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Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071002/...st/odd_no_hugs
If you need a hug, you won't get it at Percy Julian Middle School. Principal Victoria Sharts banned hugging among the suburban Chicago school's 860 students anywhere inside the building. She said students were forming "hug lines" that made them late for classes and crowded the hallways.
"Hugging is really more appropriate for airports or for family reunions than passing and seeing each other every few minutes in the halls," Sharts said.
Another reason to institute the no-hugging policy was that some hugs could be too long and too close, she said.
"There is another side to the issue when a hug is either unwanted or becomes inappropriate as judged by one of the students involved," Sharts wrote in a statement to parents. "On occasion, we do deal with those incidents. The goal is always to promote safe and orderly hallways where everybody can get by, be safe, and be on time."
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Why am I just now seeing this? My high school banned hugging ("prolonged embracing" according to the student handbook) years ago. At first, it was just hugging between opposite sexes. Then, a handful of girls got mad because they couldn't hug their boyfriends, but the lesbian students could hug their girlfriends. After that, there was a blanket ban on hugging for everyone, but students got pissed because there were a couple of instances where two students would be hugging and faculty would break them apart before realizing one was crying or otherwise upset and the other was comforting that person. So students started protesting that it's not fair that they can't be allowed to comfort a friend because they'll be mistaken for homosexuals in a "prolonged embrace." I don't remember what the final rule ended up being when I graduated--it was amended so many times I lost track.
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