Boy Defies Uniform Rule By Wearing A Skirt
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Boy Defies Uniform Rule By Wearing A Skirt
A 12-year-old boy has worn a skirt to lessons in protest at his school's uniform policy which bans shorts.
Chris's mum says she is proud he is fighting for what he believes in
Chris Whitehead says being made to wear long trousers in summer when girls can wear skirts is "discriminatory
Do you think it is discriminatory that boys can not wear shots but grils can wear skirts . To me I think it is you not not have one rule for girls and other for boys.:mad:
A 12-year-old boy has worn a skirt to lessons in protest at his school's uniform policy which bans shorts.
Chris's mum says she is proud he is fighting for what he believes in
Chris Whitehead says being made to wear long trousers in summer when girls can wear skirts is "discriminatory
Do you think it is discriminatory that boys can not wear shots but grils can wear skirts . To me I think it is you not not have one rule for girls and other for boys.:mad:
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That boy's so going to get it from the other schoolboys!
it`s a stupid rule.
The lad's clearly got testicles of steel. Everybody knows it's no good trying to bully him.
He'll have to put up with hot sweaty suits if he becomes a politician, so may as well stick with the trousers to get used to it.
He should have worn a skort instead of a skirt
Yes boys should obviously be allowed to wear shorts (smart ones of a certain length) if girls can wear skirts. But... girls would then want to be allowed to wear shorts too! And I wonder if buys are currently allowed to wear skirts as he has done?
I can't for the life of me see why boys would want to wear short trousers though, I couldn't wait to get out of them when we had to wear them at infant and primary school, way back when!
I reckon his schoolmates will actually support him and they'll be no bullying.
It's quite nice to see a positive story about youngsters like this in the mainstream media and I hope they continue.
I'd be immensely proud of him if he was my son.
I think so too. The boy has a valid point and is sticking up for himself and the others. They do sell the black/gray school shorts-- why not let the boys wear them? They will still look smart and presentable.
ETA: The placards and banners are hilarious! One said "What's wrong with my legs?" Genius.
...sweaty nuts ?
Good on him though.
Ironically, he's 12, so he'll probably want to be nowhere near shorts in two years time. Will be interesting how the school react. I guess the initial rule was so they weren't constantly arguing about three-quarter length cargo pants etc., but if he wants to wear traditional 'school shorts' then why not ?
fair play to the lad if its part of the uniform he should be able to wear it.
As someone else said, if they allow boys to wear shorts, no doubt a girl will complain that she can't wear shorts, etc etc.
He's a brave lad though, best of luck to him for his future political career.
That was probably a relic of WW2 (and post) regulations due to rationing. Surprised it lasted into the 60s though - pathetic pedantry to blame there.
I say let them wear whatever lenght of trousers at school whatever their age.
I used to think it unfair (in the 70s) that boys had to wear ties but girls didn't. This was enforced vigourously for a time but I don't recall wearing one from the 3rd year (aged 13) onwards and gradually the rule slipped and no boys wore one. We had an enlightened Headmaster who seemed to have the view that as long as you weren't outlandish and looked relatively smart no set uniform was required.
Fair enough. But hardly a protest.
I doubt they've banned shorts simply out of spite.
More likely that they've simply got written rules about acceptable school uniform and that shorts weren't on the list.
Let's face it, if the school was to just allow "shorts" then you just KNOW kids would be showing up in everything from speedo's to multi-coloured surf-shorts.
Sure, the school could try and specify exactly what sort of "shorts" are acceptable but then they'd end up being criticised for creating convoluted and pointless rules.