Tony couldn’t imagine there were still people who thought this way nowadays. He demanded an explanation and only got angrier when the principal told him the real reason. The school principal said that the violation of the dress code had nothing to do with modesty, but with height. According to him, Demetra’s dress and her shorts did not match the so-called ‘fingertip test’.
The fingertip test is a standard that students at the school must be able to meet. When they keep their arms next to their body, their pants or skirt should not extend above the fingertip. Tony asked Demetra to do the fingertip test so that he could see for himself whether his daughter indeed did not meet this standard.