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Doreen

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14. When I was in hight school the staff came up with the idea

Reply to rpannier (Original post)

Thu Jun 22, 2017, 11:05 AM

Jun 2017

of telling boys they could not wear shorts so they did the same thing. The staff changed their minds quickly. It was in the 80's when mini skirts were popular so you can imagine a bunch of high school boys in mini skirts. This by the way was in a small town public school in a very red county.

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Teenage boys wear skirts to school to protest against 'no shorts' policy [View all] rpannier Jun 2017 OP

Good for them! Clever boys. Image: tblue37 Jun 2017 #1

Awesome! Chemisse Jun 2017 #7

Gotta love the creativity... Wounded Bear Jun 2017 #2

I love it! Good for them. Chemisse Jun 2017 #3

Just call them kilts, guys, and claim the right of heritage. MineralMan Jun 2017 #4

Gotta love the Brits Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #5

I love it! Quite fashionable, too :-) Ezior Jun 2017 #6

Agree. But the promise to do so must have the admins apoplectic! Chemisse Jun 2017 #8

Oh, look. Male bus drivers in France are doing the same thing! tblue37 Jun 2017 #9

I think stick up the behind authoritarians use dress codes as a way to impose control tblue37 Jun 2017 #10

Here is an example of the prom dress BS: tblue37 Jun 2017 #13

The British. One wonders why the early Americans decided it was a good idea to dispense Baitball Blogger Jun 2017 #11

I wonder if the girls MuseRider Jun 2017 #12

See my post #10 above on same topic. nt tblue37 Jun 2017 #15

When I was in hight school the staff came up with the idea Doreen Jun 2017 #14