British headmaster bans hugs
Categories: Education
Oh high school, if it hadn't been for certain people making out in the hallways of my alma mater, I never would have learned that it's perfectly acceptable to stick your tongue deep down a girl's throat while wiggling your fingers buried in her back jean pockets. Steve, you were the man.Apparently things have changed at high school since I graduated in 1995. A British school headmaster has not only banned make-out sessions in the halls, but hugs. Hugs. Callington Community College headmaster Steven Kenning has banned all hugging in the hallways, because it "makes kids late for their lessons." He also said hugging could be deemed "inappropriate" and "victims" could be hugged against their will. "Hugging was happening extensively and becoming the norm. We were worried it might become inappropriate. So we nipped it in the bud."
The Cornwall school's ban read: "To avoid putting anyone at risk, please avoid hugging."
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Rachel May 11-05-2006 @ 12:06PM
Hugging is also banned in the school where I teach. The boys would forcibly hug the girls (not every boy, and not all the time). It was actually the *students* who requested that it be banned.
I must admit that it's quite refreshing to teach in a school where I don't have to fight that making-out-in-the-hallway battle. Where do you draw the line between "hugging" and "making out"? It's not as easy as it might seem at first.
The students definitely aren't allowed to kiss. And get this -- they can't hold hands, either! *gasp* I know, it's shocking to some. We have a total ban on PDA.
What's the focus of school? LEARNING. If kids are hanging all over each other, it's a distraction.
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Angelica 11-05-2006 @ 12:36PM
Great world we are raising our children in.
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