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Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Get a grip and come down from your high horse

"High horse" is indeed an effective methaphor, but it's often used by those who don't want to meet a standard.

It's your stated opinion that expressing (in this forum) a dislike for this formality is somehow going to make us seem "more distant and unapproachable."

Yes, that's my opinion, but that's not what I said. I said "much of what we do has a ripple effect." That's a fact.

You don't teach respect to kids through ceremony. They see that crap for what it is.

So shaking hands is now a crappy move? Wow, you're cynical, and that's my opinion.

Certainly, one who shakes my hand one minute is not going to get away with cursing me out the next, but that's very rare, and I will remember the handshake, because the kids made a effort -- mandated or otherwise -- to be sportsmanlike. That's something that needs to be respected, not scrutinized.