My high school prided itself on it's reputation as one of the top schools in the country. It wasn't a private school, but you wouldn't know it looking in from the outside. We had the whole gray socks, black shoes, shirts tucked in, top button button-ed and tie done to the top policy. In assemblies, the headmaster, deputies, captains and prefects donned black gowns and entered the hall flanked by giant blue and brown banners.

Seriously, the top button thing pisses me off to this day.