Mazal, I’m sure you are right. But people don’t think that way – they just think “socks, mandatory.” Anyway, I don’t really remember where I was going with that – this thread was a long time ago and I am too lazy to reread LOL.
When I was starting HS, my friend asked me to come with her to get her uniform. I was flabbergasted when they took out a tape measure to measure 4″ below her knees. It nearly went down to her ankles because she is very short. The woman wasn’t happy with that either because long skirts were in style at the time…she debated for a while and then made the skirt shorter. I thought it was a little crazy to measure…wouldn’t seeing where it lay make more sense?