Well talk about things coming full circle!
When I was at school, back in the year 19.., we actually campaigned to be allowed to wear trousers. Now female pupils at Tewkesbury School in Gloucestershire could be forced to wear trousers and are up in arms at the idea.
Headmaster John Reilly is talking to pupils and parents about banning skirts as some girls are wearing them so short they look more like belts. I can understand his concern having seen what passes for school uniform at a local school, I have to admit that some of the girls coming out of school would not have looked out of place on the set of a St. Trinians movie.
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I found myself, quite scarily, thinking "That wouldn't have been allowed when I was at school" I felt about 90! As Mr Reilly says these girls looked like they were heading out to a party not on their way home from school. Bleach blonde blown out hair with pink or blue streaks, short skirts, plus full make up appeared to be the norm, not one of these girls would have looked out of place in a nightclub.
Surely though it would be better to enforce stricter uniform standards rather than taking the easy way out and enforcing a ban on skirts. Go right back to basics and enforce a ban on make-up, jewelry and put a standard on skirt length. School is about learning not a fashion parade. How can pupils concentrate on learning if they are competing to look good and wear the latest interpretation of the uniform. Not to mention the affect this must have on the concentration levels of the teenage male pupils full of raging hormones. Plus, the poor male teachers faced with a class full of half naked females, they really must struggle to concentrate on teaching, no wonder there are so many cases of teacher / pupil relationships hitting the press.
Dominique