Oak Park School Bans Hugging

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NFS4

NFS4

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Seriously, WTF?
(CBS) OAK PARK, Ill. Schools just say no to bullying and fighting, but hugging? CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports that a local middle school wants the embracing to stop.

"Last year we would see maybe as many as 10 students on one side (of the hallway), 10 on the other and then, going in opposite directions, would sort of have a hug line going on and you could see where that would be a problem," said Victoria Sharts, principal of Oak Park's Percy Julian Middle School.

So this year Sharts decided to draw the line on hug lines by banning all hugging among students within the building.

Sharts said, "Hugging is really more appropriate for airports or for family reunions than passing and seeing each other every few minutes in the halls."

When teachers started enforcing the new policy last month all hallways and classrooms in the 860-student school became hug-free zones.

When our cameras rolling during passing period today there was no hugging to be seen.

Sixth grader Isabella Miller disagrees with the crackdown. "I don't think that that's right"

Her father agrees with her.

"It seems like a crazy idea to me," Mark Miller said.

The principal says the rampant hugging is creating bottle necks in the hallway and making kids late for class. Furthermore she says although hugs are supposed to be handshakes from the heart some times they don't seem so innocent.

"Too long, too close, and usually between boys and girls," Sharts said.

After school, while safely outside the building, the students seemed determined to show what they think of the policy, one hug at a time.

Sharts said the hug ban is just one element of a comprehensive discipline and anti-bullying plan. High-fiving in the hallways is also frowned upon.
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FoBoT

FoBoT

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this makes me appreciate our freedom to live in any community in the United States that we please
 
SacrosanctFiend

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I was suspended for two days (ISS) for hugging my girlfriend on our 15-minute break during school. I was told it was an indencent display of public affection.

Edit: This was 7 years ago, so stuff like this is nothing new.
 
waggy

waggy

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thats not to bad. one school banned holding hands or even touching.


heh but in high school i got hugs from a lot people. I enjoy giving and recieving them. so all the girls i knew gave me a hug (oddly all but the girl who is now my wife LOL).
 
UncleWai

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Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
I was suspended for two days (ISS) for hugging my girlfriend on our 15-minute break during school. I was told it was an indencent display of public affection.
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Your school is doing you a favor, they don't want you to have cooties.
 
rivan

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Seriously, WTF?
(CBS) OAK PARK, Ill. High-fiving in the hallways is also frowned upon.
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:confused:

The hugging I can maybe see an issue with, if it was out of control, and it sounds like maybe this was. I remember when I was 12, a hug was generally accompanied by a good grope. Also, if it's something that's happening in such mass that it's becoming an issue with kids being late to class, then something probably should be done.

The real issue here is that humanity - and kids especially - are prone to occasionally take something that in normal doses is just fine to complete extremes. Once taken to extremes, people like school admins are just as prone to decide it needs to be regulated in writing to make it stop - and sometimes, as this case probably is, regulating it in writing is total overkill.

Then again, if the school admins tried to calm it down a little with just a talk here and there, and the kids had the "I don't see any rules against it, so I'm not stopping!" attitude, then, well... who knows.

 
mugs

mugs

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Apr 29, 2003
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WTF @ having to hug your friends every time you see them. Were these kids not loved enough by their parents or something?
 
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Good thing kissing is not part of the American culture. Otherwise, it will be kissing and hugging all over the place, and since it is America everything is to the extreme this can lead to some gang bangs in between classes..lol
 
waggy

waggy

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Originally posted by: Casawi
Good thing kissing is not part of the American culture. Otherwise, it will be kissing and hugging all over the place, and since it is America everything is to the extreme this can lead to some gang bangs in between classes..lol
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gang bangs between classes? damn i went to school the wrong time..
 
BeauJangles

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Another instance of a school trying to create rules that don't address the real problem. Hugging isn't the issue - being late to class is. Impose stricter rules about being late, don't start crossing off things kids can do in the hallway. What's next? A time-limit on the bathroom? A no-talking rule in the hallways? Come on.
 
mugs

mugs

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Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Another instance of a school trying to create rules that don't address the real problem. Hugging isn't the issue - being late to class is. Impose stricter rules about being late, don't start crossing off things kids can do in the hallway. What's next? A time-limit on the bathroom? A no-talking rule in the hallways? Come on.
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Well, it sounds like the problem is that the kids who are clogging up the hallway with the hugging are making the non-huggers late for class as well. It's not very fair to punish them if you can't make it possible for them to do what they are expected to do - and that's what this no-hugging rule attempts to accomplish. Perhaps a better rule would prohibit clogging the hallway in general without regard to the actual actions, but such a general rule could be interpreted very broadly and used improperly.
 
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