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You didn't answer the question. How are teachers and students being critically injured by hugs?
This school doesn't have a problem with groping or sexual assault (where do you come up with this stuff??), they have a problem with students being late for class. Presumably they are incapable of addressing the real issue by passing out appropriate penalties for tardiness and dealing with the occasional inappropriate hug.
By the same standard, no one should drive because some people drink and drive or speed. No one should be able to write a check or use a CC because some people write bad checks or default on their CC bills. Oh, and no one should post on message boards because some posters are idiots and make no sense. Others just need a good hug and they'd be fine.
When I was a kid, a hug was something I had to endure when Aunt Julia came to visit. I hated it. Nor only was I squeezed tight and restrained, I had to smell her cigarettes and get her stinky perfume on me.
I learned to appreciate hugging in high school, but only when it took place in the back seat of my old Plymouth at the Drive-In movie.
During the sixties, it seemed like hugging became the normal way of greeting, and even though I had become a Hippie, I never felt comfortable doing it.
Recently there is lots of talk about "needing a hug". I have no idea what that's all about.
You know the problem is not with the hugs, it is with the letigousness of our society. Not all children are taught what is appropriate and what is not, and unfortunately events can be misconstrued and lawsuits insue. It is unfortunate, but that is what the world has come to.
If you were a teacher and saw what happens in the hallway, you wouldn't be making fun of the rule. Middle school is a difficult age to teach, speaking from eight years of past expereience, and the kids need to be taught boundries. It's not a matter of kids being late to class, it is a matter of one kid saying that they didn't want to be touched by another student. It only takes one child to say hey I didn't like that, and the school is involved in a huge lawsuit, again betwee kids. You just have to say no to protect the kids, the school, and ultimately the teachers. It sucks, but that is where we are in society. You may see the ruling as stupid, but as in anything these days, it is CYA.
since the wagging fingers of the unending accusers have never stopped --all physical contact is seen as evil. thank you EEOC you have brought this down upon us.
This school doesn't have a problem with groping or sexual assault (where do you come up with this stuff??), they have a problem with students being late for class. Presumably they are incapable of addressing the real issue by passing out appropriate penalties for tardiness and dealing with the occasional inappropriate hug.
It's not tardiness, it is protecting the school from lawsuits!!! You need to understand it from the adminstrators point of view, and I am talking about what happens between kids.
By the same standard, no one should drive because some people drink and drive or speed. No one should be able to write a check or use a CC because some people write bad checks or default on their CC bills. Oh, and no one should post on message boards because some posters are idiots and make no sense. Others just need a good hug and they'd be fine. [/quote]
Schools need to make ensure the safety of the students, and I am not saying that hugs are dangerous, but it could lead to a case where a kids says that they did not want to be touched by another student. The kids shouldn't be touching each other period, it protects the school and the kids. You have parents and kids that will misconstrue student's hugging. Hypothetical boy hugs girl in hallway, girl did not want to be hugged. Depenending on the situation, parent comes in shouting sexual harrassment. Now the school is involved, so are the supervising teachers. To say no the hugging protects your child, the school, and the teachers. You may think that it is silly, but you need to see the other side of the situation. It's called liability, and you may not be mad about it if it happens to your kids but others will. I hate when people get mad about stuff, and can not see the other side of the equation.
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