Schools are a grest lesson in institutional power.
When the institution has the ability to implement whatever it wants on those within it, it will put massive inconveniences on them to save on the smallest inconveniences for itself.
Presumably they thought shorts didn’t look smart enough on the kids, and so implemented a rule without considering (or caring) what effects it had beyond those it intended.
Schools are a grest lesson in institutional power.
When the institution has the ability to implement whatever it wants on those within it, it will put massive inconveniences on them to save on the smallest inconveniences for itself.
Presumably they thought shorts didn’t look smart enough on the kids, and so implemented a rule without considering (or caring) what effects it had beyond those it intended.