Posted on 11/05/2006 5:22:05 PM PST by Stoat
We thought so. Teachers carried rulers to make sure girl's skirts were long enough and that the boy's hair was at least one inch above the collar of a buttoned, tucked in shirt.
Our principal made it very clear in 1960 to avoid confusion. No touching between students.
That would do it all right.
Hehe. Our principal in the 80's banned shorts, but a whole bunch of boys showed up in miniskirts one day in "protest." The ban still stood, but some years later was removed.
"boy's hair was at least one inch above the collar"
Lol, this something I absolutely support. Nothing better than a proper haircut! :)
I had never heard that expression before....probably because there was no such ban at my high school....it was a huge, big-city school and they couldn't (or wouldn't) maintain discipline at even the most basic levels. It was generally a waste of time for me as a result of the teachers' inability to maintain even a modicum of discipline and I was glad when I graduated, so that I could get back to educating myself :-)
Hey! I liked mulletts. :)
How can you nip something in the bud that is happening extensively? Don't you nip it in the bud when it's just showing up?
And what does it mean, "it might become inappropriate?" Was the current form appropriate? If so, then why ban it?
Why cahn't the English learn how to speak?
good grief.
Charlie, I was wondering where you were. :P
Where hugging is outlawed, only outlaws will get hugs.
At risk for what, cooties?
Apparently....
A couple of years ago, my daughter was given an after-school detention for hugging a boy in the a hallway of her middle school. Evidently PDA's were banned there. My husband and I didn't get too upset at her; we figured there could be lots of worse reasons to get a detention!
Now THIS would be a ban I could support (although I'm guessing that kids will merely find other ways of harassing one another)
And add to that the fear of a child being 'improperly hugged' and the huge lawsuit sprouting from that event.
Just let's all march to work, and march to our cave, eyes downcast and mute.
Much more productive and easier to generate our required tax revenue with minimal discomfort to others that way.
I remember back in the 60's we would shake hands with the girls and tickle their palms with our middle finger, Meaning we wanted to do the nasty with them.It was mostly for fun adn we got slapped a lot. Funny thing we got laid a lot too.
Being able to hug a vivacious young lass would be part of it.....
This may well be at least part of the equation.
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.
All well-stated and no disagreements from me :-)
ROTFLMAO!!
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