This issue is not about modesty -- it is the camels nose inside the tent -- setting precedents. I resent having to accommodate "special" groups on anything that is good enough for the rest of us. Why don't we teach school in 373 different languages/dialects? Or have public holidays for 57 different religions/sects? Why should the large majority bend over backwards for the militant minority? F'em!
There's a necessity to speak a common language in the classroom. What is the need to force this girl to wear shorts?
Precisely.
"This issue is not about modesty -- it is the camels nose inside the tent -- setting precedents. I resent having to accommodate "special" groups on anything that is good enough for the rest of us."
I agree. We have the same thing over here in the UK. Small world.