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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve got an idea. How about a full stop to the big, public asks at school? Must every moment be documented on social media? Remember the good old days when a boy would nervously call on the phone and ask to go to Hoco? It was a private moment as it should be. [/quote]

+1.  
The huge public spectacles are ridiculous.  Posters and elaborate displays to ask a date to Homecoming, Prom, and now just to be my Valentine (what the h**l does that mean anyway?) are just dumb.
Schools should squash this.  Parent should advise their kids freshman year NOT to do this.  
It's like the whole country has forgotten classic etiquette and decorum.  Maybe freshman year there needs to be a class teaching normal personal interactions.[/quote]

OP - I agree to a large extent. I do wish youth were taught basic kindness and etiquette in schools.

I am not on social media myself and DD not in public school. We Talk often about the importance of treating others with respect and kindness .

I generally don’t like public displays of anything. Just in this case, I liked that the teens themselves made an effort to include this young man. However, I did not see the unkind comments cited by others as they did not display on my cell phone. I agree that two wrongs don’t make a right.

I hope their parents or school talk to them about the importance of being kind without demeaning others. [/quote]

The teens meant well.

The school and/or parents should take advantage of this teachable moment to explain why inclusion of some should not come at price of excluding or being unkind to others. [/quote]

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