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What is the stupidest school rule you've ever had to deal with? (kbin.social)

submitted 7 months ago by yukichigai@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Parent, student, or staff, what's the dumbest damn regulation you've personally come across at an educational institution?

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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

not really a school rule but it is one they tried to push on my mom when i was in elementary school.

i was the tiniest kid in class and my mom wanted me to take karate lessons. to give me some self esteem. the teachers tried to tell her the only thing it would do would make me want to get into fights. but somehow playing football would have been completely ok. so a high impact physical sport where you grab people and throw them to the ground is ok... as long as there is a ball involved. but giving a little kid some self esteem in an environment that encourages restraint and self control is not ok.

this was sometime around 1982-1985 i forget exactly what year.

moronic way of thinking.