04-05-2011, 18:34
I lived in the UK when I was little, and started school there. When I moved back to the US, nothing made sense. I didn't understand why girls' backpacks had to be separated from boys' backpacks, which is very common in US schools, but apparently not UK schools.
And yeah, the whole thing about nudity in the US here even confuses us Americans. It's fine to have the skimpiest bikinis in music videos, wear the lowest-cut tops possible and shortest shorts possible in public, but in a lot of schools if a girl's skirt is even 2 inches (I think 5 cm? Don't have a ruler around) above her knee she gets detention. However, you'd think that if it's okay to wear a bikini, you might as well go naked... yeah, not really. Though actual nudity isn't really as "tempting" as skimpy clothing.
And in North Carolina at least it is legal to go topless on the beach, but not legal to drive down the road topless. Figure that one out.
And yeah, the whole thing about nudity in the US here even confuses us Americans. It's fine to have the skimpiest bikinis in music videos, wear the lowest-cut tops possible and shortest shorts possible in public, but in a lot of schools if a girl's skirt is even 2 inches (I think 5 cm? Don't have a ruler around) above her knee she gets detention. However, you'd think that if it's okay to wear a bikini, you might as well go naked... yeah, not really. Though actual nudity isn't really as "tempting" as skimpy clothing.
And in North Carolina at least it is legal to go topless on the beach, but not legal to drive down the road topless. Figure that one out.