I recently saw a news story about a 13 yr old who was given detention for hugging her friend goodbye at the end of the school day.  Both students are girls and best friends!  What's up with this?  Is this just another example of zero tolerance?  In order to keep the 15 year old couple from making out and groping in the hallway, you have to forbid two 13 year old girls from hugging goodbye?  Isn't there any room for administrators to use their own discretion? 

A friend and I were recently discussing how comfortable middle schoolers and high schoolers are hugging each other!  It's like a handshake these days! 

Before the Homecoming dance last week the principal of my son's school sent out a letter detailing what was appropriate on the dance floor.  Students had to dance face to face and their hands had to remain above their partner's waist.  I wonder how they enforced that rule!