It's not necessarily a photo Chris Whitehead’s parents will be framing and keeping on the mantelpiece。
Chris Whitehead的父母不必将这张照片用相框框起来,一直摆放在壁炉台上。
But they are certainly proud of him. The 12-year-old wore a skirt to school yesterday to protest against “discriminatory” rules which ban boys from wearing shorts。
He says it is unfair that girls can change into skirts during the hot weather, while boys have to swelter in long trousers。
他说,在炎热的天气里,女孩子们可以换上短裙,然而男孩子们却必须穿着热死人的长裤,这样不公平。
This, he says, affects their concentration and ability to learn。
他说,这使他们不能专心学习,阻碍了学习能力的提高。
The schoolboy is taking advantage of a ‘silly loophole’ in the uniform policy at Impington Village College, near Cambridge, that means boys can wear skirts as the school would be guilty of discrimination if it tried to stop them。
“In the summer months, girl students are allowed to wear skirts but boys are not allowed to wear shorts,” Chris explained yesterday before his protest。