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‘Hump day’ causing distraction in CT school
CNN Headline News ^ | 4:56 PM EDT, Thu October 03, 2013 | (HLN Raising America Staff)

Posted on 10/04/2013 9:20:30 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Geico might be known for its little lizard, but it's the camel that’s stirring up trouble.

You might have seen their latest commercial. A camel walks through a workplace asking people what day it is. He’s super excited about it being hump day. Funny, right?

Teachers at least one Connecticut middle school aren’t fans, because the kids are screaming “HUMP DAY” in the halls, students told HLN affiliate WFSB. They say it’s distracting, and they want it to stop. …

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: banned; commercial; humpday; middleschool
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To: Cyber Liberty

Do your kids wander the hall screaming for no good reason? Then it’s not a problem.


21 posted on 10/04/2013 9:40:56 AM PDT by discostu (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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To: kidd

Unapproved speech!!! Get back to your brainwashing!!


22 posted on 10/04/2013 9:42:28 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: discostu

No, I taught them better than that.

But teachers have not shown themselves to be the most discriminate of people (reference: See “Zero Tolerance” policies). If they decided to slap some heads to stop a disruption, they’d just hit the nearest kid, who had better not be mine.


23 posted on 10/04/2013 9:53:18 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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To: Olog-hai

Kids being kids? We can’t have that!!!


24 posted on 10/04/2013 9:56:38 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Olog-hai

Hey, at least they are too young for “WOW”
(remember that?)


25 posted on 10/04/2013 10:05:02 AM PDT by libertarian27 (FreeRepublic Cookbooks 2011 & 2012 - Click Profile)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Zero tolerance policies go in place because people don’t like teachers and principals making punishment decisions, they like blanket “fair” punishments. Notice back when they were allowed to make decisions, and allowed to use corporal punishment, we didn’t have these kinds of problems (and the many worse problems that are around today).


26 posted on 10/04/2013 10:06:06 AM PDT by discostu (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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To: libertarian27

WOW is still around, and no, most kids in Middle School are NOT too young.

Ask an 8th grader what a “Rainbow Party” is and you’ll see what I mean.


27 posted on 10/04/2013 10:10:51 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue (I have no home. I'm the wind.)
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To: Olog-hai

The school authorities don’t know what to do. It’s not a kid chewing a pop tart, or a boy placing a kiss on a girl’s cheek. Or a kid with an NRA shirt. Or a kid with a cross. HUMP doesn’t sound like any racist word.

What will the authorities do? Oh the horror! Oh the confusion!

What will the poor things do? Inject them all with xanax or whatever the hell drug they’re giving kids these days?


28 posted on 10/04/2013 10:11:32 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: Olog-hai

When I was that age in Connecticut schools we had atomic air raid drills. We all coped pretty well except for Mrs. McInerny who was a WWII bride from Germany. She had been through Allied air raids and wasn’t as enthusiastic about diving under desks as we were.


29 posted on 10/04/2013 10:13:41 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: I want the USA back

It’s not a kid chewing a pop tart, or a boy placing a kiss on a girl’s cheek …
Now if the boy planted that kiss on another boy’s cheek, the teachers would celebrate diversity or something like that. (Meanwhile, “hump” is mildly sexually suggestive and they get mad at that.)
30 posted on 10/04/2013 10:14:46 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Cyber Liberty

Teachers need tlo go back to whipping kids!!!!


31 posted on 10/04/2013 10:18:56 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: discostu

If these were “those days” I could see it. But now, in the 21st Century, I don’t trust the JBT wannabes with corporal punishment.


32 posted on 10/04/2013 10:29:38 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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To: Olog-hai

Next week it will be something else, & on & on & on.

Gross overreaction of the school administration.


33 posted on 10/04/2013 10:53:00 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: SoftballMominVA
My little nieces and nephews love the hump day commercial. They repeat it for a few minutes every time they hear it on TV.
34 posted on 10/04/2013 11:05:36 AM PDT by peeps36 (I'm Not A Racist, I Hate Douchebags f All Colors)
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