Teen Boys Respond To Heat Wave By Wearing Skirts To School
Teenage boys at Isca Academy in Exeter in Devon, England requested to wear shorts in the face of the current heat wave. Something that the headmaster of their school reportedly refused to acquiesce to, maintaining that all boys needed to wear pants, regardless of the heat.
So the boys decided to do something that a lot of men who aren't being allowed to wear shorts in "professional" environments are doing: they started rocking skirts.
Most tweets supporting boys at Devon school wearing skirts to lessons in protest at not being allowed to put on shorts in heatwave. pic.twitter.com/POWm2oTUVj
— Simon Hall (@SimonHallNews) June 22, 2017
Twitter got wind of the news, and people were all about the skirt-wearing protest.
Boys at Isca Academy in Exeter wear skirts to school in protest at not being allowed to wear shorts in hot weather. pic.twitter.com/XHrffnSQEN
— Simon Hall (@SimonHallNews) June 22, 2017
Fair play to the lads!
— Ian Martin (@ian0martin) June 22, 2017
Certainly getting the publicity they deserve to overturn an absurd uniform rule. https://t.co/SM5Mmllk7d
Genius!
— (((Nigel))) (@PoliticalNigel) June 22, 2017
This is an amazing generation. https://t.co/cbgiOKVEJN
Direct action is always stylish https://t.co/b7voZk9rK6
— Carl Gent (@GentCarl) June 22, 2017
Some also applauded that the protest was more about a "practical" reaction to a "stupid" dress code.
While I applaud any breaking of gender norms, this really is more about the weather and stupid school uniform policy than it is that. https://t.co/ShxF6mVOWQ
— ¡No pasarán! (@ThatSabineGirl) June 22, 2017
This makes me proud to be an Exeter boy, albeit a slightly older one. Thunderous applause for these dudes. https://t.co/fcyX0z0OPB
— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) June 22, 2017
Others, however, weren't too fond of the initiative and think they'd do better to "tow the line."
Teaching our kids to have little respect for authorities and protest because "it's too hot" will only produce obnoxious brats.#narcissism
— Steve Buckley (@SteveJBuckley) June 22, 2017
Others had reactions to that.
You must be fun at parties Steve.
— MJ (@Jamzeh1) June 22, 2017
How much energy do UK schools waste enforcing uniform policies that other countries manage quite well without?
— Richard Hussey (@RichardHussey1) June 22, 2017
Do you think this is a good way to beat the heat?
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