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https://www.yahoo.com/news/students-not-smiling-school-punished-135527250.html

Northern Lebanon School District students in Pennsylvania must smile while walking the hallways at the institution or they will be punished, according to a report.

Students who do not smile in the hallways between periods will be instructed to, and if they refuse, they will be sent to the guidance counselor’s office to talk through their problems, reported Lebanon Daily News. Meanwhile, parents claim that reports of bullying in the district are mostly ignored by administrators.

Teachers at the institution, who have not been named, told the news agency that Benjamin Wenger, the assistant high school principal, has been strictly enforcing the rule, though it has not yet been put into writing within the district

We need a WTF for this one
 
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Assistant High School Principal Benjamin Wenger
"The punishments will continue until morale improves .... no, really!"
.... smiling in the hallways is not a written rule at the school district, it is something that Assistant High School Principal Benjamin Wenger has taken upon himself to enforce, according to several teachers. .... Wenger – who has been accused of throwing around a sex toy in the office during school hours ... may care about whether or not students are smiling between classes, parents and teachers have bigger concerns ... Wenger .... don't care enough about the bullying and harassment taking place in the school district. Teachers are aware that a child without a smile in the hall can be sent to the guidance counselor.

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https://www.ldnews.com/story/news/l...-smile-while-bullying-gets-ignored/606180002/
 
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School officials can compel students to be polite, they should. Just as family and neighbourhood should. Civility is essential to functioning in the real world of Making A Living. The fact that the vice principal thinks just tweaking a set of facial muscles into a smile configuration will prevent one from saying "fuck you" through one's teeth proves that authoritarian bureaucratic fools can only hold sway over juveniles in that day concentration camp called "school".
Wrong to compel anyone to smile, but it's something people tell girls and women to do. I've had that a lot. Apparently, I was too serious at work. Too business like. Didn't smile enough. In general ledger accountingl!
 
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