Looking back on School Rules!

The other day I was driving Emily to School, we drive the same way all the time, we see a few particular boys on our route.   These boys must be approaching their final year at Roan Boys school, which is a very good school in our area.

The taller of the 2 boys, have beautiful curly hair that is now almost down to his waist and the other boy has straight hair that is past his shoulders, it is always clean and blowing in the wind.  Now they do wear school uniforms, grey flannels, white shirt and tie, just like the boys at Hill High, however there are no rules about "HAIR".

So I started telling Emily about when I was in high school and the Rules we had, maybe you can add to them but this is what I remember.

1.  Boys hair MUST be 2 fingers about the collar, neat and short

2.  Boys who were at shaving age, must be clean shaved.

3. Boys were not allowed to shave their heads

I remember that a group of boys in my class Colin, Warren, Alex and a few other, got caned because their hair was not at the stipulated 2 fingers above the collar, so the next day they went out and shaved their heads, came to school and were caned for shaving their heads!  You couldn't win. 

Girls Rule:

1. Your dress could not be higher than 3 fingers off the knee

2. You had to wear regulation panties (Green granny pants or the summer ones which were the same pattern and material as the uniform uggh)

3. No Mascara, eyeliner or any make up whatsoever. 

4. Hair below the collar had to be tied back 

5.  Regulation tights in winter and white socks in summer

6.  Only Brown School shoes

7.  No Nail varnish

If you broke any of these rules you would get a 2 hour detention and write out lines or an essay!  So you couldn't even do your homework.  The prefects were mean they would give you essays with the title "The inside of a ping pong ball" and you had to write a 1000 words (non repetitive). 

In primary school I just remember being hit on the hands with a ruler or a wooden spoon if you spoke in class or did something else wrong!  There was no detention. 

In Ireland:

The girls have uniforms however they can wear as much make up as they like, false eyelashes to boot! Any shoes they like and as long as they are not too high!  No one cares how short or long your school dress / skirt is.  You can wear false nails or varnish.  No one really cares about your socks either. 

And of course there is no corporal punishment and you only get detention if you are continually late.   How time have changed. 

I found these that I think are also quite ridiculous:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/sophiegadd/the-most-ridiculous-rules-peoples-schools-had