School Uniforms

On our local news a school punished a 13 year old boy for wearing shorts . No I am not joking . The temperatures are up in the middle 20s degrees C for uk that is hot . Its summer for christ sake . The father complained and rightly so . I know they have a uniform but girls can wear skirts but boys cant wear shorts , where is the fairness . How do others feel about this ? If it was your boy how would you feel . If it had been my boy or grandson I would be all over the school .

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dancingtongue · 80-89, M

Shorts should be a uniform option, given the heat. But common sense seldom trumps bureaucratic rigidity. Just like I understand the purpose of school uniforms -- to reduce the competitive peer pressure, particularly among the girls, in clothing that generates into outright bullying -- but then the bureaucrats tend to turn a blind eye to how the students skirt (pun intended) the rules as long as they meet the letter of the rule. So the end result is it all becomes about regimentation rather than egalitarianism.