Boy wears skirt to school in protest against 'discrimination'

Chris Whitehead wore a girls' knee-length skirt to classes at Impington Village College, near Cambridge, Cambs.

He is protesting against a school uniform policy which bans boys from wearing shorts during the summer months.

He also addressed 1,368 pupils at morning assembly wearing the black skirt, which boys are permitted to wear due to a loophole in the policy.

Chris believes that forcing boys to wear long trousers during the sizzling summer months affects concentration and their ability to learn.

He said: ''In the summer girl students are allowed to wear skirts but boys are not allowed to wear shorts.

''We think that this discriminates against boys. I will march in a skirt with other boys waving banners and making a lot of noise.

''I will be wearing the skirt at school all day in protest at the uniform policy and addressing the assembly with the student council, wearing a skirt.''

Teachers at Impington Village College imposed a ban on boys' shorts two years ago following consultation with parents and teachers.ReadMore

Comments

  1. sum boy... :) bt still gess he has a point

    ReplyDelete
  2. Dear Blogger,

    We recently invited you to participate in an online survey run by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and Global Voices Online about online safety for bloggers in the Middle East and North Africa. To the best of our knowledge, we have not received your response to the survey. You can participate in the survey by following this link:

    http://new.qualtrics.com/SE?Q_SS=dmqpOMtwo1e7GzG_3lL0Mo11yPXn2lu

    The survey will be available until May 18, 2011. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. You can reach us at mena-survey@cyber.law.harvard.edu.

    Thank you in advance for your time.

    With appreciation,
    The Blogging Common Team
    Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

ޕިއްލޭގެ ޤައުމީ ފުޓްބޯޅަޓީމ

Revealed: Employee and manager at centre of salacious resignation email that accused them of having sex in the office

ދީބް ބައި ޔަހޫދީ.. 2172 ވަނަ އަހަރު މާލޭގެ މަގެއްމަތިން މުސްކުޅިއަކާއި ހުވަފެނުގައި ޖިބުއެ ބައްދަލުވުން