Hands Off: No Physical Contact at Virginia School
A Virginia middle school has banned all physical contact.
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All touching -- not only fighting or inappropriate touching -- is against the rules at Kilmer Middle School in Vienna. Hand-holding, handshakes and high-fives? Banned. The rule has been conveyed to students this way: "NO PHYSICAL CONTACT!!!!!" School officials say the rule helps keep crowded hallways and lunchrooms safe and orderly, and ensures that all students are comfortable. |
Nice. What could be more comfortable than having no human contact for the whole day? Next they'll be prohibited form making eye contact. Dirty looks can make people "uncomfortable", so let's just have everyone wear goggles that black out their eyes.
When did isolation become an acceptable way of encouraging healthy social behavior? We'll be raising a bunch of social misfits, unprepared to deal with the world of physical contact. When and where are young men and women supposed to learn what is appropriate an inappropriate? Interacting with fellow students is part of the education process, not to be excluded because administrators don't want to deal with the "grey area".
Via Drudge