No to miniskirts or “teachers drop their eyes”: controversy over the sentence of the vice-rector of Socrates. The school office excludes penalties

“Nothing miniskirts otherwise, the teacher’s eye falls. “This is the sentence pronounced, some students said, by one of the deputy directors From high school Socrates from Rome, in the historic neighborhood of Garbatella. Words addressed to a girl that according to the teacher would have been too provocative. And so, after decades of customs clearance for the mini, a storm broke out. The Minister of Education Lucia azzolina He immediately requested a further investigation of the matter through theregional school office.

The story was made public by a girl from “Socrates” who explained to Republic: “On the first day of school, the assistant principal, entering the classroom to give communications, called a friend of mine, who was wearing a skirt that day. He told her that it was not the case to dress like that, that it was provocative, that some teachers could “drop the eye”. And as far as we know, the same phrase was also said to other students ”. The reaction of students high school that with the motto “It’s not our fault that his eye falls out“Demonstrated by her freedom by wearing short skirts.

The girls of the collective “Feminist focusThey explained: “Going to school in a skirt was a spontaneous response. We are not interested in the single episode, this is an opportunity to focus on the role of the school and the school community. School is and should be a driving force unhinge the culture that makes girls and women objects me guilty. It is in the classrooms where the citizens of tomorrow are formed, and it is from there that a new consciousness must begin for our bodies and our ways of being. Socrates and his community of students and teachers have always taught us this, to know ourselves and ourselves and to be free and free to express ourselves ”.

in the meantime Rocco pinneri, director of the school’s regional office, has already consulted the principal Carlo Firmani: “We are trying to understand what happened. We need a few more items. Meanwhile, it must be said that there are more vice principals in that school, so we must understand who they are. Firmani will listen to the students and teachers and then inform me. Anyway no details for a disciplinary actionInstead, it is the executive who denied himself over the phone to end the press blackout.

The president of the National Directors Association also spoke on the subject this afternoon. Antonello Giannelli: “It is obvious that female and male students have to attend classes in clothes Okay, as a sign of respect for the institution that the school represents and for themselves. However, it cannot be accepted that the motivation underlying this compliant behavior refers to a hypothetical and deplorable voyeurism of teachers (men). Teachers who, however, play an important educational role ”.

And the honorable too Vittorio House dei 5Stelle wanted to express her opinion on her Facebook profile: “Correct communication at school is essential. Suggest to the students, but also to the teachers, clothing appropriate to the place and comply with shared codes of conduct it is absolutely legitimate. On the contrary, it is wrong to ask students not to wear miniskirts because otherwise teachers could fall out of their eyes. A message misleading which seems to justify those who, due to their role and experience, must always maintain self-control and the correct attitudes ”.