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Chicago Schools Contemplate Recess After Nearly 30 Years Without It
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- An Attleboro Elementary School is playing it safe. The school has banned tag and a number of other popular games from the playground. That's causing controversy. NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that the Willett Elementary School in Attleboro banned tag and it has upset a number of parents and students. |
Their school safety issue is ONLY tag? The same tag, you are it!
GTFOOHWTBS I posted randomly that the "dogs and the po po were here" and THEY are worried about TAG? umh, umh, umh! |
What are school administrators smoking these days? What are they going to ban next, jump rope or 4-square? Children are supposed to get hurt! :p I show off my permanent scars like tattoos. ;) J/K
Is this poll function new? Or I was too lazy to look for it? I don't remember seeing it before, even on the new GC. |
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Some of my fondest memories are freeze tag. So what I got hurt? That's what band aids are for! Cocoa butter too for the itchy scabs as they heal. If you don't want to get hurt, go sit on the wall and read a book. :D |
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4-square was THE BOMB in elementary school!!!
I loved it. You'd start off playing with your friends, but at the end of recess you were no longer friends and ready to fight b/c someone lost a game! Then, you'd make up and start all over again with a new game the next day! :D |
Oh my dayum! What next?!?!?!
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tag is universal, international... the kids are still gonna play it...
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Keep tag, touch football, and dodgeball and just punish the children who play too rough or get too touchy feely. They can also just do permission slips where parents give their children permission to play basic school yard games, with an understanding that their are some basic risks. Also, why is there "unsupervised" anything on the schoolyard? Not enough monitors?
I hope they got rid of those hard arse red balls we used for dodgeball and kickball when I was little. We would sometimes use soccer balls. Ouch. :o On a somewhat related note: I remember in high school when horseplay became very popular. All of a sudden we had guys chasing each other down the halls between classes, throwing each other into lockers, and a few times accidentally throwing each other out of windows or down stairs. The principal made an announcement that horseplay is banned and that being caught will result in suspension. That type of ban makes complete sense because horseplay isn't really a school yard game, high school students don't have recess, and horseplay usually results in someone getting hurt. |
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Dodgeball is too exclusionary...haha. We don't want people to feel "out." This reminds me of that California school district which abandoned phonics for a while because they didn't want to tell kids they were pronouncing/spelling the word incorrectly.
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I know there were some mean kids on playgrounds when I was little but they would get punished with the quickness. |
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Now, you and your friend are suspended for 9 days AND you and your friend must replace the glass door. |
Usually tag isn't banned because it's violent, it's because it is exclusionary. The slowest kid is always "it"
It's still stupid to ban it. |
Kids are already too fat and lazy as it is! Why ban the only physical activity they might get in the whole day?! Besides, the real world is competitive. Might as well get them used to it early. :rolleyes:
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Definition of freeze tag for the 3 voters in the poll :p
One person is it and chases everyone else who is playing. If "IT" tags you, you are frozen until another player unfreezes you. That's how we played it.:) I am sure there are variations though. |
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That used to happen almost everyday when I was in middle and high school. |
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LOL.
Freeze tag and "it" were 2 different games during our day. Exclusionary? During recess? If you can't play or you get upset b/c you cannot tag anyone move on over to the jungle gym, the tunnel, the monkey bars, jump rope, see saw, etc etc. :D |
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I mostly played basketball, soccer, and dodgeball on the school yard. |
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At recess, I was on the swings. :) I hated the teeter totter. I was always in the freaking air.:( |
That's too bad. Kids definitely need more exercise these days, and most school yard games will result in some basic cuts and bruises. I agree that there should be supervision to guarantee that games aren't getting out of hand, in addition to a waiver from parents stating that they acknowledge the basic risks. Beyond that, kids should be allowed to play freely within the bounds that normal supervision will allow.
Banning the sport because kids feel excluded is extreme. I don't think that its ok to let 1 kid get picked on or constantly remain 'un-chosen' when it comes to participating. However, competition is a part of life. How will kids develop the drive to improve or prepare themselves from the intense competition that occurs later in life if they are so shielded now? |
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Freeze tag and recess is a way to get these kids up and moving to stay in shape or get in shape. I wish I had some recess right now.:o |
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I wasn't terribly good at baseball or soccer, so I remember tag being a game that everyone could play. Seriously, if you get tagged it's fun! IMO It's a much friendlier activity than team sports. It's a great way to make friends if you're new. It's much easier and less exclusionary to play one big game, than to sit in groups and talk.
If they're trying to stop kids from being excluded, they're going at it the wrong way. Hell you can even be excluded from the swings- lets ban swings! |
Some schools don't allow free play during recess, anyway. The kids do structured exercises/games similar to a mini gym class. One day there can be jumping jacks and supervised dodgeball, for example.
I think if taking a break and getting exercise is the issue, structured exercises/games are the answer. If kids want a free-for-all where they can chase their friends around, they can wait until they get home. |
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1. Before the game begins, everyone agrees and pick the object that keeps you safe (tree, a step, a lawn chair, etc). 2. The person who is "it" closes his/her eyes and says really fast... "hideandgobebobebo Ican'tseeyouseeyouseeyou" while everyone else is trying to hide. You may not get a chance to hide b/c you don't know when the "it" person will stop saying it. 3. The "it" person stops saying the little diddy and runs looking for the others and/or tries to tag someone (who didn't find a place to hide). But, you are trying to get to the safe place b/4 you are tagged. Then, you have to close your eyes and say "hideandgobebobebo..." If the person goes after you. |
Oh noes! My kid might fall over or run into someone or wind up crying because he got tagged and couldn't catch anyone else. Let's sue the school!
PS. This thread is funny because I have a thread open about the same topic on another forum too. |
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I was also a fan of indoor recess for some reason. People seemed to get into more fights then. Too many bebe kids in too little space! |
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At our school, the students are required to take PE ( a couple of courses, I believe) in order to graduate, but if you don't get the teacher who has been here for 40 years, you won't do ANYTHING but sit on the floor, if you decide not to play a game of basketball. Times have changed... |
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I was the girl who played basketball and football with the boys. We played touch football on asphalt using parking lot lines as yard lines. (2 lines= 10 yards). One time they somehow let us outside when it was icy and we played ice football, on asphalt. I'm not sure how we're not all dead. I wasn't thinking of Freeze Tag though, I was thinking of regular tag aka "it" as someone else put it. Freeze tag isn't nearly as exclusionary. Our playground was as above, a parking lot. There weren't other things to do besides tag or four square when you're little and football/basketball when you're older. They did paint a world map on part of the it for a few years, but that's where the girls sat and talked all recess long. Stupid girls :P |
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Most of what I have been thinking has been said. However, I did want to add that this 'ban' is yet another sign of this instant gratification society where the individual is not held accountable for their actions.
My 6th grader came home from school yesterday and told me that the principal said that they are banning hooded shirts! Good grief, Charlie Brown. |
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If it's because kids are wearing the hoods during school hours...uh...just tell them to...take...off...the...hood. :rolleyes: Just like many schools don't allow students to wear hats inside the buildings. Geesh. |
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