I remember in school I used to get teased all the time for being pale. I wasn't one of those emo kids deliberately who tried to look ghostly, or anything - I'm just very fair skinned, and I had more sense than to try and change it for the sake of society's most pointlessly stupid beauty ideal.
It sort of sucks how much pressure there is to be "tanned" (or orange) when you're in school. Hopefully rules like this will reduce the pressure somewhat, so pasty kids like me are free to go about their business without being made to feel inferior because they don't have skin the shade of a basketball. Honestly, over my life I've felt more pressure about my skin colour than any other aspect of my physical appearance. Why? What's so bloody wrong with being pale and staying pale if you're born that way? It's ridiculous. It's not like it's inherently unattractive - at least, not if you bother to think for yourself.
Also, SVZ - most schools in the UK (and Australia) do ban makeup on students. They wear uniforms, too.
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