I know some folks who won’t let their children play — what they consider — “violent sports”… such as: Martial Arts, Wrestling, Football, Hockey and the like. Unfortunately, these kids miss out on a lot… and so when they do crave some excitement in their life later on , are you surprised that they are in Iraq?
I thought it was strange enough when “Dodgeball” was outlawed in many schools… now, the thought police have taken out “tag” and … oh yes, ‘touch football’ and anything else that may be ‘exclusionary’ or ‘unsupervised’. Gee, we certainly don’t want kids to play, exercise or think on their own.
Speaking of identifying a ‘problem’ before it exists:
Tag is now out during recess at Willett Elementary School in Attleboro. So is touch football and any other unsupervised “chasing” games that are deemed to pose the risk of injury as well as liability to the school. “It’s a time when accidents can happen,” said Principal Gaylene Heppe, in her second year at the helm of Willett. Heppe included the new rule as part of a standardized set of playground rules that were not in play upon her arrival.
Unfortunately, the American primary educational system has let America down. We turn out students who are not taught multiplication tables and the history and science your child learns today is inadequate and incomplete. Oh, let’s not forget the strange stuff that passes as ‘truth’ in the classrooms… like the ‘Huns’ were tolerant… was that before or after they slaughtered entire defenseless cities.
So, are we at all surprised at the growth of ‘private’ schools in our cities?
George Washington was a great believer in public schools ( I guarantee that they are not taught THAT in school… ). Although we are great believers in ‘public schools’… we also realized that they are largely a failure today. So, when we sent our children to public schools… we realized that we would have to spend a lot of time with our children making up for what they were not taught, and discussing with our children the factual accuracy of what they were being fed.
By the way, have you read your child’s textbooks?…
Here’s some more reading & what others think:
Priestly Commentary
Knowledge Based Revolution
Jeff
Banning Childhood
Watch out for the Anti-Fun Nazi’s
I guess that so many people wouldn’t be so upset with this latest intrusion into the life of our children… if this was the only ‘assault’. The problem is the elementary and secondary public school system is broke… and nobody in the process wants to fix it. Don’t look to teachers or administrators … they are more interested in keeping their jobs.
I guess that so many people wouldn’t be so upset with this latest intrusion into the life of our children… if this was the only ‘assault’. The problem is the elementary and secondary public school system is broke… and nobody in the process wants to fix it. Don’t look to teachers or administrators … they are more interested in keeping their jobs.
Time to roll up your sleeves…
Roger Freberg
REMEMBER: if you let ‘a village raise your child’… don’t be surprised if you end up with the villiage idot!
What is it with these rich guys?
Hey… where are the ‘cupcake games?’ Well, at least it is a “W” (WIN) as they say!
Let’s see… ‘SC beat Arkansas who beat Auburn who beat Florida … fun to think about.
I don’t always read the local paper the San luis Obispo Tribune very often… I really — as they say — don’t care who turned 100, what shrub is now endangered or how green which politician is… once in a while a story or two pops up that says… IDIOT!