Its so hot in England, schoolboys are wearing skirts

[jpak]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/06/22/its-so-hot-in-england-schoolboys-are-wearing-skirts/?utm_term=.0d6bb6fb0a7d

Amid an intense heat wave, dozens of British schoolboys went to class wearing girls' uniform skirts when the head teacher would not relax a dress code banning the more suitable option: shorts.

The teenage boys at Isca Academy in Exeter argued it was too hot for pants as temperatures approached 90 degrees Wednesday. Dozens of boys, who borrowed uniform skirts from female friends and sisters, planned to go to class Thursday sporting a new look in protest of the school's 'no shorts' policy, according to the English news site, Devonlive.com, though, the temperatures Thursday had dropped into the upper 60s, according to the Associated Press.

“We're not allowed to wear shorts, and I'm not sitting in trousers all day — it's a bit hot,” one of the boys told BBC News.

It does not appear that the boys were punished for donning skirts, but one mother said her son was warned against it.

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[3catwoman3]

1. Go for it, lads.

I am of a vintage where girls were not allowed to wear pants to school. Waiting for the school bus in the windy winters of Rochester NY with the icy air blowing up your skirt was most unpleasant.

[mythology]

2. I'm 35 and at my high school it wasn't until my 2nd or 3rd year

That girls could wear pants.

[3catwoman3]

3. I am 66, so have a few years on you.

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The dress codes for schools now are so relaxed that many of the high schooler I see look like they are going to school in their pajamas. Not to mention shorts sooooooo short that if a girl is wearing a long top, it rather looks as if she had forgotten to put on pants of any kind.

I think those young guys look adorable in their skirts. I love guys in kilts, and this is pretty close to that.

[Hamlette]

4. In Scotland the headline was It was so hot in Glasgow, grown men drank water"

and they had a man standing in line with a bunch of kids at a drinking fountain. This was years ago and the temperature in Glasgow that day 80 degrees!

[jpak]

5. LOL!

[doc03]

6. Don't they have a summer vacation? nt

[OnDoutside]

7. Usually the end of July. They have longer midterms, Christmas and Easter holidays. Here in

Ireland, my son ( age 11 - Primary school) finishes on Wednesday until 31st August. Secondary school 13-19, is usually start of June until start of Sept.

[Skittles]

8. as long as the girls can wear trousers when it is cold