Joe and Kari: Ouch, That Hurt!

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Well we've been open for a while now & already had our first Art Show. It was a great success & I can't wait to have more! We've got more cleaning up in the back half of the bottom floor that we should be finished with soon & then we can start on the top floor, again. Our goal is to remodel the small bathroom that is already upstairs, so that we can go ahead and move in! So in about 6 months, we should be living Downtown!!

6.27.2006

Ouch, That Hurt!

Why are schools banning games that teach kids to resolve disputes, learn from others, and games that excercise their bodies and problem solving skills? Check out this article about schools banning games in the name of safety.

I guess we could just send our kids to school under constant supervision, strap them down in their seats so they wont be a danger to themselves or others, and feed them through a straw like the invalids we are raising them to be. While were at it.. Let's not teach them to poop in the toilet either...They might fall in!

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And almost as ridiculous: The football committee of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, which governs high school sports, is adopting a "score management" policy that will suspend coaches whose teams win by more than 50 points. btw ... reckon we know that Donna Thompson from the article??? :)

By Denise, at June 28, 2006 12:02 AM
I guess these people WANT our kids to be obese and lazy. Why don't they just keep them inside and let them watch TV or play video games where they'll be nice and safe then? Yeah, that would be just dandy. They're so worried about kids getting hurt, but that's what they do! Kids get hurt! I don't know a single person who didn't break, crack, tear or sprain something as a child. And you know what? They lived through it! And I don't understand the fact that they let them play in gym class where they're supervised. Uhhh...if that's the case, then where's the supervision on the playground?

By Anonymous, at June 28, 2006 9:02 AM
You bet they are going to get hurt, not a problem, the problem lies in those few parents who will take every opportunity they can then to sue the school, the teacher that was supposed to be watching them & probably the kid who caused their kid to get hurt in the first place... those are the ones that the schools are covering their ***** from. It is a total shame that those kind of people are out there but they are. There needs to be some sort of waiver a parent has to sign, within reason, protecting the school from "minor, non-surgical" school yard injuries. Of course I say let the kids play, let them run, let them have fun. Like Christi said, they get hurt, that's what they do and they survive. Geez...

By Denise, at June 28, 2006 6:13 PM
We are a litigious society. I don't know whether that speaks to our inability accept responsibility or to our manic optimism that keeps us from realizing that bad things WILL happen.
My experience in the public school system has brought me some very interesting observations. One is that a lot of female teachers and administrators have a hard time with any rough and tumble. (No disrespect to the ladies.) Instead of watching kids and stepping in only at the moment things starting getting out of hand...or reprimanding/punishing the kids who don't show a little self-control...they choose to be reactionary and cut out the activity all together. When I was at Prairiland, they had banned all trips to Six Flags because a couple of kids on one trip were caught shoplifting. Instead of punishing the kids and using the incident to educate other students on the consequences of such an action, they punished everone for the actions of a few.
Some kids lack a modicum of self-control that lets them play rough games and not get carried away into full scale slaughter (or their parents lack the realization that kids are made of rubber...they bounce back.) But where do kids learn this concept to play "full out" but "watch out," by doing...and getting hurt.
The other thing I have ovserved in public education is that ideas move west a lot. Some yahoo in the east has a bright idea, like school vouchers, and eventually it pops up in Texas. Excuse my state pride, but sometimes I think Texans are have more common sense than the common eastern liberal. (Oops, was that my conservative slip showing. Let me tuck it back in.)

By Tim and Melissa, at June 29, 2006 12:09 PM

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