Boys at Isca Academy in Exeter wear skirts in protest at shorts ban

Britain has recently been hit by heat waves, in Exeter (Exeter) a middle school, there are dozens of boys because of dissatisfaction with the rules prohibit wearing shorts, decided to wear a dress to protest. Incident has caused the mainstream media attention BBC, the school afterwards that will consider relaxing the school uniforms.

At the ISCA Academy in Exeter, UK, a group of students asked the school to relax the rules so that they could choose to wear shorts at temperatures above 30 degrees, but the request was immediately rejected by the school. The teacher asked the students that " Wear a dress to go! "

On Wednesday, several male students decided to take action to borrow a school dress from a friend or sister and wear a skirt to show dissatisfaction. To Thursday to further expand the scale of action, about 30 male students are together to wear school skirts, action attracted media attention.

A pair of skirts of the boys told reporters that the protests began only five people wearing a skirt, but he is expected to follow hundreds of people in the future. Asked whether he enjoyed the dress, he admits very much like the feeling of fresh air. A parent said, for the children to stand up and fight for the right, feel very proud.

The school said afterwards that it was a matter of fact that the weather was very hot in the past few days and that every effort was made to enable students to stay in school. "The shorts are not part of our boys' uniforms. If we do not consult students and parents, we do not want to make any changes, but the weather is getting more and more Warm, we are happy to consider future changes. "