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3. Stupid policy!!! n/t

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 05:49 PM

Feb 2020

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School policy forbids kids from saying 'no' when asked to dance [View all] demmiblue Feb 2020 OP

That's how it was when I was a kid. milestogo Feb 2020 #2

Thank you. nt PETRUS Feb 2020 #13

+1000!! silverweb Feb 2020 #16

Stupid policy!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2020 #3

Is this at The Handmaiden's Academy? TeamPooka Feb 2020 #4

Utah. ...nt 2naSalit Feb 2020 #20

same thing TeamPooka Feb 2020 #24

Agreed. ...nt 2naSalit Feb 2020 #26

That's barbaric. Any person should have the right to say no Takket Feb 2020 #5

Training their girls to be passive. nt Ilsa Feb 2020 #6

Subservient. 2naSalit Feb 2020 #21

I'd like to know... Archae Feb 2020 #7

Yikes 😳 dewsgirl Feb 2020 #8

I can see both sides of this KT2000 Feb 2020 #9

Sixth grade girls ... frazzled Feb 2020 #10

Eh frazzled Feb 2020 #15

We negotiate uncomfortable situations by having appropriate boundaries meadowlander Feb 2020 #28

Rember this when one of your kids or grandkids is the "different" one Drahthaardogs Feb 2020 #17

I was the "different" one. meadowlander Feb 2020 #27

Wow. Girls aren't allowed to say no. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #11

The rejection is crushing, as well. maxsolomon Feb 2020 #19

No one is owed a dance. EllieBC Feb 2020 #22

An important factor... 2naSalit Feb 2020 #23

Maybe we need to back up a step or two gratuitous Feb 2020 #25

When I was eleven, back in 1957 Silver Swan Feb 2020 #29