Yes, I did not worry about conforming via dress and style. I didn't have to be teased about what kinds of clothes my parents bought for me after school and normal attire. When I heard of my cousins, friends, and eventually my girlfriend, public school had a totally different attitude. I went to public school and dressed in my normal school clothes and was harassed for dressing like a nerd. Even got in a fight and got expelled from school for fighting. Luckily for me, I need 50% of the class, and the other guy needed 100%. He had to redo 1 year of HS, I did not.
I'm not saying that it's not possible for people to wear what they want and color their hair, but at some ages it is a distraction. At later ages, the discipline is established and one does just fine in Algebra class 
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