SCREAMING CAMPUS GARBAGE BABIES DON’T EMERGE FROM A VACUUM. The School that Banned Clapping:

A school in Sydney [Australia] has banned clapping at assemblies in favour of “silent cheering”, “excited faces” and “punching the air”.

The rule was introduced to respect a teacher with a hearing condition that causes sensitivity to noise, said New South Wales education officials.

The school has said the practice also “reduces fidgeting” in assemblies.

The NSW Education Department said clapping was still allowed at other school events.

‘Wriggle on the spot’

Elanora Heights Public School, on Sydney’s northern beaches, announced the no-clapping policy in its latest newsletter.

“If you’ve been to a school assembly recently, you may have noticed our students doing silent cheers,” it said.

“Instead of clapping, the students are free to punch the air, pull excited faces and wriggle about on the spot.

“The practice has been adopted to respect members of our school community who are sensitive to noise.

Thus dovetailing perfectly with the infamous Yale kids and their “jazz hands” last year:

When a Yale student’s angry meltdown at a professor went viral, viewers may have noticed the crowd gathered and some students snapping their fingers. It’s the currently preferred method of showing approval in some circles, given complaints that traditional clapping can be “triggering,” or even painful to hands unaccustomed to work. Although the curious digital trend is catching fire with the college crowd, it is not new or confined to the U.S.

Colleges, understandably, tend to get most of the blame for creating what Iowahawk brilliantly dubbed “screaming campus garbage babies,” But it’s a safe bet they arrive there with a few excesses already programmed in via their high school teachers, and left-leaning parents as well.