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Rose65

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Big row at a Merseyside school over the length of girls skirts. Too short in many cases. Apparently parents are saying their daughters are being humiliated by being told their skirts are too short.

I often think we live in an increasingly foolish time. A uniform policy is there for a reason and should be enforced. It is disappointing that the parents don't seem to be on the side of common sense either. School is a place of learning, not a fashion show. With so much of real concern going on in the world this is just a silly matter in my view, though there is the serious matter of school discipline at the heart of it.

What do you think?
 
hearlady said:
I look at pictures of mini skirts in the 70s and wonder how we were allowed to wear them.
But, that fad went away on it's own.
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Exactly. I was a teenager during the 1970s and from my male view the classmates with their mini skirts, skin-colored sheer pantyhose and (mostly white) laced boots were a feast for my eyes. I liked it. This was a culture of permissiveness. Today it's a culture of ban. A lot of things are cancelled, not only Shakespeare. This is insanity.
 
The length of skirts doesn’t seem to be much of an issue at schools in my area as most girls don’t seem to wear them but rather jeans, slacks, etc. What can be an issue are T-shirts bearing obscene or provocative slogans or images. The objectionable shirt-wearer is usually then given the choice of going home to change, or wearing the shirt inside out for the day…
 
From an article...

Schoolgirls are left in tears after being ordered to stand in line as 'male teachers inspected the length of their skirts to make sure they are not too short'​

"Parents at Rainford High School in St Helens, Merseyside, claimed girls whose skirts were deemed too short were made to queue up and asked to adjust their skirts by teachers - and that parents were contacted if they did not comply.

'Parents during a cost of living crisis are being forced to buy new skirts or risk the children being suspended from school, in a school that constantly preaches the importance of students attending school and lessons they find suspension a suitable consequence which is completely contradictory to the schools aim, school is supposed to prepare us for the workplace however when we see teachers in the school walking around their workplace with skirts not following these same rules it seems very unjust,' the description states. "

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-order-pupils-adjust-skirts-theyre-knee.html
 
Rose65 said:
Big row at a Merseyside school over the length of girls skirts. Too short in many cases. Apparently parents are saying their daughters are being humiliated by being told their skirts are too short.

I often think we live in an increasingly foolish time. A uniform policy is there for a reason and should be enforced. It is disappointing that the parents don't seem to be on the side of common sense either. School is a place of learning, not a fashion show. With so much of real concern going on in the world this is just a silly matter in my view, though there is the serious matter of school discipline at the heart of it.

What do you think?
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I agree. This isn't new. When I was at school in the 60's it was the height ( unintended Pun)..of the mini skirt.. we'd roll our school skirt up at the waist band by about 6 inches, and there was always letters home to our parents saying we had to have skirt no more than 2 inches above the knee. It wasn't about attracting boys, it was all about being in Fashion...so we'd go into school with the skirt in it's right position and the second we left the school gates we'd roll it up again.!

The difference between then and now is the entitled snowflakes, woke generation who are now the parents. who feel that they and their kids should have everything and anything they want without consequence..
 
Paco Dennis said:
From an article...

Schoolgirls are left in tears after being ordered to stand in line as 'male teachers inspected the length of their skirts to make sure they are not too short'​

"Parents at Rainford High School in St Helens, Merseyside, claimed girls whose skirts were deemed too short were made to queue up and asked to adjust their skirts by teachers - and that parents were contacted if they did not comply.

'Parents during a cost of living crisis are being forced to buy new skirts or risk the children being suspended from school, in a school that constantly preaches the importance of students attending school and lessons they find suspension a suitable consequence which is completely contradictory to the schools aim, school is supposed to prepare us for the workplace however when we see teachers in the school walking around their workplace with skirts not following these same rules it seems very unjust,' the description states. "

67994391-11784101-image-a-3_1677147838705.jpg


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-order-pupils-adjust-skirts-theyre-knee.html
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If the parents had bought the right length of skirt in the first place which would have been stated at the beginning of term..then they wouldn't have to be paying out now for the correct one.. if they're not careful.. the parents may find themselves with a school who will alter the uniform policy to trousers for all , and then they'll not have to put up with this nonsense while trying to give the child an Education !
 
Rose65 said:
Big row at a Merseyside school over the length of girls skirts. Too short in many cases. Apparently parents are saying their daughters are being humiliated by being told their skirts are too short.

I often think we live in an increasingly foolish time. A uniform policy is there for a reason and should be enforced. It is disappointing that the parents don't seem to be on the side of common sense either. School is a place of learning, not a fashion show. With so much of real concern going on in the world this is just a silly matter in my view, though there is the serious matter of school discipline at the heart of it.

What do you think?
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The Catholic school board here in Toronto requires that all students wear a uniform. Guess what ? The girls can only wear trousers, not skirts. Problem solved, right ? JImB.
 
As a former teacher i rail against rules that cause more problems than they are worth.
Apply them sensibly not in a draconian manner.
Around my area I see girls heading to school wearing very tight skirts that are way above the knee.
i do wonder if that should be allowed but schools choose not to make a fuss about it.
The perceived problem can be solved by insisting the girls wear trousers.
just noticed jimintoronto has said that.
 
jimintoronto said:
The Catholic school board here in Toronto requires that all students wear a uniform. Guess what ? The girls can only wear trousers, not skirts. Problem solved, right ? JImB.
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When my daughter was at school in the 80's and 90's.. she wore school uniform until 5th year.. skirt which incidentally she preferred to wear as a maxi skirt..they had the choice ..knee length or maxi.....and then in the 5th year and 6th ( aged 15 and 16 ) they were given the choice to wear trousers if they wished, and almost all of the girls including my DD chose trousers..
 
In my days at school, there were boys schools and girls schools, but no mixed schools.
If parents could afford uniforms for their kids, then those kids wore uniforms, but lots of the kids didn't wear uniforms because their parents didn't have the money to buy them.

Talking about uniforms.

There are thousands of different uniforms, school, military, workwear and many, many more varieties. Did you have to wear a uniform as an adult? 😊
 
I thought it was humorous when girls' skirts kept getting shorter and shorter at school until they were disciplined and then the skirts went back down to regulation length. I would stay away from girls that rolled up their skirts because I believe them to be mentally unstable because all they thought about was sex-sex-sex. Then when they were confronted about what they were doing they would turn into teen age bitches that I did not want anything to do with.
 
Nathan said:
Back in high school the girls wanted to wear trousers, but were only allowed to if the temperatures were down to freezing or below. :unsure:
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Yes.. when my daughter was at school, the children could wear trousers if the temps reached below a certain temperature which wasn't very often.. but the older girls could wear trousers as a choice instead of a skirt by the time they reached 5 and 6th year.. aged 15 or 16 ( not to be mistaken with the 5th and 6th Grade in US schools)
 
They still have a rule re: skirt lengths. The other day, several female students were crossing the street. One
of the young ladies had her skirt hiked up to barely covering her undies. I'm sure it was done after leaving
the school premises.
 
Lawrence said:
I thought it was humorous when girls' skirts kept getting shorter and shorter at school until they were disciplined and then the skirts went back down to regulation length. I would stay away from girls that rolled up their skirts because I believe them to be mentally unstable because all they thought about was sex-sex-sex. Then when they were confronted about what they were doing they would turn into teen age bitches that I did not want anything to do with.
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There is something very wrong with you.
 
George1959 said:
Exactly. I was a teenager during the 1970s and from my male view the classmates with their mini skirts, skin-colored sheer pantyhose and (mostly white) laced boots were a feast for my eyes. I liked it. This was a culture of permissiveness. Today it's a culture of ban. A lot of things are cancelled, not only Shakespeare. This is insanity.
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What are you talking about, please? Where/when Shakspeare cancelled?
 
Lawrence said:
I thought it was humorous when girls' skirts kept getting shorter and shorter at school until they were disciplined and then the skirts went back down to regulation length. I would stay away from girls that rolled up their skirts because I believe them to be mentally unstable because all they thought about was sex-sex-sex. Then when they were confronted about what they were doing they would turn into teen age bitches that I did not want anything to do with.
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what on earth are you talking about ?...My friends and I rolled up our skirts at school we were 13 or 14 years old..none of us had a boyfriend much less be obsessed with sex... it was simply a fashion statement for us, absolutely nothing more!! Mentally unstable ?.. I think we can tell who is mentally unstable and it's not little schoolgirls..
 
timoc said:
Talking about uniforms.

There are thousands of different uniforms, school, military, workwear and many, many more varieties. Did you have to wear a uniform as an adult? 😊
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Just waitress or cook uniforms. We had to pay for them ourselves (including shoes that met certain requirements). Mostly I worked in fast food for minimum wage, so it was a hardship.

I also worked in a bar, where we wore a little miniskirt outfit and high heels. The bar had an exotic, Middle Eastern sounding name. Before my time, there was a striped harem-type outfit. That didn't go over well. One of the waitresses told me it looked like a baseball uniform.
 
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