Down With Policies! Hugs For ALL!
Wednesday, November 14, 2007Policy making has run amok, plain and simple.
Today, while looking through my company’s Policies and Procedures area I came across this:
Company Policies:
-0001 Policy for Policies
I’m going to take a wild guess and say that policy was developed after someone made a meeting to set a meeting to discuss a meeting. Just maybe.
Later I found this article on Time.com via CNN.
Banning hugs???? What the heck has this world come to?
Now, I’m a firm believer that wars could be averted if people could just learn to hug more. We need MORE hugging, not less. This is the most ridiculous school policy I’ve heard of since that one school in Iowa banned mystery meat.
This isn’t an isolated thing either! According to the article it’s spreading. Some schools have even gone to the extreme and disallowed all contact between students! No hugs, no high fives, no nurples, no grundies, not even a pinky shake to seal a deal.
It’s just plain wrong. We want to train our children that affection is wrong and should be punished? Where is the basis in this? Oh, wait, it’s for “traffic control.” Like anyone really wants to get to third period ancient world history anyway! And if they do, they probably need a hug worse than anyone.
Really what comes next after that? Suspending kids for thought-crimes? All hail Big Brother! 2+2=5!
This out of control policy making must be stopped. Let the kids show their friendship. Let them learn to express affection! Let them have their rights of passage! There are enough parents that screw up kids to the point they don’t know how to love. Let’s not train them to be that way in school too!
I say we stage mass Hug-Ins across the country! Who’s with me? HUGS FOR ALL!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 1:07 PM,
