In Folsom, California any games including physical contact, such as tag and touch football, are now prohibited at Gold Ridge Elementary School. David Frankel, principal at Gold Ridge, has banned these games to "protect" the kids. The ban is to prevent students from getting to aggressive and causing any major harm while playing. An interview with student, Mallory Giddens, says her principal is just trying to stop the people who "touch too hard" but that it's unfair to the students who play responsibly. If a student breaks this rule hey have to face three consequences. First, they get a warning and have to walk the yard. If they break it again they get a referral to the principle and are removed from the yard for the day. Lastly, they have a "parent-teacher-principle disciplinary conference."
First schools start banning running now we are telling kids they can't play tag! My whole childhood was built upon a democracy of the fastest kids in school and I loved it. Kids get a scrape on the knee every now and then but it doesn't mean you take away some of the most played and enjoyed games to prevent that. I think this rule should be used to keep the rougher kids from getting carried away, not to punish everyone. Unless it's a serious situation and kids are really getting injured, then I think it's a bit dramatic.
http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/school-bans-kids-from-playing-tag-they-touch-too-hard/
The way people want to protect kids is funny in a way. hey want to gripe about how we are such a lazy generation, but then take away the things that would not make us lazy.
ReplyDeleteI feel like schools and adults are over-protecting kids, they need to experience life or they're not going to be ready for the real world. Now i'm not saying to throw them into the heat of it and let them go, just not overshelter them,
ReplyDeleteThat kind of small injury as a child is what builds you up as a person and teaches us that a little pain is necessary
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