dressy

When I was in school in Yorkshire, all the kids changed clothes for PE so we didn't get our uniforms dirty. (I have no idea how common or not that actually is in English primary schools because I've never bothered to ask.) Changing clothes for gym is normal but usually not until middle or high school. The school had no locker rooms so we all changed together in the classroom. I suppose at that age there really aren't many differences between boys and girls. I didn't grow up to be a rapist or axe murderer and neither did anyone else, so clearly it didn't do any harm.

Anyway. For some reason, instead of leaving our uniforms in a pile on the chairs or tables, a trend arose for us to actually dress our chairs. Probably because people reflexively drape blazers and coats and cardigans on the backs of chairs--we just went all out and put all our clothes on our chairs. Tights and trousers went over the front two legs, blouses nad shirts on the back, skirts usually sat on the seat, and our shoes on the front feet of the chair.

That's just weird.

Eventually it was specifically banned. We weren't allowed to do it anymore. I wonder if that isn't still in the rules of that school--students are not permitted to dress up their classroom chairs. If it is, I bet some kid will find it and wonder what the fuck happened for a rule like that to become necessary in the first place. Well, kiddo, it's because back in the early 90s a bunch of kids kept wasting school time dressing their chairs up for PE.