Hugging banned at Upper Hutt school

[mashman]

this has got to be one of the most utterly ridiculous things I've heard of in my life. I see no harm in kids greeting each other with a hug or even walking around the school hugging each other. Who the fuck dreams this shit up? and what does it achieve?

"What we have said to the children is that as a day to day way of going about greeting and farewelling each other, it's not ok,".

"Information about the ban was posted on the school's online notice board yesterday, using the case of the two girls given detention.

It warns students to respect each other's personal space".

I'm pretty sure if someone doesn't want a hug they'll say so. Jail the fuckin "policy" makers for bullying!!!!! No doubt they'll ban smiling at inappropriate times too.

[unstuck]

Next they will be banning snow ball fights like tasmania. I could understand it if they were all getting naked before having a group hug, you would never get the young lads out of the loos.

[swtfa]

I wonder if they allow it to happen at Heretaunga College?

[Winston001]

Must say its a bit odd. According to the tv news the school (and educationalists) are concerned kids who never get hugs are going to feel bad. Its possibly true but there are so many messages unhappy people get in society that it isn't possible to cancel them all out. What about the poor kid who can't get a ball partner? Cancel school balls?

I'm all for decency and consideration of others but this is nonsense.

[XxKiTtiExX]

Funny, I remember hugging being banned at the high school I attended 8 years ago. Oh and we weren't allowed within arms reach of the opposite sex.

(Yes I am serious!)

[mashman]

Must say its a bit odd. According to the tv news the school (and educationalists) are concerned kids who never get hugs are going to feel bad. Its possibly true but there are so many messages unhappy people get in society that it isn't possible to cancel them all out. What about the poor kid who can't get a ball partner? Cancel school balls?

I'm all for decency and consideration of others but this is nonsense.

Aye, t'was the tv news that got my back up. As ya say we all miss out on things in life and school can be a bastard of a place at the best of times, but banning hugging because the principal never got hugged as a kid and turned out alright, whilst harbouring a grudge towards those who never hugged him and then taking it out on those in his charge is nothing more than bullying and sounds like an abuse of power.

Just another rule enforced and another freedom taken away to suit some prat that can't see the point in an activity. Why not encourage the kids that don't get hugs to stand in a line and have the huggers go to town doing what they obviously do with a verve? There some backwards folk in this world, how they end up in positions of responsibility I'll never know.

[ellipsis]

...but is it yet getting to a point where we react...prob not...



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...welcome...the world as some knobsuck dreams up...and other knobsucks even agree with, in front of the media...strange kind of edict...but in this free for all of 'who's the next bunch of twats to be in with a chance at making "BUNCH OF TWATS AWARDS", they have a big chance of coming in the top three...

[mashman]

...but is it yet getting to a point where we react...prob not...

...welcome...the world as some knobsuck dreams up...and other knobsucks even agree with, in front of the media...strange kind of edict...but in this free for all of 'who's the next bunch of twats to be in with a chance at making "BUNCH OF TWATS AWARDS", they have a big chance of coming in the top three...

You're not allowed to react, it's against the rules... unless of course you apply for a permit first and don't pitch tents anywhere. Your protest will be registered and summarily ignored as you will have obviously have gotten it out of your system in the hour of protest. Or some such variation of.

Aye, this one is up there... but let's be fair and not have a top three, they can all be joint first... after all, you wouldn't want any of them to feel left out eh

[Berries]

Have you seen the girls in Upper Hutt?

[mashman]

Have you seen the girls in Upper Hutt?

Not since they applied for the restraining order...

[Akzle]

what?!
you're disagreeing with the dictates of your 'duly elected' leaders?! how dare you! they know what's best.
governance is far too important to be left to mere people...


but we kiwi's, unlike the syrians will not take arms against the government ( shame, by my calculations we could do it and still have 10, 000 spare FAL holders.) we'll grumble about it at the pub and carry on our lives, with one less right every day, then we'll look back and wonder when it got so bad.

maybe a referendum?

...oh. wait.

[The Lone Rider]

Back in my day we/couples used to skip out at lunch time for a screw.

Sausage roll for lunch time meant something else.

They just need to be a bit more discrete with their hugging.

[mashman]

Back in my day we/couples used to skip out at lunch time for a screw.

Sausage roll for lunch time meant something else.

They just need to be a bit more discrete with their hugging.

heh heh... although there seems to be no mention of petting, just kids being left out ... good job it ain't Europe. The boys walk around holding hands and they kiss each other when they greet... girls too.

[Swoop]

Excellent plan.

They need to control that nits epidemic somehow.

[awa355]

Back in my day we/couples used to skip out at lunch time for a screw.

Sausage roll for lunch time meant something else.

They just need to be a bit more discrete with their hugging.

To be expected,, How many schools have a 'Bike' shed these days. Kids have got no show. As a 16yr old, I didn't give a toss about any lawful age. Neither did Vivian N***l.