School bans footballs, baseballs, cartwheels and tag
 

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/08/mi...-games-of-tag/

Basically they feel that all of these could cause series injury so they banned them all replacing the balls with softer 1's. Thoughts?

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that's awful, kids barely go outside and these games were the last things that kids held onto and motivated them to play outdoors, even with technology. Now that this is banned what else is there to do? >.<

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Oh goody. Let's get the obesity rate up another 10 percent.

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Why not fit padded walls in the classrooms, replace all chairs with bean bags, ban staplers, scissors, pens, pencils and pencil sharpeners and any other somewhat sharp objects, and why not get students to eat their food with their hands instead of cutlery...

... to reduce the risk of personal injury, intentional or otherwise.


Seriously, when I read the article, the image of a padded cell in a psychiatric hospital came to mind.




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They already took away dodgeball... What, are they trying to foster a generation of obese, technology-obsessed wimps?

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This is so stupid. I know people can get hurt while playing sports, but by taking away these things, you are basically ruining the childhoods of many children (where this ban had taken place). When I was in kindergarten, I was playing tag outside during recess one time and I fell on the rough basketball court and injured my elbow really badly and I had to go to the nurse and get a band-aid, but my school didn't ban tag just because of that incident.

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Aww. Did some fat kid whine his britches off when he fell flat on his face?
Get it right America. Everyone is obese, broke, and mean. We're screwed.

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I picked up on that too. xD not sure if it was a mistake, or done purposefully to show that the majority of Americans can no longer even do simple grammatical things...? If that makes sense. Idk.

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Well, that is just ridiculous. What are kids supposed to do when they go outside on break now? Stand around and talk to each other, within a safe distance so they don't hurt each other? Part of being a kid is having fun and getting cuts and scrapes every now and then.. Plus as said, with obesity being a problem in America, you'd think they'd promote activities like that.

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Since the students seem interested in those sports/activities, why not have them play it in phys-ed classes? With football, I'm sure many of the injuries weren't from the ball itself (assuming they were playing full-contact football). With tag... I don't really know what to say for that.

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Thanks for the article op :)
I think it is just part of the large feminisation of the education system, fortunately only in one school so far. I pray that it won't become the new standard! It's mostly males suffering from that change as they usually need more activity. Here's hoping they will find another way to spend their energy in school!
I feel sorry for them :(

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