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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: SolidWood
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.
To: Conservababe
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.
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:14:26 PM PST
by
moog
To: Stoat
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:15:47 PM PST
by
cynwoody
To: CindyDawg
"boy's hair was at least one inch above the collar"
Lol, this something I absolutely support. Nothing better than a proper haircut! :)
To: CindyDawg
LOL. That really was what it was called..back then.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 :-)
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:21:03 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: SolidWood
Hey! I liked mulletts. :)
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:23:40 PM PST
by
moog
To: Stoat
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. 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?
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:27:25 PM PST
by
Silly
To: Stoat
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:30:08 PM PST
by
maine-iac7
("...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Lincoln)
To: maine-iac7
Charlie, I was wondering where you were. :P
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:38:46 PM PST
by
moog
To: Stoat
Where hugging is outlawed, only outlaws will get hugs.
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:39:41 PM PST
by
Ace's Dad
("There are more important things: Friendship, Bravery...")
To: Mr. Mojo
To avoid putting anyone at risk...."At risk for what, cooties?
Apparently....
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:40:06 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
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!
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:44:35 PM PST
by
watchwoman
(Under the planes at DFW)
To: FlingWingFlyer
I hope they throw "t*tty whistles", noogies and wedgies in with this ban also.Now THIS would be a ban I could support (although I'm guessing that kids will merely find other ways of harassing one another)
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:48:11 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: marsh_of_mists
If she sexual revolution hadn't sent Wesetern culture into the depths of moral decay in the first, people wouldn't have to worry about this kind of stuff.And add to that the fear of a child being 'improperly hugged' and the huge lawsuit sprouting from that event.
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posted on
11/05/2006 6:50:44 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
I'm in favor of banning all human activity.
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.
To: elkfersupper
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.
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posted on
11/05/2006 7:03:36 PM PST
by
sgtbono2002
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: Flavius
if your living in free society how would you know itBeing able to hug a vivacious young lass would be part of it.....
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posted on
11/05/2006 7:22:09 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: The_Media_never_lie
Some people have a personal space problem and feel very uncomfortable around other people.This may well be at least part of the equation.
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posted on
11/05/2006 7:23:55 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: benjaminjjones
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.
All well-stated and no disagreements from me :-)
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posted on
11/05/2006 7:26:26 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: moog
"<<<stoat head on desk" Geez, how can you afford that? :)ROTFLMAO!!
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posted on
11/05/2006 7:28:58 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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