> That is where we are at today in America. <
Yep. I’m a retired public high school teacher. I know colleagues who would touch a student on the shoulder. Maybe to reassure them. Or maybe to gently guide them to where they needed to go.
I tried to tell those teachers not to do that. Don’t touch for any reason. Just don’t. You could be arrested for a battery. Or for something worse.
Fortunately, none of my colleagues got into trouble - as far as I know. Nevertheless, it was naive behavior.
[[I tried to tell those teachers not to do that. Don’t touch for any reason. Just don’t.]]
Pffft- we had teachers grab students by the throat and slam them against a wall when the student acted up=- Had a cafeteria tough guy worker jump across the serving counter and jumped up on tables running toward a fight and dove into the melee
Noone ever sued-
I had a middle aged male teacher in middle school who openly gave hugs to some of the girls in his class. We’re talking 7th graders here. Even then it seemed weird to my teenage boy mind.