Global Breaking News - Monday, December 23, 2024

A school in Britain has apologized to more than 50 students for punishing them after they wore the wrong trousers to class. Pupils at Heaton Manor school in the north of England were taken out of class and given detention for not conforming to school uniform rules. They had to spend around eight hours in a small classroom for breaking the rules. School bosses said many of the trousers were "skintight" and were not appropriate dress for school. Head teacher Lynne Ackland explained that the school had been in the process of tightening its uniform rules. She said she had not anticipated the variety of trouser styles her pupils would wear. She admitted the school had been too strict with the students.
* trousers(= pants) = 바지/ take A out of B = A를 B에서 꺼내다/ detention = (벌로서) 방과 후 남게 하기; 구금(구류)/ conform to ~ = ~에 따르다/ skintight = (옷이) 몸에 딱 달라붙는/ appropriate = 적절한/ (be) in the process of ~ = ~하는 중(과정)이다/ variety (of ~) = 여러 가지, 갖가지/ strict = 엄격한, 엄한 

Parents were furious at the treatment their children received. A mother of an 11-year-old told reporters: "[My daughter] was in that room for eight hours yesterday and she was deeply distressed. I'd understand if she'd behaved badly, but this is punishment for a pair of trousers the teachers don't like….She's lost two days' education because of this ridiculous rule and I'm absolutely livid." She added: "We were sent letters from the school to say pupils must wear black, tailored trousers. In my opinion, [my daughter's] trousers are tailored; they are not skintight. The school should be more specific." Ms Ackland said: "We clearly need to be much more specific with people in the future."
* furious (with sb/ at sth(sb)/ that ~) = 몹시 화가 난/ treatment = 대우(처리/처우); 치료/ distressed = (심리적으로) 괴로워(고통스러워) 하는/ ridiculous = 말도 안 되는, 터무니없는/ livid = 몹시 화가 난, 격노한; 검푸른, 시퍼런/ tailored = 잘(딱) 맞도록 만든; 맞춤의