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[RandySF]

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[1WorldHope]

1. That is adorable. Teachers are very special people.

They sure get screwed in America.

[2naSalit]

2. That was really cool!

[MerryBlooms]

3. r&k Love this so much! Thank you! 💕💕💕

[Hortensis]

4. That is SO great. She's wonderful. Thanks, RandySF.

[Karadeniz]

5. That's great!!!

[onecaliberal]

6. I love this so much.

[11 Bravo]

7. I had a chart outside my classroom door for years.

Every morning as I greeted my second graders they would move the arrow on the chart to choose between a welcome fist bump, high five, hug, or hip bump.
Teaching ... the money sucked, but the intangible rewards were beyond measure.

However, i'm glad that I retired before shithead Republican politicians decided to make us collateral damage in one of their bullshit culture wars.

[Rhiannon12866]

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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. I believe I've seen similar videos from this country with the same sort of

the kid choosing how to be greeted.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I think I have, too.

Though I remember being called as a speaker to my friend's third grade class back in the '90s (when they were studying a country I'd visited) and no one touched the kids. I had to check in at the office and there was some upset little kid waiting there and I put my arm around him, but neither his teacher or the guidance counselor did. As a visitor, I didn't know any better.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. My son, now 40, happens to be on the spectrum,

which we didn't figure out until he was 18. However, one notable thing was that he did NOT like being touched. When he was in preschool all those years ago, teachers commonly hugged the kids. I remember one telling when he was perhaps 3, that they didn't hug him, as they could tell he didn't like it.

My point here is that the teachers of the very young tend to be very tuned into their charges.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. I remember being confused by the aloofness I saw at my friend's school

Since I can remember certain kids hanging on to the teacher when I was in the early grades - though I was never one of them and I was young for my grade, started school at 4.

[Catherine Vincent]

9. This is just precious!

[bmichaelh]

10. Not so fast

I had a second grade teacher who bullied me mercilessly.

The bullying accompanied me until I graduated.

Not one teacher tried to stop the bullying.

[IndianaDave]

16. It is truly painful to read this. I am so sorry that you had to endure that.

In fact, I'm outraged to know that none of those adults intervened. They did not deserve to be in the noble vocation of teaching. And you deserved their interest and respect, bmichaelh. As I think about it, all I can do is shake my head.

[Aussie105]

12. OMG!

Heart warming!

Kids get to choice - empower the kids!