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Dozens of teenage boys have turned up to school wearing skirts after their headteacher refused to relax the uniform code banning shorts despite the heatwave that has gripped Britain this week.
 
Pupils at the Isca academy in Exeter argued it was too hot for long trousers and asked if they could wear shorts as temperatures this week rose above 30C.
 
When this was refused a handful turned up on Wednesday in skirts borrowed from friends and sisters. On Thursday about 30 boys were wearing skirts.
 
One boy told Devon Live he had been told on Wednesday the skirt was too short and his legs too hairy. Some of the boys had taken this into account and bought razors to shave their legs.
 
One boy in year nine wearing a skirt said the protest had started with five boys wearing skirts but he expected “hundreds†to follow suit. Asked if he was enjoying the experience, he said he appreciated the “nice breezeâ€.
 
Another said it was “quite refreshingâ€, pointing out that if even Royal Ascot had allowed racegoers in the royal enclosure to remove their jackets then the school ought to relax its dress code.
 
The headteacher, Aimee Mitchell, said: “We recognise that the last few days have been exceptionally hot and we are doing our utmost to enable both students and staff to remain as comfortable as possible.
 
“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.â€
 
A Devon county council spokesperson said: “About 30 boys arrived at school this morning wearing school skirts. It’s fewer than was anticipated yesterday, but the weather today is considerably cooler. None of the boys have been penalised – no one was put in isolation or detention for wearing a skirt.â€
 
The mother of one of the boys who began the protest said she was proud of him. Claire Lambeth, 43, said her son Ryan, 15, “came home the day before he wore the skirt and complained about it being really, really hot at school.
 
“He said it was unbearable. I spoke to a teacher to ask about shorts and she said it was school policy [that they could not be worn]. I did say this was exceptional weather, but they were having none of it. If girls can wear skirts, why can’t boys wear shorts?
 
“Ryan came up with the idea of wearing a skirt so that evening we borrowed one. He wore it the next day – as did five other boys. This morning there were about 50-60 of them in skirts.
 
“I didn’t expect it to take off like that. The school is being silly really – this is exceptional weather. I was very proud of Ryan. I think it was a great idea.â€
 
Another mother said: “My 14-year-old son wanted to wear shorts. The headteacher told them: ‘Well, you can wear a skirt if you like’ – but I think she was being sarcastic.
 
“However, children tend to take you literally, and because she told them it was OK, there was nothing she could do as long as they are school skirts.â€
 
A third mother said: “Children also don’t like injustice. The boys see the female teachers in sandals and nice cool skirts and tops while they are wearing long trousers and shoes and the older boys have to wear blazers. They just think it’s unfair that they can’t wear shorts in this heat.â€
 
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I wouldnt wear a skirt because id be afraid of my 15 incher sticking out

But id lowkey rock a skirt

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The thing that bothered me the most in that article was the complaint that the legs are too hairy. It should be completely up to the individual if they wish to shave their legs, arms, armpits or chest.

 

Sure most do it, especially girls. But it shouldn't be a part of school policy to tell kids that their bodies wrong.

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So the manly thing for them to do would have been to swelter in those stupid long pants? This was very clever of them and you're being pathetic.

Those boys don't look in the least comfortable in that picture hence why i called them betas. I do not like seeing kids used as political tools, if you think these boys did this because they didn't have any pressure or incentive of a female you are mistaken. Funny how the moms are the only ones mentioned to have an opinion of this

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Those boys don't look in the least comfortable in that picture hence why i called them betas. I do not like seeing kids used as political tools, if you think these boys did this because they didn't have any pressure or incentive of a female you are mistaken. Funny how the moms are the only ones mentioned to have an opinion of this

Don't pretend to care about these boys when you've already used language towards them meant to demean and emasculate.

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Those boys don't look in the least comfortable in that picture hence why i called them betas. I do not like seeing kids used as political tools, if you think these boys did this because they didn't have any pressure or incentive of a female you are mistaken. Funny how the moms are the only ones mentioned to have an opinion of this

 

They live in a country where it's really not uncommon at all to see someone wearing a kilt or the dresses (don't know the name) that are worn by pakistanian, arab and indian men. I really don't think it's that deep to them.

 

It's also not really that groundbreaking. We've been getting articles like this every summer for years now.

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They live in a country where it's really not uncommon at all to see someone wearing a kilt or the dresses (don't know the name) that are worn by pakistanian, arab and indian men. I really don't think it's that deep to them.

 

It's also not really that groundbreaking. We've been getting articles like this every summer for years now.

I know what a kilt is, if they were wearing kilts I would have called them betas for imo being pressured or provided incentives for wearing a skirt

 

... :._.:

 

I shouldn't have even bothered with you.

It's best to have a sense of humor when talking to me

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I see this as a big fuck u to thw school dumb policy

 

Here in my country when summer gets unbeareable we even get less hours of school and we have up to 3 uniforms -- for winter, for summer (instead of wearing a sweater and a bottoms up, we have a nice shirt with the school logo and for pe girls get to wear a short/skirt and guys wear shorts) i thought this was the standard everywhere lmao

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