I TOTALLY HAVE TO READ ALL THIS TOMORROW! I'M RUNNING TOO FAR BEHIND. And fyi....I want you all to know that every day after school, the students (especially the younger ones) line up for a nice big HUG from the teacher one by one, as they leave. You will hear teachers even say, "hey, what about my hug?" if the child forgets. The children are never forced to hug though.

There is like more info on this situation than you might even want to know, on BT1.