School boys wear skirts after being banned from wearing shorts
 

If girls can wear skirts at school then why can't boys wear shorts! good on them.

Good for them :clap1:

Rage against the machine

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Schools are overtly pathetic with strict uniform regime, especially on Egyptian heat days

PE shorts aren't really appropriate uniform though, probably would have been fine if they'd worn proper uniform shorts

It's more appropriate than normal shorts you wear outside of school/on holiday and it has their school logo on so it's no harm really and Also that school doesn't have uniform shorts (does any school) but girls have uniform skirts so it is really unfair.

Firstly, they look ridiculous. Secondly, rules are there to prepare kids for life and for work. They probably think this kind of nonsense will wash when they find a job... but it won't.

Just wear what you're told to wear, if they have those rules in place, then follow them, contrary to popular belief, rules are not made to be broken, being made to wear specific shoes and coats and stuff is ludicrous, but uniform is uniform for a reason, all these kids have done is made themselves look like tools, they'll probably be really popular in the school though because of it, so well done I suppose?

Schools don't typically have desk fans/good aircon, so I'd say it's a bit different from the conventional work desk.

They should have shorts to wear though instead of trousers when it's so hot
Surely students being comfortable and not far too warm is more important than appearance

This tbh, if skirts are being made for girlsuniforms then shorts should be made for boys... sexist schools :bored:

god forbid wanting shorts as part of the uniform because girls have skirts :rolleyes: yay for sexism.

lol @ anyone thinking it's acceptable for people to have to sit uncomfortable in the heat we've had this week just because 'dem's the rules'. Newsflash: when you're uncomfortable, it lowers concentration levels and makes working harder

If you're in these kinds of situations and don't feel comfortable you're more than entitled to put your foot down and stand up for yourself, and I actively encourage it. People are humans, not mindless drones - no matter how hard society tries to make them. What utter BS

exclude them for a month and fine the parents

preach

people are bound to be annoyed that girls have skirts to wear and are allowed it too. One rule for females and another for males. Rules and rules but some rules are unfair and discriminating.

Was probably a case of them pushing their luck and just showing up in shorts rather than getting persmission, so I can see it from the schools point. However a few days at the end of term whilst it's roasting they should have just allowed it.

Oh I agree with that too, uniforms should be a two-way system of items that both males and females can choose to wear

There should be an exemption above a certain temperature, rules are rules but they aren't at work, there should be some flexibility.
It's counterproductive, expecting focus in conditions we've had over the last few days.

You have to ask yourself what are the schools responsibilites?... it's all well and good insisting the kids toe the line but from a health and safety aspect is it responsible not to allow these children methods to keep cool in hot weather, it's not conducive to a good learning environment is it?

Yes I remember when it was 32 C and i had trousers on and it was....too,...much...and...i...could...not...cope

what a load of childish bollocks.

It's illegal to transport cattle over 32 C , but you can group 30+ kids in a room to 'learn'? ok :crazy:

We didn't have shorts in my high school either, they weren't a part of the uniform, no kids went around 'protesting' by wearing skirts, no matter how hot it was, we stuck to the rules, they're there to learn and be prepared for the rest of their lives, they can't just throw a paddy when they're told they can't do something by their seniors, yes the school should probably provide a shorts option for when it's hot, but they clearly don't, so they should just wear what they have to.

Exactly, it just makes "it's part of the school uniform/rules" a pile of bollocks and a stupid excuse.. Schools should be treating and doing things equally so I'm all for more things like this. They have the right to be annoyed, I know I was annoyed seeing people wear skirts and we(boys) only had trousers.

Good for them :clap1: uniform rules are a load of shįt anyway, at my school teachers would mesusre girls skirts to see if they were long enough :umm2:

I don't see what these boys done wrong
What they did didn't harm anyone or offend anyone (probably) and most likely didn't effect the work they done or if anything made it better because hey were less effect by the heat
And that's what rules should be put in place to try and avoid
People NEED to break rules when the rules as stupid and make no sense and shouldn't be rules

Pretty sure people will have had this argument like 40 odd years ago when girls weren't allowed to wear trousers to school, now if a school had that rule it would look stupid and offensive

I never bothered with school uniform tbh, much to the disgust of my teachers.

Oddly enough, I still got As in everything, despite refusing to wear a uniform. It really affected my learning eh :D

I remember a few years ago when I was in sixth form we had a heatwave in May and me and a few friends saw the woman who was in charge of uniform discipline (yeah, an actual thing...and this bitch used to walk around with purple hair and a scarf telling girls to remove theirs and dye their hair a 'normal' colour) telling these poor lower school boys who'd removed their black blazers (who still had long sleeved shirts on underneath) to put them back on

They protested and said 'have you seen how hot is is? I'm sweating and so uncomfortable' and she was like 'I don't care how hot is is, put them back on' :umm2:

It's primitive nonsense

I'm sure you are now incapable of following any of the necessary rules of life after that :laugh:

Good for them, i'd do the same if I thought about it. To people who complain about it, they are teenage boys with hormones etc, they will be sweating and it is not pleasant.

its double standards how girls can wear skirts but boys can't wear shorts.

My school didn't care about the length they just care about it being part of the uniform :joker: rules should be fair and the skirts/shorts situation is not a fair rule. It's not that hard to make shorts, I know it cost money but it's the parents who have to pay for it.

Oh of course :smug:

They are there to learn, and grow as individuals that does not mean blindly following rules like a drone by seniors.

Whatever you had or didn't have, did or didn't do is not a benchmark for others, individuals...that's what employers want. Realists, thinkers, doers, creatives, solvers.

In Leeds today were many workers, ranging from postal to city types...all wearing shorts, no responsible employer would expect employees to work in conditions such as we have seen.

Wearing shorts on a hot day is not the first step on a slippery slope to non conformism or civil disobedience... don't worry.

Good on them for making a point, standing up for rights and wanting change. There was no way to do this without breaking rules.

Any fool can make a rule,
and any fool will mind it.

Henry David Thoreau

Frigginell we'd have got battered for wearing a skirt at my school.However the school should have uniform shorts in these days of health and safety madness to avoid **** like this.
Although this was just some kids trying to be smart.Trousers(or black jeans as i used to wear) never hindered my progress in school.I never thought I couldn't concentrate because my legs were too hot.

Maybe if they had done, it wouldn't have been an issue for these boys?

Not every rule is 'right' just because it exists as rule. If that was the case there'd be no such thing as protesting, nothing would ever change, and women/gays/black people would have no rights. (I'm not equating a lack of shorts to those issues obviously... just highlighting my point! :laugh:)

I think it's great what they did, they saw a problem with something and they took a bold step towards trying to fix it... good on them :clap1:

And I think the argument of "if they were adults they wouldn't be allowed to just do whatever they want" doesn't hold considering there are plenty of adults who do protest and seek change for things that are important to them, and it's people like that who are responsible for most of the major shifts in society that we benefit from today.

Rules were made to be broken Livia.

Especially ridiculously sexist ones such as this.

I have no more to add to this excellent post.

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Well girls could not wear trousers to school for long enough so no change there then.

The other kids at the School, who followed the rules, have been hospitalised with sweaty bollox.