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Girl, 13, gets detention for hugging two friends
Illinois middle school bans public displays of affection; parents urge change
Tim Vizer / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eighth-grader Megan Coulter gets a family hug from her mother Melissa Coulter, left, father Dean Coulter, right, and sister Baylee, bottom, on Monday.
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updated 9:57 p.m. ET, Tues., Nov. 6, 2007
MASCOUTAH, Ill. - Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter.
The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays of affection when she hugged two friends Friday.
“I feel it is crazy,†said Megan, who was to serve her second detention Tuesday after classes at Mascoutah Middle School.
“I was just giving them a hug goodbye for the weekend,†she said.
Megan's mother, Melissa Coulter, said the embraces weren't even real hugs — just an arm around the shoulder and slight squeeze.
“It's hilarious to the point of ridicule,†Coulter said. “I'm still dumbfounded that she's having to do this.â€
District Superintendent Sam McGowen said that he thinks the penalty is fair and that administrators in the school east of St. Louis were following policy in the student handbook.
It states: “Displays of affection should not occur on the school campus at any time. It is in poor taste, reflects poor judgment, and brings discredit to the school and to the persons involved.â€
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21661718/?GT…
Yes, just 5 more years and that young ho will be doing more than hugs in the VIP assuming stripclubs aren't banned for "public safety" concerns by then. Oh well, even if the stripclubs are banned she can still be a hooker or escort. Good to see she is getting her hugging skills honed. :)
The damn school is supposed to be preparing her to be a productive member of society and yet they won't let her ply her trade?! What's up doesn't the school understand the value of a good education . . . unless detention gets a little X-rated with the teachers and administrators. If that is the case thumbs up to the dedicated public servants. :)
For a moment there I thought this was just another cave-in to the terrorists' demands that we renounce our freedoms such as stripclubs and Playboy. Yes, I realize many people feel that is reasonable demand for "public safety." No, telling what a horny male or female will do after reading Playboy---most likely not Bin Laden or President Bush approved whatever the do is. And, with the stripclubs it has always been my experience if something bad is going to happen all parties STOP and then agree to take out it on the nearby neighbors. The old don't shit in your own bed rule. :) Strip club customers are muy savy! :) Johnathan don't be slicing and dicing our cute 18 year old dancer. There is an old hag next door and if you have the gumption there is a pregnant mom of 3 just a block further down. Johnathan acknowledges the wisdom bestowed and all the customers and dancers start high fiving! :) Yeah, a few neighbors got killed, but that is a small price to pay for all the social good that strip clubs offer. :) Give me liberty or a hot pizza with plenty of sauce . . . .
Illinois middle school bans public displays of affection; parents urge change
Tim Vizer / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eighth-grader Megan Coulter gets a family hug from her mother Melissa Coulter, left, father Dean Coulter, right, and sister Baylee, bottom, on Monday.
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updated 9:57 p.m. ET, Tues., Nov. 6, 2007
MASCOUTAH, Ill. - Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter.
The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays of affection when she hugged two friends Friday.
“I feel it is crazy,†said Megan, who was to serve her second detention Tuesday after classes at Mascoutah Middle School.
“I was just giving them a hug goodbye for the weekend,†she said.
Megan's mother, Melissa Coulter, said the embraces weren't even real hugs — just an arm around the shoulder and slight squeeze.
“It's hilarious to the point of ridicule,†Coulter said. “I'm still dumbfounded that she's having to do this.â€
District Superintendent Sam McGowen said that he thinks the penalty is fair and that administrators in the school east of St. Louis were following policy in the student handbook.
It states: “Displays of affection should not occur on the school campus at any time. It is in poor taste, reflects poor judgment, and brings discredit to the school and to the persons involved.â€
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21661718/?GT…
Yes, just 5 more years and that young ho will be doing more than hugs in the VIP assuming stripclubs aren't banned for "public safety" concerns by then. Oh well, even if the stripclubs are banned she can still be a hooker or escort. Good to see she is getting her hugging skills honed. :)
The damn school is supposed to be preparing her to be a productive member of society and yet they won't let her ply her trade?! What's up doesn't the school understand the value of a good education . . . unless detention gets a little X-rated with the teachers and administrators. If that is the case thumbs up to the dedicated public servants. :)
For a moment there I thought this was just another cave-in to the terrorists' demands that we renounce our freedoms such as stripclubs and Playboy. Yes, I realize many people feel that is reasonable demand for "public safety." No, telling what a horny male or female will do after reading Playboy---most likely not Bin Laden or President Bush approved whatever the do is. And, with the stripclubs it has always been my experience if something bad is going to happen all parties STOP and then agree to take out it on the nearby neighbors. The old don't shit in your own bed rule. :) Strip club customers are muy savy! :) Johnathan don't be slicing and dicing our cute 18 year old dancer. There is an old hag next door and if you have the gumption there is a pregnant mom of 3 just a block further down. Johnathan acknowledges the wisdom bestowed and all the customers and dancers start high fiving! :) Yeah, a few neighbors got killed, but that is a small price to pay for all the social good that strip clubs offer. :) Give me liberty or a hot pizza with plenty of sauce . . . .
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Girl, 13, gets detention for hugging two friends
Illinois middle school bans public displays of affection
Tim Vizer / ASSOCIATED PRESS
updated 9:57 p.m. ET, Tues., Nov. 6, 2007
MASCOUTAH, Ill. - Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter.
The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays of affection when she hugged two friends Friday.
I feel it is crazy, said Megan, who was to serve her second detention Tuesday after classes at Mascoutah Middle School.
I was just giving them a hug goodbye for the weekend, she said.
Megan's mother, Melissa Coulter, said the embraces weren't even real hugs just an arm around the shoulder and slight squeeze.
It's hilarious to the point of ridicule, Coulter said. I'm still dumbfounded that she's having to do this.
District Superintendent Sam McGowen said that he thinks the penalty is fair and that administrators in the school east of St. Louis were following policy in the student handbook.
It states: Displays of affection should not occur on the school campus at any time. It is in poor taste, reflects poor judgment, and brings discredit to the school and to the persons involved.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21661718/?GT…
Yes, just 5 more years and that young ho will be doing more than hugs in the VIP assuming stripclubs aren't banned for "public safety" concerns by then. Oh well, even if the stripclubs are banned she can still be a hooker or escort. Good to see she is getting her hugging skills honed. :)
The damn school is supposed to be preparing her to be a productive member of society and yet they won't let her ply her trade?! What's up doesn't the school understand the value of a good education . . . unless detention gets a little X-rated with the teachers and administrators. If that is the case thumbs up to the dedicated public servants. :)
For a moment there I thought this was just another cave-in to the terrorists' demands that we renounce our freedoms such as stripclubs and Playboy. Yes, I realize many people feel that is reasonable demand for "public safety." No, telling what a horny male or female will do after reading Playboy---most likely not Bin Laden or President Bush approved whatever the do is. And, with the stripclubs it has always been my experience if something bad is going to happen all parties STOP and then agree to take out it on the nearby neighbors. The old don't shit in your own bed rule. :) Strip club customers are muy savy! :) Johnathan don't be slicing and dicing our cute 18 year old dancer. There is an old hag next door and if you have the gumption there is a pregnant mom of 3 just a block further down. Johnathan acknowledges the wisdom bestowed and all the customers and dancers start high fiving! :) Yeah, a few neighbors got killed, but that is a small price to pay for all the social good that strip clubs offer. :) Give me liberty or a hot pizza with plenty of sauce . . . .
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21097673/
This was a funny story in that hand holding is banned also. I would hope that includes handshakes---very unsanitary. Of course, I think the time has come to eliminate traditional schools entirely. Dangerous, unsanitary, environmentally destructive, is worse than sending the kiddies to the local ho house or stripclub.
It is time for technology to come to the rescue in the form of online schooling. Of course, even that can be fucked up . . . I was watching this young lady doing her written driver test. Wow, what a sick setup at least imo! When I got my license the clerk basically wanted me gone and was very friendly. Written test? Yeah, the clerk filled it out for me since had nothing to do with safe driving. The cost wasn't even bad and I was poor, but at least had opportunity to work at fair wages.
This has become common place in most schools..
I don't know maybe most people agree with the schools.
It seems sick to me, but then I don't see physical contact as negative automatically. I have a feeling, which may be 100% incorrect, that most people will agree with whatever the school states because the school is an authority figure for them and must be obeyed. Another school decides classes with condom clad banannas are required then that will be fine also. I still remember the school that strip searched a class full of young girls including cavity searches. I think that is sick, but who knows what the majority thinks.
Or, perhaps school or no school manadate most people just disapprove of hugging for young people. It is very difficult to know. It seems like the Haitians that I know are very afraid of evil spirits and regard Halloween as evil. They could represent the majority of their community or be on the fringe. It seems like they main stream. Even some born and raised in America people that I know have a real dislike for Halloween. This lady tells me it is devil worship.