Saving schoolkids from the tyranny of tag…and raising the next generation of Jimmy Carters
The public schools are breeding a generation of bubble-wrapped ninnies who can’t do math, are terrorized by the honor roll, and prance around peace trees while the children of jihad perform preschool suicide bomber training exercises.
With all that in mind, here is your reason number 99,995,432 to homeschool, via the WaPo:
A playground pastime is getting a timeout this spring at a McLean elementary school.
Robyn Hooker, principal of Kent Gardens Elementary School, has told students they may no longer play tag during recess after determining that the game of chasing, dodging and yelling “You’re it!” had gotten out of hand. Hooker explained to parents in a letter this month that tag had become a game “of intense aggression.”
The principal said that her goal is to keep students safe and that she hopes to restore tag (as well as touch football, also now on hold) after teachers and administrators review recess policies.
The decision has touched off a debate among parents. Some call the restriction an example of overzealous rulemaking that fails to address root problems and undermines children’s development; others say it’s best to err on the side of caution.
“We are regulating the fun out of normal childhood activity,” said Jan van Tol, father of a Kent Gardens sixth-grader. “In our effort to be so overprotective, we are not letting children be children.”
Gerri Swarm, secretary of the school’s Parent-Teacher Association, said she was glad the principal was taking seriously student concerns about being pushed or shoved. “In this day and age, you can’t dismiss this as something not to worry about,” she said.
Many schools nationwide have whittled down playground activities in response to concerns about injuries, bullying or litigation. Dodge ball is a thing of the past in many places, and contact sports are often limited at recess.
The Fairfax County schools’ office of risk management maintains a list of activities that are prohibited at any school-sponsored events. In addition to bungee-jumping and scuba diving, students are not permitted to break dance or play dodge ball or tug-of-war.
Next up: Mandatory Thudguards for all.
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Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think it’s such a big leap from playground pacifism to…Jimmy Carter’s latest hugs for Hamas. Your thoughts?
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They (wisely) banned us from using baseballs, softballs and footballs, but we did get to keep playing dodgeball.
It all depends on your definition of “it.”
When I was younger, I had one of those Big Wheels tricycles. I used to ride it as a scooter all the time. In our backyard, we had a patio with a brick-lined garden lining it. Riding it as a scooter, I crashed into the bricks, went flying over the handlebars, and landed on the sidewalk. Still have the scar on my elbow – and I’m lucky that’s all I had.
Another time, I slid down a neighbor’s metal slide and was cut from knee to hip on my thigh. Not deep enough to require stitches, but enough to require some good bandaging.
Funny how it never crossed my parents’ minds to sue either the maker of the Big Wheel or the neighbors. Think of how rich we’d be now… /sarcasm.
Next the school systems will be suing the dodgeball manufacturers (dogeballs, like guns, cause violence y’know) while at the same time placing more orders for Paxil to quell this non-sedate behavior.
If this keeps up we’re going to be a nation of wimps & weenies like much of Europe has become.
After the fascist government brainwashers turn our children into pacifist drones, what happens when the Islamofascists arrive on the schoolhouse steps seeking to shut them down and behead them for daring to educate women? Who do they expect to stand up and defend them from real aggression? Why do I know their final thoughts as they bleed to death will be, “But…but…we…were….nice…….to……..you………”?
Breeding sheep, we need more sheepdogs.
Hey, what about the kids who grew up in the 1980’s, listened to the wild 80’s music, the Cabbage Kid was supreme (unless you got the knockoff
), GI Joe, Barbie, the Smurfs, McDonald’s b-day parties, and Madonna were all the rage?
Us 80’s kids had it real bad too, okay?
PTA – Pansy Training Association
On April 15th, 2008 at 1:49 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:
I got your tag wrong…my apologies
I came off wrong. Sorry. Our schools out here don’t ban play time, don’t ban games they play during recess and don’t “baby” the kids that get hurt. If there is a kid that gets out of hand, then yes that kid needs to be punished. My daughter was playing tag at school and one of the kids pushed her down and told her she was it and my daughter told that kid that he best not push her down again or he would regret doing it. He apologized and they went off playing again. Our teachers get involved when kids get out of hand. My daughter knows that if someone pushes her down to give that kid a warning and if they do it again to beat the crap out of them. It has happened once and she got suspended for it. Our kids get cuts and scraps from rough play, but if there is a kid taking it to far then they need to be punished so it doesn’t ruin the game for the others.
Stay away from Tiger Schulman’s…
I was picked on and victimized a lot as a kid, which ultimately resulted in severe depression for me. I know from experience how cruel kids can be when given the opportunity. But I would never take from that experience the idea that you can solve the problem by limiting the activities available to children.
If a game is getting out of hand, don’t ban the game, just keep it from getting out of hand. If some kids are picking on others, discipline those kids. The big problem is not that modern kids are especially reckless, it’s that modern school personnel are increasingly unwilling to intervene in productive ways. Teachers and administrators have adopted a policy of punishing and/or restricting everyone rather than those who need it.
Need an example? I recall an incident in 4th grade where I got attacked by a bully for the sin of insisting that the proximity of my backpack to his on the playground was really pretty inconsequential. He knocked my down and kicked me in the stomach, a friend of mine came to my defense and punched him to get him off me. My friend and I got suspended, he only got reprimanded. Why? His parents were divorced, which clearly excuses his actions.
This is the type of administration in our schools these days. Don’t bother to figure out what caused misbehavior, just go the path of least resistance and punish everyone. It’s the same whether you suspend kids for defending themselves or ban a game because a few children aren’t playing nice. It represents an abdication of responsibility by educators.
The wussification of America continues. I remember when I was a kid, playing something, I don’t remember what and I ended up at the bottom of a huge pile of kids, could barely breathe and began to panic. I was screaming and hyperventilating, but I finally made it out of the pile. I didn’t run to the teacher and complain. That could be part of the problem too. Kids run to mommy every time someone looks crosswise at them. I was just glad I made it out of there! The last thing I wanted was to be a “tatttle tail”.
I think this garbage started about 15 years ago. I was over at a friend from high schools house and her then 8 y/o also had a trophy. I asked him if he had come in first too and he said no, second to the last. His father then explained that everyone got a trophy, it helps their self-esteem. I was shocked.
Brings back memories. I remember getting hit in the stomach with a dodge ball. Knocked the wind out of me. As I lay on the ground, suffering…my teacher looked down at me and said “get up” The game continued. No one sued.
As kids, my twin brother and I stuttered very badly and some bigger kids made fun of us. We got back at them during recess by “tagging” them real hard, or tackling instead of tagging. After a few bruises, they left us alone.It was a learning experience for us in that we wouldn’t fight anyone laughing at our speech inpediment, but would find some way to get back at them. We had some teachers that wouldn’t put up with their crap,if they knew about it, and so sometimes our problem would be solved by a teacher. Teachers today are really afraid to be too tough on kids who are unrully and decide the best way is just to ban the games.
It sure is scary stuff isn’t it? Watching socialism actually take hold in America, is not something I ever thought I’d see in my lifetime.
I guess I was quite wrong. It became so frightening & infuriating to me, that I parted with some of my own money & lots of my time, to start my own blog.
Maybe it’s inevitable, but I’m sure not going to go down without a fight, while these freaks try to indoctinate our kids. As always, thanks to Michelle for raising the most important issues in the fight against Fascist Liberalism. ~DL
“An empire is a despotism,” wrote Adams, “and an emperor is a despot, bound by no law or limitation but his own will.”
-John Adams
They can’t have competitive games like Tag or kickball.
Next thing you know, the kids will only be allowed to do Pilates and yoga.
Red Rover, Red Rover send 30 on over
… then I will tag her and prolly make fun of her!
Luv ya 30!
Rusty, one of the most important lessons a child could learn (and sorely lacking in liberal circles) is the need to stand up to bullies. My parents taught me, from the time I was first bullied in grade school, was that physical force was to be met with physical force. “If they hit you, you hit back, and don’t stop hitting until they stop.” It doesn’t matter if you don’t win the fight; most bullies are cowards, and will be reluctant to start a fight with you if they know you’re going to finish it.
My first brush with the effectiveness of this approach was the day Derrick Browell, my tormentor in those days, started pummelling me in 4th grade. He got it right in the face with my metal Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom lunchbox, with the thermos inside it. He ceased bothering me ever again. Even Sister Agnesa (God rest her gentle soul) privately confessed to my mom that though she had to punish us both, she was glad I stood up for myself, and put Derrick in his place.
In short, you stop allowing bullies to be bullies by not raising a bunch of victims. I get the impression most liberals didn’t learn this lesson growing up.
OK, so I was a bit nerdy as a youngster. Not terribly good at sports/coordination. I HATED dodgeball with a passion, didn’t like running during tag. I’m quite sure there were kids that felt the same way. Did my school make everyone stop an activity because not everyone liked it? Of course not. Did that welt during dodgeball or that “tag” completely ruin my life? Hell no! Why do my own kids now have to grow up in a bubble? We complain that kids are overweight, have no social skills, are too hyper and too medicated. Then the ONE thing that can solve all these problems – physical activity – is being outlawed every time we turn around. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY COUNTRY?
Unfortunately, rewards for mediocrity aren’t limited to sports. When I taught in middle school, I often assigned essays for both my regular and advanced history classes. I usually never had problems with my advanced class. However, I had a lot of problems with certain kids’ parents who got way too involved in their kids’ academics.
One day, when I was monitoring kids’ progress on an essay exam I noticed that one girl was copying off of another girl’s essay exam sheet. This was in my advanced class. The other girl was letting her do it. I said nothing, preferring to hold judgement. As I suspected, both essay exams looked (and sounded) the same when I graded them.
I held both girls after class one day and confronted them. I told them they were both getting F’s for the essay because I saw the cheating. One of the girls felt really bad about it, especially since her father worked in the same school and the same department. I’d already spoken with her father about it (since he worked in the same place I did) and he was okay with his daughter getting an F.
Not so the other girl. She basically told me, “you can’t give me an F. My mom won’t let you.” Later on, her mother called me and shouted at me, accusing me of lying and saying how her daughter could never possibly cheat. The mother then brought the matter to the principal and basically demanded that I give her a passing grade for the essay (since it was my word against the student’s in her mind).
The principal decided that the student should retake the test…which she did, and she got a C on it… not an acceptable grade for Advanced History.
So you see, the problem is so bad, that kids not only expect to get rewarded for mediocrity, but get away with it as well. If Mommy and Daddy can make that F go away, anything is possible.
Unfortunately, when you grow up, Mommy and Daddy won’t always be there for you. You have to learn to do things on your own.
Consequently, the student and her “Mommy Dearest” moved away from the area. I never breathed a bigger sigh of relief in my life.
the sissification of America.
speaking of this…
the girl who was jumped by several girls and then posted on Youtube…
did anyone notice she did nothing to defend herself? not a swing. she begged. unbelievable.
liberals are teaching children to be pacifists to their own demise.
This mentality also pervails in organized school sports.
I am the AD for a small, catholic school, grades pre-k through 8.
I had a parent confront me last year because her daughter wasn’t getting enough playing time, in her view.
Reason being this child missed a lot of practices, and showed up late to almost every game.
I told the mother why she wasn’t getting much playing time and she had the absolute gall to tell me that shouldn’t matter, her daughter needs “playing time to prepare her for high school basketball”.
I proceeded to then inform Mom that until her child makes an effort, her playing time will NOT increase. Deal with it or pull her off the team.
Can everyone guess what happened?
Little “Susie” began to show up for practices and was on time for the games for the remainder of the season.
PC be damned….
Let the kids learn from experience and they’ll be better people for it…
Sorry to rant for my first post, this topic just drives me absolutely insane!!
Indeed. The best thing our family has done is avoid sending any of our 4 kids to any public or private school. I would laugh at this stuff if I wasn’t about to cry. While I shake my head in disbelief about things like this, knowing that my own kids won’t grow up with a warped worldview, the USA is a republic and the fact that all y’all’s kids are being brainwashed with this crap scares me for the future.
I live near McLean (as others here do) and there was a lively discussion about it on the radio this morning. One point was made that kids were “piling on” too much, and there was too much bullying going on. Violence and kids seem to be up, these days, anyway. Also, there wasn’t enough teachers to keep control of the game. When I was in school, piling on involved having a teacher pulling the students off and making them sit out the play. Teachers complained that they couldn’t enforce the “breaking of the rules”. So, Rusty in post #7 did bring up a good point about that. The radio station was WMAL (for the locals here) with Fred Grandy (remember “gopher”?), and Andy Parks. Perhaps there is more there, at McLean, than we know. Hopefully, someone can give us a good update. Personally, murderball was better than dodgeball.
Sorry I joined this one so late . . .
We also played kickball, dodgeball, and “smear the queer”.
Just wanted to share that we also called our “smear the queer” game by the name of “tackleena”(pronounced like Pasedena)–it was not a PC thing as that crap had not been invented yet, just one kid’s name for it that stuck–it pretty much describes the activity.
For the life of me, I can’t remember seeing any teachers out supervising us. Maybe I was oblivious, but maybe it was just a simpler time, where you didn’t have to worry about violence.
I have to laugh when I see stories like the one about the kid who was suspended for drawing a picture of a gun at school; in third grade, all we seemed to do all day was draw what we affectionately called “army pictures” which were war scenes of the ilk of Saving Private Ryan. Time will tell what today’s kids grow up to be like–but my money in on “wuss”.
I went to a catholic grammer school in the mid 70’s. We played a sport that combined wrestling with football ahh good times LOL.
FIGHT ‘EM UNTIL WE CAN’T!!!!!!
Graysonret, I listened to that this morning on WMAL (still always think of Fred Grandy in his little shorts outfit everytime I hear him). I thought it was interesting listening. My neighbor and I were talking about it this afternoon and she said she thought people had too much money up there. I don’t know about that but that was her response. I do think it’s sad that kids today don’t have the childhood we had.
New Bumper Sticker:
My Child is an Emotionally Repressed, Uncompetitive, Out of Shape, Illiterate, Doctor Prescribed Drug Induced Student at McLean Elementary School.
Terrig, it is sad that kids don’t have the childhood we had. We had mandatory P.E., where we played all sorts of intermural sports. I’m short, but I got through basketball, without being a “victim” or loss of self-esteem. I had my own talents, football, and softball. Dodgeball was a favorite. We had our split lips, bruises and bumps, but it was life, or be called a “sissy”. Guns in school were unheard of, though just about all of us, knew and had access to guns. We had a beef with someone, it was always, “see you after school.” But, we weren’t raised with violence constantly being our guide to solving problems. We weren’t subjected to it daily from an early age, like tv, movies and video games. First thing one did, after school, was change clothes and head outside, until dinner. Then at least an hour of homework. A playground had to have monkey bars, to be any fun. Now we can’t say “monkey bars” or have them. Maybe I sound like an old man, but childhood sure was much more fun than it is today. My grown kids agree. You also learned to accept the consequences with any decision, whether right or wrong.
Graysonret-I noticed about 4 years ago that the schools were also doing away with swings in addition to the monkeybars (I fell of one at my school in first grade and broke my left hand but my parents wouldn’t have thought to sue-I must have been doing something I shouldn’t have) and slides for that matter. I know what you mean about coming home, doing homework then going outside to play and only being able to watch the Little House and the Waltons during the week. But now kids come home and either get on the myspace or facebook pages or play video games.
I am 44 but feel sometimes like I’m an old person too.
Forgot to add Graysonret-I hope that you enjoy living in Hampton Roads. It’s really a nice area and I think you’ll enjoy it. Make sure if you get to Williamsburg to go to the Trellis in Merchants Square. Great food and the Death by Chocolate is to die for.
I’m 58, terrig, and I can remember when tv didn’t start until 5pm, thereabouts. No daytime shows at all, or cable. Just a “test pattern”. So, it was either homework or outside to play. Not a hard choice. There were a couple of kid shows until 7 or so, then adult fare. But, I also spent time overseas and tv just wasn’t for any of us kids anyway. Biking to a friend’s house or downtown, for a mile or 2, was nothing. And, we didn’t have pedophiles hanging around every corner. It’s good that kids have computers and tv; it’s just abused and used as babysitters for parents who are too busy to raise kids, and let them be kids.
I am a Williamsburg contributor.
. Also, Mt. Vernon which I recommend. Been all over Willamsburg (stay at Governor’s Inn). Will be back there…fur sure. And, thanks about the move to Portsmouth. Kids are excited.
People can sue over anything: Walking into another student, falling down, tripping on the grass (no pun intended for those in California), slipping on the tile floor or rug burns on carpet. Choking on a cookie, allergic reactions to anything, “feeling” looked at, etc.
But, If someone actually brings drugs into school, that’s OK (It was at our school, the Principal didn’t want to acknowledge its presence), alcohol (the seal was not broken), a student smacking another with a book–he must have provoked him, having sexual intercourse in the boy’s bathroom–free expression or racial profiling, etc.
Homeschool, independent school, church school or private school for anyone who is interested in learning.
What Proclamation Educational Decree number are we up to?
The making of the mommy’s little limp-wristed foo-foo who only wants to know, “…can’t we all just get along?”
#132 On April 15th, 2008 at 7:03 pm, graysonret said:
“I’m 58, terrig, and I can remember when tv didn’t start until 5pm, thereabouts. No daytime shows at all, or cable. Just a “test pattern”. So, it was either homework or outside to play. Not a hard choice. There were a couple of kid shows until 7 or so, then adult fare. But, I also spent time overseas and tv just wasn’t for any of us kids anyway. Biking to a friend’s house or downtown, for a mile or 2, was nothing. And, we didn’t have pedophiles hanging around every corner. It’s good that kids have computers and tv; it’s just abused and used as babysitters for parents who are too busy to raise kids, and let them be kids.”
Yep, graysonret, you’re right.
I’m several years younger; but I still remember the TV test pattern being on until 5:30 to 6:30 AM, depending on the station – and programming ending at 11pm to midnight, while “The Star-Spangled Banner” played.
And I remember walking a mile to downtown (~23,000-25,000 city in seacoast NH) to pay my grandmother’s bills, with no worry that some predator was going to try to grab me.
Also biked all over the place (of course, no helmet!).
As well, we played outside a lot – sometimes until hours after the streetlights came on; we’d play (rubber) baseball, partly in a kid’s yard, and extending into the street; and, we would play touch football the length of my grandmother’s street, with each utility pole being a first down. Yes, it was quite interesting – some first downs were way longer than others….
At school, we played dodgeball, baseball, basketball, kickball, punchball (same ball, but punched instead of kicked); and we played tackle football during lunchbreak, which was especially fun when we played in snow.
In high school, on weekends we’d play pick-up tackle football games, in which a few of the school team players would sometimes play. Our lines usually averaged 200 lbs; no equipment; can’t remember anyone ever getting hurt.
Our kids played a lot outside, too.
But, kids today might not know what they’re missing.
So sad….
game “of intense aggression.”
Yes I am sure the EEEEEVIL Karl Rove and George Bush played tag in school when they were not blowing up frogs.
First post. Thank you MM and See Dubya!
#30 On April 15th, 2008 at 12:08 pm, gandolphxx said:
Beautifully articulated. #39 On April 15th, 2008 at 12:13 pm, englishqueen01 said:
As always, English Queen, right on the mark. Nail/Head!
I’ll bet the latter is the most significant.
It’s better to give the West to the Islamic Caliphate gift-wrapped, I guess. When all of Robert Spencer’s predictions come true, I don’t know if I’ll laugh or cry or both.
Granite, I remember being a kid and at 6:00 a.m. the tv station would come on and the National Anthem would be played and when it would go off the air for the day it would be played again with some video of some servicemen taking down the flag and folding it. Could you imagine what the liberals would do if that was shown today?
Well, heck. Let’s just give them video games to play for recess so they can become mindless zombies without any socialization skills. We need more of those in society, right?
Fresh air and interaction with peers is entirely overrated.
/sarcasm off
I remember that, when the stations would sign off for the night. I haven’t seen that in a long time. But, I don’t want network television anymore either, plus a lot of the cable stations.
But, you are right. There are people out there that would have fits, if that were done today.
Speaking of the Thudguards,Brad Stine, a Christian comedian, has an hilarious routine on how skewed we have gotten on protecting our kids in his Put A Helmet On DVD.
Think back to your childhood, when you not only rode without a seatbelt in a car trip but, if like me, rode lying up in the back window. Remember when the airbag deployment, when the brakes were put on fast was your mother’s or father’s arm flying around to hold you back? Remember when we rode bikes without helmets and survived to adulthood?
I laugh-out-loud all the way through it. My teenage daughter loves it and shares it with her friends.
Good thing they weren’t playing Duck Duck goose.
I thought the point of tag and other such games at recess were to expell all that frustration and energy. when I was in school, the teachers hated rain days, because that meant all the kids were restless in class. We used to run our butts off. Dodgeball (balls were made of foam- they weren’t basketballs!), racing competitions, tag, etc. were things we did every single day. some were better than others- I remember the really fat kid who couldn’t run- but he was one of the smartest kids in class.
this is what we get though, when people expect Government to be the mommy. If you expect that, then you can’t complain about Big Brother.
The US Department of Education, an agency that since the 1970’s has racked up a dismal record when it comes to educating the nation’s youth. Under the DOE, a deliberate plan to dumb down American students has been in place for decades. No one seems willing to discuss this.
Federal programs are intended to subvert the teaching of the fundamentals of reading, writing, and arithmetic, along with history, civics, and science. Since the 1960’s, the federal government, in league with the all-powerful teacher’s unions, has so transformed our schools that have been degraded to the point where American students score well below those in other nations in almost every area of knowledge.
The power to educate children must and should be returned to where it was before the tentacles of the federal government and the teacher’s unions turned our schools into indoctrination centers where environmentalism, global government, and sexual behavior are on the curriculum as the prime objective of a student’s education and they will belong to Big Brother long after they have left home because they have been brainwashed by the Government.
The history of the effort to model America’s schools after those of the former Soviet Union is largely unknown to Americans. This is why they need to take back their schools.
I believe that there is a balance that can be achieved here.
Some of the schoolyard games are abusive in nature. They originated in different times, when people weren’t as knowledgeable about what goes on in kids’ minds, and most likely when times were a lot tougher.
We are smarter now. I know enough about kids to say that they won’t hesitate to join in with any well-organized and supervised sport or game. Maybe it is time to replace tag and ‘monkey in the middle’ with activities that incorporate teamwork, sports practice and proper exercise.
In order to do that properly some good adult supervision needs to be in place – either paid for by the school (with budget issues) or on a volunteer basis by the parents. We need playground coaches as well as sports coaches.
I think you are missing the point on how kids, especially boys are getting sissified. The result is that fewer and fewer boys are going to college or even graduating (over 50 percent drop out rate in the cities). They have been alienated by a school system and approach that thinks that male qualities are bad, and female qualities are good.
This stuff is beyond dumb.
It’s beyond neurotic.
This is just plain downright evil.
And we sit and wring our hands and wonder why a bunch of kids are killed at Virginia Tech. This is why. This is all part of the appeasement and peace at any price indoctrination that’s going on on our schools now, from pre-school up to college.
While I sympathize with the VT families, maybe if just one person stood up and threw something at the shooter to distract him, things might have been different. But no, they’re taught that might anger him. So they kneeled quietly (except for that one Jewish professor who had seen this before in Germany and tried to do something about it) while the shooter proceeded to kill them all.
It’s a sorry state we have here in this country now. Thanks, liberals.
You mean kids are not accompanied on the school yard by adult teachers anymore? We had teachers monitoring recess and if a game of tag or dodge ball got out of hand she’d stop it.
Schools are in a sorry shape. They look like prisons and have armed guards walking around called “resource officers when they are deputy sheriffs. Kids are treated like convicts and taught they came from animals so is it any wonder they are living up to our expectations?
Add to this the fact that schools are taking competition out of competition, with “no score” games, and “everybody wins” sports.
On the other hand, the libs have no compunction whatsoever about hypersexualizing our children, which, IMHO, presents a greater short- and long term danger to them.