A program mandating that schoolchildren wear sunglasses is catching on in Aussie-land.
There was a time when wearing sunglasses would have been seen as too cool for school, but for pupils at a pioneering primary in Australia they are now a compulsory part of the uniform.
The move is aimed at protecting young eyes from the sun’s dangerous ultraviolet rays, and education authorities say they are considering adopting the plan at all state schools.
The headmaster of Sydney’s Arncliffe Public School, where sunglasses are now compulsory for children from kindergarten through Year 6, said they had no problems wearing the glasses in the playground.
The “sunnies” as they are called in Australia, would soon become “routine” for the pupils, Stephan Vrachas told commercial radio.
The education minister of New South Wales state, of which Sydney is the capital, said the government would consider making sunglasses compulsory in all public school playgrounds.
“It is conceivable that in certain environments it might be appropriate to wear sunglasses when they are playing in the sun,” John Della Bosca told reporters.
It is also conceivable that whenever a government official’s lips move, no matter the nation they represent or at which level they presides, that they are a statist idiot.
I’m sure that he has not yet taken into account that some students wear vision correcting prescription eyeglasses, and that to comply with his insipid idea, they will either need new, tinted glasses or have to wear the goofiest set of shades that resemble those worn by cataract patients.
And who exactly is going to pay for all of this?
This will cross the Pacific in short order, hitting Californistan first and making its way west and north.
Mandatory sunglasses for school children in Washington. The list of states that own fewer convertables than us is short enough you could write their names on the fingers of one hand and still have a blank thumb.