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More zero tolerance idiocy

It's really dehumanizing as a policy, in fact. Utilitarian/Orwellian type sh*t that friends cannot even hug. What happens if a parent hugs their child on school property?
 
good. no public display of affection should be tolerated in middle school.

I thought it was in Saudi Arabia when i read the article
 
The problem is, the line is blurry no matter where you put it.

The school is more afraid (sadly) of litigation than anything else.

The one school near us actually put signs up making it "illegal" to sled down a hill.... Common sense says do not go on the part where you would smack into the playground, but no sledding?


All it takes is one parent who feels like their kid was somehow harmed by something the kid was actually responsible for and all of a sudden the entire town has to pay...
 
Ninjahedge said:
The problem is, the line is blurry no matter where you put it.

The school is more afraid (sadly) of litigation than anything else.

The one school near us actually put signs up making it "illegal" to sled down a hill.... Common sense says do not go on the part where you would smack into the playground, but no sledding?


All it takes is one parent who feels like their kid was somehow harmed by something the kid was actually responsible for and all of a sudden the entire town has to pay...
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So the way to fix retarded rules is make even more retarded rules? How about this; get rid of sexual harassment cases altogether. Harassment is harassment. Everyone has to deal with it at one time or another, and making a special case out of one narrow form of harassment isn't justice. It's just another affirmative action situation, and creates super citizens, with super powers over others.
 
The safety hug.
http://www.forkparty.com/8239/20-awkward-hover-hands-and-hover-hugs/first-and-last-date-2
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WTH is that in his hand?
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Minor transgression, minor consequence (in school suspension). So what?

And it was parents who came up with this rule.
 
I find nothing wrong with the rules so long as the kids know about it. If the kid was given a student handbook and had to attend a mandatory session explaining either school rules or where they can be found (of which every school I know does this) then he has no recourse.

Schools are a place of learning and socializing. Hug and kiss on your own time. I'm not against hugging and kissing, but people need to learn some self control. If it's not allowed one place, but everywhere else then they need to learn to wait to do what they want.

Zero tolerance policy stupidity not found here.


I thought this would be like my zero tolerance stupidity I ran into when I was in highschool. Now my scenario was true ZT stupidity. I had a kid attack me out of the blue. Someone I didn't know and I was minding my own business. Just struck at me. It was all caught on camera and witnessed by several teachers. Despite that, I was still in a "fight" and was suspended for 3 days because of it. Almost expelled like the other kid all because I was attacked. If it wasn't for the cameras, teacher witnesses, and my parents threatening to sue the school I would have been expelled. Now THAT is stupid ass ZT policy.
 
HumblePie said:
Zero tolerance policy stupidity not found here.
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If the person who was hugged complained, it makes sense. Suspension for hugging someone with their permission is retarded beyond belief and no reasonable person could possibly conclude otherwise.

Therefore, zero tolerance stupidity.
 
can we just go ahead and excuse the state of Florida from participating in national elections?

My dad lives in Florida, and he is OK with such a policy.
 
HumblePie said:
I thought this would be like my zero tolerance stupidity I ran into when I was in highschool. Now my scenario was true ZT stupidity. I had a kid attack me out of the blue. Someone I didn't know and I was minding my own business. Just struck at me. It was all caught on camera and witnessed by several teachers. Despite that, I was still in a "fight" and was suspended for 3 days because of it. Almost expelled like the other kid all because I was attacked. If it wasn't for the cameras, teacher witnesses, and my parents threatening to sue the school I would have been expelled. Now THAT is stupid ass ZT policy.
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You knew the rules, and still let yourself get your ass kicked. Too bad, so sad.
 
Hugging leads to sex in the stairwell. Well, at least it did for me back in HS in the early 80s.

🙂
 
Doppel said:
It's really dehumanizing as a policy, in fact. Utilitarian/Orwellian type sh*t that friends cannot even hug. What happens if a parent hugs their child on school property?
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To be fair its the parents causing problems. They sue every time something happens they dont like. The school gets paranoid and enacts ridiculous policies, not because they're trying to control the kids, because they cant afford to give away millions of dollars to parents who dont deserve it and get bleeding heart juries.
 
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