Here’s yet another example of a school taking its rules way too far. This time it comes from Shepherd Junior High in Mesa, Arizona. The school recently refined its rules regarding “public displays of affection” (PDAs) to ban any hugs lasting longer than 2 seconds. As of last week, students have been receiving detentions for merely hugging their friends at school. Upset by this ridiculous rule, the students took it upon themselves last Friday to hold a 20 minute long public hug-a-thon across the street from the school.
I think it’s great that these students are willing to stand up for what is right, and hope that they get the rule changed. As for the administrators who enacted this rule, I only have this to say: the hugs aren’t hurting anyone, so why don’t you stop this “politically correct” b.s. and let kids be kids!
Good for you.
Pretty soon the UFDR will take away your right to breathe.
Kick that stupidity stuffs out!
Um, I’m not sure what the UN or IB have to do with this. This school is in Arizona and has no connection to the United Nations, nor does it have an IB program.
Regardless, these students actions are parallel to IB thinking, which emphasizes that student’s should take an active role in society.