Playing tag at recess outlawed...
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html[^] I'm seriously starting to wonder if the end result of all this craziness in a few generations is going to be quite possibly the weakest most useless and helpless generation of adults this planet has ever known.
Yeah - craziness abounds. Over here in the UK, we used to collect conkers from horse-chestnut trees and play a game called (cunningly enough) conkers. Basically the point of this game was to hit the other persons conker (ooh err missus) and smash it up. Recently, a local council decided that collecting the conkers was too dangerous, so they had workmen up the trees collecting them for the kids. How the F did we ever survive as kids?
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html[^] I'm seriously starting to wonder if the end result of all this craziness in a few generations is going to be quite possibly the weakest most useless and helpless generation of adults this planet has ever known.
If you've ever seen the movie Demolition Man, there's a line from Simon Phoenix that quickly comes to mind, describing what he thinks the world has become while he was frozen. I'd elaborate, but I have a kid sister.
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If you've ever seen the movie Demolition Man, there's a line from Simon Phoenix that quickly comes to mind, describing what he thinks the world has become while he was frozen. I'd elaborate, but I have a kid sister.
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Are you referring to the "Brady Bunch" quote?
"Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
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Are you referring to the "Brady Bunch" quote?
"Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
Yep, that's the one. :-D
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html[^] I'm seriously starting to wonder if the end result of all this craziness in a few generations is going to be quite possibly the weakest most useless and helpless generation of adults this planet has ever known.
Repost: from soapbox
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html[^] I'm seriously starting to wonder if the end result of all this craziness in a few generations is going to be quite possibly the weakest most useless and helpless generation of adults this planet has ever known.
Whats next, requiring pitchers to roll the baseball so there is no chance of hitting the batter??? :doh: Steve
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html[^] I'm seriously starting to wonder if the end result of all this craziness in a few generations is going to be quite possibly the weakest most useless and helpless generation of adults this planet has ever known.
I can see this going on and on. Just think in a few years they are going to outlaw the monkey bars and climbing aparatus. Soon recess will only be "Ok class it's time for recess. Now put your books away and sit quietly at your desks."
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Repost: from soapbox
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I can see this going on and on. Just think in a few years they are going to outlaw the monkey bars and climbing aparatus. Soon recess will only be "Ok class it's time for recess. Now put your books away and sit quietly at your desks."
Surely it'll be, "put your books away and sit quietly in your hermetically sealed HAZMAT suit"
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html[^] I'm seriously starting to wonder if the end result of all this craziness in a few generations is going to be quite possibly the weakest most useless and helpless generation of adults this planet has ever known.
Of course, you do all realize that it has nothing to do with concern for the safety of the children, and everything to do with avoiding lawsuits. We have entirely too many lawyers on this planet.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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Of course, you do all realize that it has nothing to do with concern for the safety of the children, and everything to do with avoiding lawsuits. We have entirely too many lawyers on this planet.
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Is this going to be the new XBox game - Hitman 4 - Kill The Lawyers?
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Is this going to be the new XBox game - Hitman 4 - Kill The Lawyers?
:omg: You mean there isn't one out already?
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Of course, you do all realize that it has nothing to do with concern for the safety of the children, and everything to do with avoiding lawsuits. We have entirely too many lawyers on this planet.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Sure but there are ways to get around that and it's harming children in the long run. You could make an argument for a lawsuit the other way as well.
Christopher Duncan wrote:
We have entirely too many lawyers on this planet.
Well, the U.S. certainly seems to.
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Whats next, requiring pitchers to roll the baseball so there is no chance of hitting the batter??? :doh: Steve
no, you put the ball on a little stick, in front of the batter. you could call it a "tee", like in golf. then the game would be called T-Ball
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html[^] I'm seriously starting to wonder if the end result of all this craziness in a few generations is going to be quite possibly the weakest most useless and helpless generation of adults this planet has ever known.
John Cardinal wrote:
I'm seriously starting to wonder if the end result of all this craziness in a few generations is going to be quite possibly the weakest most useless and helpless generation of adults this planet has ever known.
What with TV and what I see it does to kids, I don't wonder. I know. Marc
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Yeah - craziness abounds. Over here in the UK, we used to collect conkers from horse-chestnut trees and play a game called (cunningly enough) conkers. Basically the point of this game was to hit the other persons conker (ooh err missus) and smash it up. Recently, a local council decided that collecting the conkers was too dangerous, so they had workmen up the trees collecting them for the kids. How the F did we ever survive as kids?
Something I heard on the grapevine (that may or may not be correct) was that the real reason was down to a few isolated cases where children have had serious allergic reactions to the conkers, and as kids these days are getting more and more allergies they were taking precautions to prevent accidents, and inevitably lawsuits.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html[^] I'm seriously starting to wonder if the end result of all this craziness in a few generations is going to be quite possibly the weakest most useless and helpless generation of adults this planet has ever known.
So long as they can play chess it's all good :)
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Sure but there are ways to get around that and it's harming children in the long run. You could make an argument for a lawsuit the other way as well.
Christopher Duncan wrote:
We have entirely too many lawyers on this planet.
Well, the U.S. certainly seems to.
John Cardinal wrote:
it's harming children in the long run
Yeah. Maybe in 20 years those children could sue the schools and government for taking away their childhood and ruining their chances to become a mature, stable, adult human being and instead turning them into rapists and robbers (they *only* want to play tag with the police ;P).
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html[^] I'm seriously starting to wonder if the end result of all this craziness in a few generations is going to be quite possibly the weakest most useless and helpless generation of adults this planet has ever known.
I thought everyone said kids did not get enough exercise, I guess we will all have to pay to have padded hamster wheels for each student added to the playground. Lock them in and tell them to run for 30 or so minutes. And... When I say for each student I mean with germs and such can't be sharing hamster wheels.
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