i was thinking about making a post about the importance of learning cursive handwriting (historical documents, neurological benefits) etc. but then i remembered how i learned cursive by my teachers guiding my hand. i realized that this is basically off limits in the U.S and this would be seen as very scandalous for a teacher to do but in most of the world its such a normal, innocent act for kids to learn how to write. a low touch culture literally kills a people so insidiously.
When I was in high school is really when they enforced no hugging. But in fact, female students would hug female teachers at the end of the year and nothing was done about this and this was usually the only exception. Although during my graduation ceremony I, a male hugged my elderly, female math teacher because she was grandma age and was hugging all her graduating students.
Sad.