can take years, but it's refreshing. Education is much too important to allow politicians and bureaucrats to control it. They never have the funds to help students read, write or reason well but they always have the funds to teach and implement social theory. National standards, testing, vouchers, charter schools and rigid dress codes help indoctrinate you to become a "model citizen." Reading and writing will always take a back seat to this function of government schools. The students which you want punished for missing class and failing some abstract standard may already be aware of this scam but helpless to attend any other system of learning because their parents are over worked, over taxed, over indulgent or overwhelmed. Punishment for these students is not a productive measure. Some students will choose a path or career which standardized tests are of no value. Who knows-your writing skills may impress them enough to get you a job working for them.

I don't wear collared shirts because the study said they also act as a satellite-receiver device that facilitate chucka's statist government beaming propaganda directly into your brain.

What I think high school needs is more competition. My high school physics teacher used to pass tests back to us in order of grade from lowest to highest. That was all the motivation we needed.

No way!! My hs calculus teacher did something similar. After my class took a test and he passed them out, he pulled his copies of the same test taken by the class two years before (my husband's "super geek" class) and read the 5 highest scores. One time that year we actually outscored the class of '79 and we were so proud!

I'm sure that teacher would be fired today for hurting somebody's self-esteem. Mr. E was preparing us for Purdue, so learning calculus took priority over feeling good--although few things boost self-esteem like solving a monstrous math problem.

In Israel, the top business executives wear the equivalent of golf attire. I wish we would adopt tha mode of dress here, as I'm sick of $90 ties that widen and narrow at the whim of the clothing designers. Neckwear is the single most worthless article of clothing.