Boys At Exeter Academy Wear Skirts In Uniform Protest

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-40364632

Why on earth shouldn't these boys school allow them to wear shorts in this very hot weather.

When I was younger, most boys of this age still wore shorts, so why is the Head teacher, being so ruddy obdurate ?

[elliemay1]

I also wondered where they all got the skirts. Presumably they had to go out and buy them. Waste of money springs to mind

[DTCwordfan]

well done them.....common sense on their part.

[douglas9401]

Maybe it's a ruse to introduce a mass questioning movement in school.

[DTCwordfan]

//When I was at school we were not allowed to wear 'Long Trousers' until we got to secondary school at age 12. Until then shorts were compulsory even in a freezing winter !//

Try 18! - there was a letter of protest from a Scots OB of the school in the school mag when they allowed the Upper 6th to wear long (grey) troos, complaining that the final year in shorts (blue ones) was essential to have an appropriate crop to wear under a kilt.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't see it as a waste of money if they are cooler and more comfortable, people can spend their money how they choose.

[Sqad]

It's called discipline....it may appear to you to be stupid discipline but you are entitled to your opinion.
Obeying rules, particularly of that of a school club or what have you develops character, that of which I approve.
Anarchy would develop without rules and discipline and in my opinion it breeds s esprit de corps which I also think is important.
Poor devils, having to spend less than a week (British summer) with long trousers exposed to the trauma that one associates with S.A.S training.
The should ALL be sent home to stay until they decide to wear the school uniform e.g long trousers, or face expulsion.

[vulcan42]

millions of people of both sexes, wear trousers everyday in hot weather, why are these children so special?

[douglas9401]

Phew, what a scorcher etc.

A bunch of roasters right enough.

[anotheoldgit]

mikey4444

/// Yes AOG....a pair of those ones with animal tracks on the soles, and a secret compass in the heel ! ///

Ah! I remember them, I think they were made by Clarkes, although they were not around in my day.

A pair of 'Pumps' was more our choice of summer footwear.

[anotheoldgit]

Thanks for the BA, by the way.

[Old_Geezer]

These children aren't special, apart from them being prepared to make a stand. Everyone ought to have the option of shorts or skirts.

School uniform isn't something I approve of but since it exists, and the rules do too, then the rules ought to be applied by someone with the sense to be flexible and make exceptions when appropriate.

I don't know that being forced to do something unreasonable does more than create resentment. The girls are allowed a choice between trousers and skirts, there is no justification to prevent the boys being allowed the same.

[douglas9401]

Flexible rules are just strong suggestions.

[Old_Geezer]

Which is great.
Plus there is someone deciding where the exceptions are to be made.

[anotheoldgit]

To introduce the daily Muslim theme, perhaps we should all be donning the Burqa, during this hot spell of weather?

[douglas9401]

Ah, it's all in the gift of the dominie. :)

[Mamyalynne]

Nobody stopping you is there?

[hereIam]

How would that keep us cool aog ?

[dannyk13]

//millions of people of both sexes, wear trousers everyday in hot weather//
Probably by choice which these boys don't have.

[Jackdaw33]

This protest must have taken some organising. I suspect an adult is behind it.

[Mamyalynne]

They probably borrowed spare skirts from female classmates.