5 Yr.old Girl gets in trouble for giving classmate a 'hug'/LINK

[katty]

scroll down/right for story (IMO: sad commentary on America)


http://www.cnn.com/

[wtmusic]

1. Well you know what hugging leads to

Compassion. Might hold her back. :eyes:

[katty]

4. precisely

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Sorry...don't see the story

Could you post the direct link to it?

[katty]

3. I'll try to get one

[louis-t]

5. Yes, she needs to suppress her compassion...

Stifle it, bury it, don't feel, don't show emotion, so that she can become a Laura fucking bush clone, stepford wife, demented, lost soul.
Arrrggghhh!

[ovidsen]

6. Link

What a sad story.

MAYNARD -- School officials are defending their decision to have a 5-year-old girl write a note of apology for hugging a classmate on a playground this week.

Boston Globe

[NMMNG]

7. Aye.

One girl picked another girl up and hugged her, which was considered roughhousing by a teacher's aide, Masterson said.

''This is not an issue about hugging. This is an issue about safety," said Masterson. ''Hugs are fine."

How far did she lift the other girl? Two inches, five? I can't imagine a five-year-old girl lifting another girl her age that far off the ground while hugging her.

I really think they're blowing this whole thing out of proportion.