Posted on 06/22/2017 11:36:59 AM PDT by drewh
In case you're unaware, we are going through a pretty intense heat wave right now.
With temperatures surpassing 90 degrees, going outside and heading to school can be a pretty grueling (and sweaty) process. Heck, unless you're at the beach, being exposed to such high temperatures can be somewhat of a bummer.
Luckily, most schools allow teenagers to wear shorts, dresses, and skirts to help them cool off from the summer sun — but other schools have uniform requirements that don't allow as many options.
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Apparently, the Isca academy in Exeter, England has a strict dress code that bans male students from wearing shorts, even on days so hot that wearing long pants seems almost impossible.
However, ladies can wear skirts to school, which gives them a lighter summer outfit to beat the heat in.
Recently, dozens of clever schoolboys at the academy couldn't take the summer heat with trousers on, and allegedly asked if they could wear shorts to school instead.
When they were told they couldn't, they found the next best clothing option that was already part of the school's uniform:
Skirts.
View image on TwitterView image on TwitterView image on Twitter Follow Simon Hall ✔ @SimonHallNews Most tweets supporting boys at Devon school wearing skirts to lessons in protest at not being allowed to put on shorts in heatwave. 3:51 AM - 22 Jun 2017 4,734 4,734 Retweets 11,089 11,089 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy On Wednesday, June 21, about 30 boys showed up to school wearing skirts they reportedly borrowed from their sisters and friends.
TBH, I'm super proud of 'em. If girls can wear skirts to school, why can't boys rock 'em, too?
Based off the pictures, these dudes look much happier (and cooler) rocking the airy plaid look.
View image on Twitter View image on Twitter Follow ITV News ✔ @itvnews Boys wear skirts to school to protest no shorts rule during heatwave http://www.itv.com/news/2017-06-22/boys-wear-skirts-to-school-to-protest-no-shorts-rule-during-heatwave/ … 10:54 AM - 22 Jun 2017 147 147 Retweets 390 390 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy In fact, one ninth grader allegedly told The Guardian he “appreciated the nice breeze,” while another said the skirts was “quite refreshing.”
I feel you, man! I LOVE wearing skirts for these very reasons.
The principal of the school, Aimee Mitchell, commented on the boys' choice to wear skirts and admitted she'd be willing to change the dress code in the future.
She told The Guardian,
Shorts are not currently part of our uniform for boys and I would not want to make any changes without consulting both students and their families. However, with hotter weather becoming more normal, I would be happy to consider a change for the future. In the meantime, these guys are rocking their skirts without shame, and Twitter is digging it.
Follow (((Nigel))) @PoliticalNigel Genius! This is an amazing generation. https://twitter.com/simonhallnews/status/877794305766772736 … 2:52 AM - 22 Jun 2017 397 397 Retweets 1,773 1,773 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Follow Emma Thomasson ✔ @emmathomasson No messing with these Devon boys during the #ukheatwave https://twitter.com/simonhallnews/status/877794305766772736 … 3:10 AM - 22 Jun 2017 76 76 Retweets 685 685 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Follow Nicholas Pegg @NicholasPegg This makes me proud to be an Exeter boy, albeit a slightly older one. Thunderous applause for these dudes. https://twitter.com/simonhallnews/status/877794305766772736 … 3:39 AM - 22 Jun 2017 101 101 Retweets 765 765 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy 9h Simon Hall ✔ @SimonHallNews 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 Follow David Rickinson @DavidRickinson @SimonHallNews @BBCSpotlight @BBCCornwall @BBCDevon @exploringexeter @BBCBreaking @Devon_Hour @Exeter_Hour @Devon_Exeter @TheProspect1 @Mr_John_Harvey_ Well done those young men! 5:33 AM - 22 Jun 2017 Retweets 11 11 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy 9h Simon Hall ✔ @SimonHallNews 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 Follow GraceAnne @Grace123anne @SimonHallNews @SarahScarpetta @BBCSpotlight @BBCCornwall @BBCDevon @exploringexeter @BBCBreaking @Devon_Hour @Exeter_Hour @Devon_Exeter @TheProspect1 @Mr_John_Harvey_ Isnt that brilliant.Good for them 7:55 AM - 22 Jun 2017 Retweets 2 2 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy 9h Simon Hall ✔ @SimonHallNews 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 Follow Lichtlibelleツ @Hamsteru_oO @SimonHallNews @_Renny15_ @BBCSpotlight @BBCCornwall @BBCDevon @exploringexeter @BBCBreaking @Devon_Hour @Exeter_Hour @Devon_Exeter @TheProspect1 @Mr_John_Harvey_ That's freaking awesome 10:58 AM - 22 Jun 2017 Retweets likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Bravo, guys!
Hopefully their dress code changes soon, but in the meantime, I definitely applaud their efforts to rock a skirt in the summer heat.
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Just showing their heritage. Irish wore kilts too—Must be a tartan.
Kilts work. But mine are wool, not really summer-friendly.
Except in England they likely have no air conditioning. Summer is just a passing fancy there. :-)
My proctologist said he'd never had to extract a caber before...
What! You didn’t expect me to click on that link and read the article, did you????
Geez, what has FR come to????
There’s a company called Utilikilt, that makes kilts for construction workers. And while they’re getting close, with kilts that look much like cargo shorts, they are based in the northwest, so their very hot weather and desert lines are limited.
“There’s a company called Utilikilt, that makes kilts for construction workers.”
It gets very hot-n-humid here in Maryland. I bought my farmer husband a Utilikilt to wear during the worst days. He has yet to wear it doing barn chores, but dang oh dang, does he look good in that thing!
There, ladies and gentlemen, is a MAN. What a lovely creature. If you men had any idea at all how kilts make women melt, you’d all wear them.
My wife and I wore our McKenzie Clan tartans to the National Square Dance Festival ...
agreed
agreed
I saw a photo of the kids elsewhere, and they were wearing kilts...
Their parents need to be horse whipped.
Before AC we lived at the edge of the mountains and we had a huge window fan in the dining room pulling air out of the house and the windows open in the bedrooms with a floor fan pulling air into the house from the bedroom nearest to the mountains. It was hot and sticky but bearable if you slept in your underwear and used no covers. We survived just fine.
My Dad’s company ran multiple coolers and there was one big walk in. Sometimes in the summer me and my brothers would go to his work on our bikes and grab a coke and just go stand in the big walk in to cool down. Finally in the midst of a blistering hot summer he got a good deal on an AC unit and installed a massive AC unit over the front entrance of his business and we were introduced to air conditioning.
After that half summer of having it at his business he waited until the fall and got a better deal and he bought a big window unit for our living room and the next summer we ran it from about 11:00am to up into the morning with a floor fan pulling the cool air down the hallway into the bedrooms. Needless to say on many a hot July night me and my brothers would grab a sheet and pillow and camp out in the living room to sleep.
My wife grew up with central AC and can’t imagine living without it. In my current house a couple of summers ago it was hot and the AC went out on a Friday night. Well the second floor was shall we say quite toasty. What are we going to do she asked? I said open the windows, set the desk fan we use for noise in the window of the bedroom and open the bathroom window and we will get a breeze moving across the bed. No covers and no pajamas, you will live. The kids had ceiling fans in their rooms they turned on and opened the windows. She survived, lol!
90 degrees in England is very warm. The boys are not allowed to wear shorts, while the girls are allowed to wear skirts - so there is an unequal option for wearing cooler clothing.
I see this as more of a protest against the lopsided dress code than a social justice phenomenon.
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