Dallas Hinton:

DH> Oh   yes,   it's   absolutely   forbidden   to  touch  a
DH> student -- which is a real problem for band teachers who
DH> sometimes need to guide fingers to the right positions.

That  is  a tyranny of political correctness.  When I was in
ninth grade, my Russian-language  teacher  once  zipped  the
zipper  on  my  trousers  without any hidden motive.  The PC
police would be enraged :-)

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