Boy wears skirt to school in protest against discrimination

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue May 10, 2011 5:50 pm

Good on him

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/ed ... ation.html

Gaven McLaren · Post by **Gaven McLaren** » Wed May 11, 2011 9:59 am

Good for him.

Ralitsa · Post by **Ralitsa** » Wed May 11, 2011 12:02 pm

Every once in a while I see a story like this. Of course I never wear shorts so I wouldn't complain about the policy banning shorts, I would just wear a skirt because I like to.
This comment at the end by the Headteacher struck me as amusing: "......and has got strong principles - so maybe Parliament is not the best place for him"
Apparently Parliament is not a good place for people with principles

Martina · Post by **Martina** » Thu May 12, 2011 5:37 am

I think he is a very courageous young man and probably has a bright future. 12 years of age is very young to have the balls to make a stand against authority in such a way. He must have the confidence to not only face down the headmaster but also the bullies who would have a field day in any normal school. It would be interesting to know if he has any crossdressing tendencies or is it purely political. I wonder are there any laws prohibiting male members of parliment turning up for work in a skirt apart from kilts.

Erica S · Post by **Erica S** » Thu May 12, 2011 7:00 am

Good for Chris for standing up for what is right! I wish more people could be like him (including me )

Hugs,

Erica

JoAnnDallas · Post by **JoAnnDallas** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:07 pm

Kids today are exercising their rights more so than they did when I went to school. I am seeing many articles that are showing that today's kids are very open minded. More and more kids are making their school districts reject the discrimination of the past. How many male kids have you heard that want to wear a gown to Prom or female kids that want to wear a Tux. Each time the school district tries to stop it but the kids win out in the end.

Ralitsa · Post by **Ralitsa** » Mon May 16, 2011 5:03 pm

I just saw in the news that some school somewhere tried to ban a kid from the prom because he taped a big cardboard sign to the wall asking his girl to go with him. They claimed the cardboard was a safety problem I guess, sounded pretty stupid to me. So my interpretation is that the school officials were just trying to show everyone "who's in charge". I guess the kids made such a big deal about it that they backed down. I think it's a pretty common situation for the ones "in charge" to make a big deal about their authority, but teenagers are just rowdy enough to tell them they are full of BS. Luckily they don't just accept all the nonsense that is fed to them.