NO Hugs on bus, pupil warned

The Nashua (NH)Telegraph ^ | 5/20/02 | Jonathan Van Fleet

[NewHampshireDuo]

I found this article disturbing but predictable by this school district which is arrogant and very PC.

Their website can be reached at: http://district.nashua.edu/Parents.htm

[habs4ever]

The idiotic bureaucratic mind at work.What an asshole.

[cynicom]

If the kid doesnt stop, make him walk to school. Or better yet throw him out. An 8 year should well know that affection for others is a no no. (Caustic sarcasm)

[joesnuffy]

Wonder who gets to make up all the rules he has to obey...and who watches over
making sure he dots every eye and crosses every tee...what a dink

[fogarty]

If anyone cares to write to this jerkoff, here's his email:

jgiuliano@nashua.edu

[Metal4Ever]

This is just the usual lame PC crapola being carried to the Nth degree extreme. It's so pointless.

[gitmo]

My kid got busted for the same thing. I don't think our school will try that crud with any other parents, though.

[Falcon4.0]

So,,,when do they start passing out condems?
And is (IS = 1. Equal: 2 homogeneous: 3 uniform.) hugging permisable then?

[Mulder]

Communist bastards.

[goodnesswins]

“Students must demonstrate responsible behavior on our buses and bus drivers must insist on proper behavior to ensure the safety of all students,” said the letter, which was signed by Fowler. “Misconduct, carelessness or thoughtlessness on the part of any student can create a safety hazard for all students on a school bus.”

BUT, teaching them about b-f-ing is OKEY, DOKEY in the public skools....I AM REALLY PISSED ABOUT THIS ONE....

[goodnesswins]

“Students must demonstrate responsible behavior on our buses and bus drivers must insist on proper behavior to ensure the safety of all students,” said the letter, which was signed by Fowler. “Misconduct, carelessness or thoughtlessness on the part of any student can create a safety hazard for all students on a school bus.”

BUT, teaching them about b-f-ing is OKEY, DOKEY in the public skools....I AM REALLY PISSED ABOUT THIS ONE....Where's the tolerance for a little HUG for the "teacher/helper"?????????????? NO>>.......but, if she wants to hand him a condom or teach him about "alternate lifestyles" that lead to death, well THAT'S OKEY, DOKEY.....

[goodnesswins]

OOOOPPPPPSSSSS.....I SAID I was really PISSED!!

[FixitGuy]

This really does raise the hackles! What kind of a message does this send to an eight year old.

And isn't this sort of message precisely NOT what they should be teaching!.

Down with PC public education(brainwashing)!

[shaggy eel]

,,, Brian Fowler has launched an "inappropriate display of stupidity". What a great opportunity to review his job description and see if his job is really necessary.

[Lockbox]

If the kid doesnt stop, make him walk to school.

Not with the Americans' with Disabilities Act.

[sarasmom]

This is insane. A special needs bus, a bus assistant who obviously needs "sensitivity counseling" and an idiot who thinks a letter vs a phone call in this case is appropriate.

Many people are uncomfortable around handicapped children. That is ok. What is not OK is for a supposed "normal" adult to complain about a special needs 8 year old childs hugs. If the aid felt uncomfortable, she should have sought counseling for her problem, or asked to be assigned to the "normal" bus, where she could oversee the little tykes who have enough social skills to realise she does not warrant a hug, not inflict even more rejection on the little boy.

[NewHampshireDuo]

What makes this even more poignant is the fact that this little boy is a special student and a child that has suffered so much from his short life with both epilepsy and cerebral palsy. And what kind of bus monitor is such a grinch that they complain to the school like that?! Maybe she should look for another job (working in the prison system or such)

[riley1992]

Caron said she’ll casually tell Timothy not to give the lady on the bus a hug, so it doesn’t become too big a deal for him. He’ll probably forget, so she’ll remind him several times, including when he gets on the bus every morning to go to Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, where he is in the second grade.

In all of the time I have been here, this is one of the most sickening pieces I have ever read. As I read this paragraph, I had the picture in my mind of this mom having to tell this child every day as he leaves for school, "I love you, remember, don't hug anyone." How horridly sad and alternately disgusting this world has become.

[Mulder]

I hope all parties involved simply ignore this tyrannical and illegitimate edict.

[goodnesswins]

I HOPE they get rid of the "lady" on the bus - and replace her with someone who WANTS hugs from someone who willingly gives them.........anything else means schools are DOOMED!