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Posted on 11/04/2011 7:50:26 AM PDT by LBG11
Edited on 11/04/2011 7:54:36 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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life on the democrat plantation.
enjoy.
The Democratic Party.......redistribution of misery.
Loudly claim to be gay. They’ll back off in a hurry.
Some animals are more equal than others.
Zero tolerance no-hug policy? Really?
Nanny statism gone too far.
But it’s “free” “education,” so live with it.
Hugging a “Best Friend”, even in a non-sexual manner, is a strong indication of a special attachment to that person. That is favoritism, and is unacceptable in the collective. /s
Stupid Stupid Stupid
I’d have been expelled by now!
“zero tolerance” just means that no one wants to take responsibility for making a decision about what is acceptable or not out of fear of being sued.
Blame lawyers.
The last time I was in a classroom, for the first time in my teaching career after retirement, I took a job for fun teaching computer skills in the lab for K-6 kids. I was appalled to read in the teacher’s handbook these instructions under standards of conduct:
*Do not put your hands on the children, even to help adjust their clothes, get another child to help them
*Do not hug or pat on the head for good work
*At all times keep your voice even and calm and never raise it above normal tone
And on and on...people are so greedy for a $ that the schools are totally paranoid of a lawsuit.
Oh, calm down, guys. I went to high school in Phoenix when Senator Goldwater was in office, and Phoenix was a hotbed of Conservatism. The entire high school system had a no-on-campus-affection policy. Sooo, all of you freepers hot and bothered here and demanding the right to hug a girl because of your own gay panic, settle down. Call your counselors TODAY and make an appointment.
Once again we pause to pay homage to Common Sense and mourn his passing many years ago.
PDA rules obviously have a purpose and a place in public education, but zero tolerance removes the possibility of Common Sense rising from the grave to pass judgment.
The above story is not the worst example. Some years ago a university professor was observed hugging a female student by a zealous radical feminist who brought him up on charges of sexual harassment. The investigation revealed that the “victim” of the hug had just told the professor that her father had died. He was consoling her.
Sadly, that's actually pretty good advice in this day & age.
The foregoing in sharp contrast to what went on in public elementary schools in the '40s in Chicago: slamming a book over head of a student caught talking in class (sometimes a ruler); being grabbed by the ear or under the chin and slammed into blackboard (they really were black in those days), usually reserved for boys; washing out mouth with soap for "bad words."
Public schools - when you want strict standards for trivia, but no standards for knowledge.
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