Student Suspended for Hugging

[Justin Thyme]

A middle school student in Brevard County, Florida was suspended for hugging his friend between classes. It seems the school system there has a zero tolerance for hugging and makes no distinction between an unwanted hug, sexual harassment and a consensual hug.

I'm not real concerned about the zero tolerance on hugging policy but what I am concerned with was a quote from the school system's spokesperson:

Christine Davis, spokesman for Brevard County School said the school's "focus is on learning; therefore, we cannot discriminate or make an opinion on what is an appropriate hug, what's not an appropriate hug," said Davis. "What you may think is appropriate, another person may view as inappropriate."

Read more: www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/03/student-suspended-for-breaking-schools-zero-tolerance-no-hugging-policy/?test=latestnews#ixzz1clnesXvy

Now let me get this straight, your focus is on learning but not the critical thought process required in discerning the difference between an appropriate hug and an inappropriate hug? Forming an opinion is not a part of the learning process?

It seems to me the learning process she is talking about is about learning a policy manual and following procedures, not about making judgements based on evidence or forming opinions based on past experience. This goes to make a fine little citizen and corporate employee but absolutely screws up any chance of us being innovative, creative and original. But, then, I guess that's why it's called a government school.

[Warkitty]

That's the idea in a lot of schools.

[Half-Tard]

Rules are Rules..

[Justin Thyme]

Nov 4, 2011 20:02:34 GMT -5 Warkitty said:

That's the idea in a lot of schools.

Yeah, but I'm of the opinion that if forty years ago we had Occupied the School Yards over this type of policy we wouldn't have to Occupy Wall Street today.

Nov 4, 2011 20:14:12 GMT -5 Half-Tard said:

Rules are Rules..

But why are those the rules? Why are we allowing those types of rules to get put into place overriding judgment and common sense?

[el Gusano]

Common sense is dead, especially when it comes to the government.

[Half-Tard]

But why are those the rules? Why are we allowing those types of rules to get put into place overriding judgment and common sense?

Because no one says shit about them until their ox is gored. Most sit at home watch American Idol when they should be at school board meetings questioning such action. we get what we deserve, we only bitch when it affects us and that's usually after the fact. We are a fat lazy country we get what we put in and lately that is Zero.

[el Gusano]

It might not be the school boards.

Take CA for instance: They have voted several times on things such as not giving welfare handouts to illegal aliens, but the courts have struck that down. Goes back a long ways. Dred Scott was ruled free by a Southern judge, but a northern judge (and I believe SCOTUS, but I'm not certain about that) ruled that he was not free.

It's simply PC run amok. No more common sense. Progressives on both sides have killed it.

[osrb]

But why are those the rules? Why are we allowing those types of rules to get put into place overriding judgment and common sense?

Because we have given into the government thinking for us. They do not want us thinking for ourselves it is a threat to their power.