Forcing Party Invitations

Piggybacking off the children’s birthday party post...it reminded me of when I was in 6th grade. I was a new student at that particular school, while everyone else in my class had known each other since kindergarten basically. So it was a difficult year for me. But I specifically remember a girl having a birthday party planned. She was handing out invitations in class and gave one to every single girl, except for me and two other girls that were considered “the weird/annoying girls”. It didn’t bother me i wasn’t invited that much since I didn’t like anyone there anyways and i didn’t know them well, but it bothered me that the other two girls simply weren’t invited because they were unpopular and different. As a result, the two girls complained to the teacher. The teacher made a rule and contacted all parents saying that if you send your child to school with invitations, you’re required to invite everyone in the class (all the girls for sleepovers, and for day time parties where even one boy is invited then all the boys need to be invited too) as to avoid anyone’s feelings being hurt or leaving anyone out. The teacher ended out essentially forcing the girl to invite us to the party too. I obviously didn’t end up going because I wasn’t wanted there anyways...

So for my question...do you think this is a good requirement? Do you think kids should be handing out invitations in school in the first place? Or should it just be left to mail invites or word of mouth? OR do you think it’s a stupid rule and the kids should be able to invite whoever they want, whenever they want?

Bonus question: if there is an “unpopular/weird” student in your child’s class who is having a party, and your child didn’t want to go for the sheer fact that this person was “uncool”, would you teach them a lesson and make them go to the party anyways? *(in my thoughts, I’m wondering if sometimes the kids who plan a party and no one shows up are the “uncool” kids in their class)