School boys in skirts

[CatsArePeople]

another hot summer day and this again. Why can't adults, educators use some common sense and just allow kids weather appropriate clothing?

Why have you said school boys and not school girls?

Because girls are generally allowed to wear skirts, I imagine.

What are you on about? Why can’t both genders wear shorts

I was driving yesterday at the same time as a number of schools were finishing for the day. Apart from three, every girl I saw was wearing thick black tights. I don’t imagine that’s part of the expectation when the weather is warm. I assume they’re choosing to. Some boys wore blazers, one wore a coat, but the majority had dispensed with blazers and ties.

You want the boys to wear skirts or do you mean shorts ?

What is wrong with boys wearing skirts?

Had one of these on my local FB page. The school are now looking at adjusting the uniform policy to allow for shorts. I find the whole high school attitude to uniform in my area ridiculous. Majority of offices won't make their staff wear full suits in midsummer and yet the schools here demand their students do... Blows my mind

School local to me gave made headlines with this.
It's because girls can wear trousers or skirts but boys can only wear long trousers and not shorts. So they wore skirts to make a point.

Do they want to wear skirts?

I just don’t think it’s that big a deal, honestly.

I’m guessing OP is talking about how some boys are going to school in a skirt because they are not allowed to wear shorts and have to wear trousers

Good on them

Your average boy wouldn’t be seen dead in a skirt…

years ago we had skirt blouse jumper and blazer in winter, then in summer from Easter we had cotton dresses and sandals. some girls made their dresses in sewing class. much more sensible boys could wear trousers or shorts anytime but in summer still shirt and tie

it looks like a big deal because it makes headlines literally every year. Makes teachers look like idiots. So what is any logical reason to not allow shorts?

You'd better ask MNHQ to change your thread title.
It says skirts not shorts.

It’s meant to say skirts!! Am i the only one that understood immediately what OP was on about??

We had a right old hoo haa at our secondary.

Boys wore skirts. The school brings in shorts.

Boys stopped wearing skirts. Nobody wore shorts. Not one short wearer was ever spotted. That was about four years ago now.

No, I understood. A colleague said he envied me in my dress. I pointed out it's only social convention stopping him from wearing one.

About half the office has been in shorts this week anyway. (Tech - in some cases, it's what thry always wear.)

One local secondary has shorts round here and they do get worn.

So why did the OP then write this:

........it looks like a big deal because it makes headlines literally every year. Makes teachers look like idiots. So what is any logical reason to not allow shorts?

It does look as though she meant "shorts".

This is tremendously creepy.

Can you ask MN to edit your OP? The title and then zero context or info in the post aren't really condusive to getting many replies.

(Just noticed the thread is 4 days old)

@CatsArePeople yes I agree with you.
Every year boys do this to make a point that trousers are too hot and shorts aren't on the uniform list - but obviously skirts are.
Good for them !
If schools allowed shorts then they wouldn't have to make this point.

No it isn't.
The OP is talking about what has become an annual protest from secondary age boys about not being able to wear the more summer suitable school uniform as shorts are not allowed.
All schools need to do is let them wear frigging shorts.
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Impington Village College over ten years ago

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-13362586.amp