Texas Assist. Principal Determines Reason for Poor Male Grades....

[PhantomWolf]

Ladies, I blame you all for boys' low grades because of tight clothing. If you have tight clothing on, we're going to ask you to change

Only in Texas I guess......

 

[lobosrul]

Only in Texas I guess......

As a 90's kid, growing up mainly in Texas, they seemed to blame large baggy clothing for bad grades. <shrug>

 

[Piscivore]

Only in Texas I guess......

Only Texas? I thought this was the reason the Taliban and their ilk invented burquas and not letting girls go to school?

 

[marplots]

This is Texas. It's probably football fever.

 

[casebro]

Many schools have gone to wearing uniforms. Pleated skirts and white blouses.

That way they sort out the kinky boys when they are young.

 

[Corsair 115]

Might I hope that this thread would lead to a discussion of the actual reasons? (I'm probably being hopelessly optimistic that such a thing would happen.)

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Might I hope that this thread would lead to a discussion of the actual reasons? (I'm probably being hopelessly optimistic that such a thing would happen.)

Apparently it was a bad joke made at a school assembly.

FBISD assistant principal under fire for joke during assembly

While some students think it was sexist, others say Clements High School Assistant Principal Phil Morgante was just trying to be funny.

"At first he was like 'Ladies you can't wear crop tops,'" said Nazakat Jilani, but it didn't make her budge. The next comment from Morgante did. "He said 'Ladies, be careful with your tight shirts because guys have it hard enough to study.' That's when I started laughing. I said 'This is a joke right?'"

Jilani found out it was no joke and that Morgante had been saying it all day long to a series of assemblies at the high school when he was going over what students could wear and what they couldn't wear.

 

[Corsair 115]

Apparently it was a bad joke made at a school assembly.

That was my first thought. But an admittedly quick listen to the Soundcloud link given in the OP didn't seem to back up that thought. (Either I missed the joking nature of the delivery, or it was done in a really deadpan way.)

In any event, there is a legitimate discussion to be had over the scholastic performance of boys in schools. Whether it'll happen is another question...

 

[Tsukasa Buddha]

What about booty shorts?

 

[Beerina]

A suspender skirt would be much more comfortable to me than pants.

 

[Trebuchet]

A suspender skirt would be much more comfortable to me than pants.

Or trousers, if you're in the UK, where "pants" are underwear.

 

[psionl0]

What about booty shorts?

Only if you are making a booty call.

 

[BStrong]

I went to Catholic school, there were no girls, and there were guys who had poor grades.

 

[rustypouch]

Might I hope that this thread would lead to a discussion of the actual reasons? (I'm probably being hopelessly optimistic that such a thing would happen.)

Something to do with privilege, I'm sure...

 

[casebro]

If it was my sister, it would be another case of micro-agression.