School bans skirts from uniform

[roisin]

I approve of this news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6712981.stm

At our school girls wear skirts so short you can see their knickers when they are sitting down, or walking upstairs infront of you.

Think a ban is easier than enforcing skirt lengths, tbh. I approve of strict uniforms, gives teenagers something to rebel against without getting into any real danger.

They'll stop wearing bras, you know. That's what we did.

And I was a buxom sort of a girl . You should have seen me run for class.

lo lol lol motherinferior

My daughters did the rolling up thing too even though they're girls' schools.

Anyway if they want everyone the same just as simple to make the boys wear skirts surely....

I like school skirts.

I think that's a shit rule, sorry.

If they want to enforce something, try and enforce the length. Don't force them into trousers.

Here here Flame! There are plenty of schools round here that manage to enforce a length rule. Banning skirts all togther just seems to be a cop out imho.

no it doesnt bother me

tbh its like saying women in short skirts are 'asking for it'

its only clothes, girls have always done it

Enid, I don't think it's the same as saying women in short skirts are 'asking for it' but wearing such short skirts is sending a message.

What message is it sending? And why do they feel the need to do so?

I haven't got the legs for short skirts: if you have I agree they look fantastic. But we're not talking about short skirts we're talking about barely-bum-covering belts!

and I think the reasn for the switch to trousers is probably to stop the endless arguments.

As anyone who has a teenager. They will tell you

That skirt is too short.

No it isn't miss.

Yes it is

No it isn't

Look, it is.

It is the only skirt I have miss, and I have to ewear it to mt great Aunts funeral this afternoon, she insisted we had to wear skirts.

But you've rolled it up at the waist band.

No I havn't

Yes you have, I can see it.

I have to do that or it will fall down.

Etc etc Ad soul distracting nausiam For ever.

Trousers make it easy. Even they can't say a skirt is a pair of trousers!

Aaahh but the thing with trousers is how low they will wear the waistband and whether the top of their thong will show

It's part of being a teenage girl. They need something to rebel against.

Oh that is true. But you have to push back, or they will have to find something else to rebel at.

Far better that they stick to rebelling at something fairly safe.

Some of the uniform 'choices' I've seen are not condusive to concentration though. Black bras and see-through white shirts being one.

Why does what they wear to school have to be such a problem?

In loads of countries they wear what they like. they seem to manage to concentrate in lessons

The uniform removes the competitive £100 trainers in school, must be clothes by Abercrombie & Fitch/Jack Wills or whatever and means you spend less on their clothes and don't have to worry about what they put on each day.

The uniform shop was told by the school how long the girls' skirts had to be and even told me how many of them then roll it up. Apparently some mothers even sew them so they're shorter which is going a bit far. Let them rebel but don't condone the rebellion or they can't make their point.

Surely the skirts could be made so that they are unflattering when rolled up

Doesn't seem to bother the girls. Perhaps they should be checked for who is suitable to wear short skirts given the weight of some teenage girls these days.

Thats not a very nice thing to say.

my dd1 loved trousers in reception and yr1 as she didn't have to worry about putting her tights back on after PE.
BHS had some lovely ones with really tasteful butterfly stitching a few years ago.

I live in Canada now and there's no uniform. For me it's a PITA finding something to wear everymorning (and school starts 8.15 ). All kids wear jeans T shirts, shorts, very casual. IMO they do look a bit scruffy but does that really matter?

I never had to wear a uniform. We were always comftorable which I think is much more important

i understand about the trousers. an excellent idea i think.but why are they ditching the ties? i went to a school where we didnt wear a tie. as a consequence i didnt know how to tie one until i had to tie ds1's tie aged six. very embarassing it was.

ppb, sorry, on a joke. But it's true - we have a huge UK problem of obesity in teenagers, first generation ever to be less fit and healthy than their parents. Major issue for the UK.

Celonbabe, in the LEA where I work the move is back to more formal uniforms at secondary school. Very few primaries have uniforms that include a tie (mine go to one, nice school, shame about the uniform! )

I had a tie when I was 5 and my sons did too but their older brother's school didn't have ties until age 7. Poor twins' teachers and class room assistant... imagine a class of 20 boys none of whom at 4 or 5 can tie it. They all learn by the end of the year but it's still a nuisance. Although they do look cute.