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Great Britain: School ban on hugging (“To avoid putting anyone at risk, please avoid hugging.” )
The Sun (U.K.) ^
| November 4, 2006
| JOHN COLES
Posted on 11/05/2006 5:22:05 PM PST by Stoat
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Banned ... friends embrace
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School ban on hugging By JOHN COLES November 04, 2006 A SCHOOL headmaster was branded a killjoy yesterday after he ordered pupils to stop HUGGING each other. Steven Kenning told teens to quit embracing because it made them late for lessons. He said hugging could be deemed inappropriate and victims could be hugged against their will. The barmy rule was posted on the website of Callington Community College, Cornwall. Mr Kenning said: Hugging was happening extensively and becoming the norm. We were worried it might become inappropriate. So we nipped it in the bud. He added that there had been complaints from some pupils so he told the kids: This is very serious not only for the victim but for anyone accused of acting inappropriately. To avoid putting anyone at risk, please avoid hugging. But the ban outraged parents and pupils at the 1,250-pupil college, with some claiming they had been punished for illegal hugs.
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Detentions ... school has punished children |
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Bethany Read, 17, said: Weve even had a naming and shaming policy in assembly and people reporting others.
John White, 16, said: I can understand no kissing but theres nothing wrong with hugging. Some have had detentions for hugging.
Local councillor Kath Pascoe said: I dont see anything wrong with hugging its better than fighting.
Last year Mr Kenning suspended pupil Daniel Pethick, 15, for streaking his hair like his hero Ashes cricketer Kevin Pietersen.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; callingtoncollege; education; england; greatbritain; hugging; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: Mr. Mojo
Damn, I sure hope not. I wonder how that happened? I've seen it happen on before, where a different image shows up, but OMG...that was terrible!
My picture was of Barney Fife to go with the "Nip it in the bud" comment from the article. The pic showed up fine in the preview, but definitely not after I posted it.
I hit the "report abuse" button as fast as I could to get it removed.
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posted on
11/05/2006 5:37:17 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Is it too early for flapjacks?)
To: Stoat
He said hugging could be deemed inappropriate and victims could be hugged against their will.I could see a ban on mugging, but hugging??? Some people have a personal space problem and feel very uncomfortable around other people.
To: Stoat
But this is still a reasonable show of affection.
Hey! How ya doin'? Pull my finger
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posted on
11/05/2006 5:41:08 PM PST
by
uptoolate
(Their 'innocent' civilian is their next suicide bomber)
To: CindyDawg
PDAs were banned when I was in high school in the 70's. We survived. PDA's in the 1970's?? What was available in a PDA back then? I remember expensive. handheld calculators (the HP-35) which were so expensive very few students had one, but I don't remember PDA's.
Neil Fraser Software HP-35 RPN Calculator
I know that calculators, PDA's and cellphones are commonly banned at schools in order to reduce cheating, but I haven't heard of a big problem with cheat sheets being passed via hugs :-)
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posted on
11/05/2006 5:41:33 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
Hey as a High School teacher I would like to be a ban on kissing from both sexes on different sexes. I tell them if I wanted to see that I would pay $8 to see a movie.
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posted on
11/05/2006 5:44:12 PM PST
by
jonsie
To: Stoat
"...but I haven't heard of a big problem with cheat sheets being passed via hugs :-)" No, but a lot of viruses can be spread by PDA's....;-)
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posted on
11/05/2006 5:46:48 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Stoat
Odd, I just saw a piece on our local news about some girl giving hugs to total strangers on the street.
She looked to be one of the local college girls, had a flimsy cardboard sign, and was just going up to people on a busy street and asking them if they wanted a hug.
I don't think it should be against the law or anything, but I did think, "Damn, this poor twit is going to end up in a shallow grave somewhere", sooner rather than later.
I'm betting she really cares about why the muzzies want to kill us, and probably thinks rapists and murderers need "rehabilitation".
I can guaran-damn-tee she votes DemonRAT, but silly me, I think that about all women who think their nostrils are meant to carry hardware.
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posted on
11/05/2006 5:49:19 PM PST
by
benjaminjjones
(Assachusetts, land of the "Free 'em All Deval" Patrick & Preverts"R"Us)
To: jonsie
Hey as a High School teacher I would like to be a ban on kissing from both sexes on different sexes. I tell them if I wanted to see that I would pay $8 to see a movie.Even students there are agreeing with you and making a distinction between kissing and hugging:
John White, 16, said: I can understand no kissing but theres nothing wrong with hugging. Some have had detentions for hugging.
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posted on
11/05/2006 5:49:35 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
Public Displays of Affection. No kissing. No holding hands. No hugging:')
To: Mr. Mojo
Hey, that was a good game way back when.
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:03:40 PM PST
by
moog
To: rovenstinez
Here in Mexico, we get a lot of hugs. I think this article is very amusing.There may indeed be a cultural component to this....different cultures have different concepts of 'personal space' and this older school headmaster may find it all a bit too much to see students hugging each other.
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:04:22 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: marsh_of_mists
"she=the, although the feminists did have a major hand in it."
They are to blame for my misspelled words too. :P
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:04:49 PM PST
by
moog
To: CindyDawg
"Public Displays of Affection. No kissing. No holding hands. No hugging"
Sounds like islam doesn't it?
To: jonsie
I'd ban kissing by the same sex too though.
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:06:34 PM PST
by
moog
To: CindyDawg
Public Displays of Affection. No kissing. No holding hands. No hugging:')OH LAWD! I'm sorry, that "PDA" reference of yours went completely by me!
<<<<banging furry stoat head on desk
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:06:37 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
LOL. That really was what it was called..back then.
To: moog
After all this is still Britain and not France! :-P
To: Stoat
"<<<stoat head on desk" Geez, how can you afford that? :)
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:09:52 PM PST
by
moog
To: SolidWood
After all this is still Britain and not France! :-P
Yeah, they have to be good "chaps" back there.
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:11:13 PM PST
by
moog
To: moog
Our principal made it very clear in 1960 to avoid confusion. No touching between students.
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