Four by Four 2/23/14

1. What is your favorite Beatles song?

2. Why do you think there is an increase in the incidences of bullying?

3. Who is your most memorable teacher?

4. Friday, Feb. 21, was National Hugging Day. What's your hugging style?

Charles Leigh

Retired florist

Cape Girardeau

1-I don't have any. Period. I don't care for the Beatles.

2-Because the other person won't fight back. I told my daughter, "If she hits you, hit her back six times as hard."

3-My first-grade teacher, Mrs. Zimmerman, about 75 year ago. She gave me my first spanking -- one lick with a pingpong paddle -- because I pulled a little girl's pigtail.

4-I've done an awful lot of hugging. I'm a hugging guy. I tend to put my arm around someone's shoulder when I'm talking to them.

Marian Leigh

Marian Leigh

Retired educator

Cape Girardeau

1-I can't stand the Beatles. I was more into dance-band music, the music of the 1940s.

2-I think parents are bullying each other and kids observe it. And they see bullying on television. It's part of society now.

3-Miss Betty Knigge at a rural school in Nebraska for first and second grades. She was sweet and treated everyone the same. There were no teacher's pets in the one-room schoolhouse. She taught a good, basic background.

4-I grew up in a non-hugging family. I like a bear hug with patting on the back at the same time -- hugging with sincerity no just because of society.

Dakota Strand

Dakota Strand

Lenscrafters sales and lab tech

Cape Girardeau

1-"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" because it has everybody -- the whole band -- participating in it. I also like "Imagine" by John Lennon. I like the message of that song.

2-A lack of strength in parenting, The causes could be different, but the majority would lead to parenting.

3-I was homeschooled, so I'd have to say my mother. My favorite subject was language and it's structure and understanding. I find the communication of ideas fascinating.

4-Bear hug. That's it.

Krishna Bharathi Sanaka

Krishna Bharathi Sanaka

Southeast student

India

1-I don't know about that. My favorite is A.R. Rehman, classical music. He is an Oscar award winner. He won an Oscar for "Jai Ho," a song from the movie "Slum Dog Millionaire."

2-I think bullying goes on not only among youth, and there has to be some personal reason for it.

3-During my high school education there was a teacher named Ratna Rao. I find him inspiring because he recognized my weaknesses and gave me support to reach my ambition.

4. I like a tight hug full of emotion.