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DDR [Dance Dance Revolution] helps state's [WV] youth exercise in school
The Daily Athenaeum ^
| 02-05-2007
| Heather Bonecutter
Posted on 02/05/2007 8:38:12 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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Spending tax dollars on Dance Dance Revolution!? Just send the lazy kids outside and make them run laps around the track. And I can't believe we actually have a "Office of Healthy Kids at the West Virginia Department of Education".
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Hmmmmm.....healthy kids who still have no rhythm.
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posted on
02/05/2007 8:40:17 AM PST
by
edpc
(Don't take what's Left.....work for what's Right)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
DDR? Deutsche Demokratishe Republik? Well, it
is the government school system we're talking about, and the schools
are full of Commies...
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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posted on
02/05/2007 8:40:35 AM PST
by
wku man
(Claire Wolfe's "awkward time" is quickly coming to an end!)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Oh, yeah, just what we need: a million Jboys.
To: the_devils_advocate_666
I dunno know about tax $ being spent on it but my kids have Dance Dance Revolution and they play it 2-3 times week and is quite the physical workout. The schools which are not making phys ed a daily requirement are selling their kids short.
To: the_devils_advocate_666
God forbid they should spend money on more economical things like dodgeball or soccer.
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posted on
02/05/2007 8:46:40 AM PST
by
Lusis
("Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.")
To: the_devils_advocate_666
They brought this into our school system, middle school and high school. I guess a lot of kids love it and they are participating in this after lunch.
This was funded by PTO and the money they raise is through fund raisers and a lot of hard work on by many volunteers.
In our school system a lot of projects like this are funded by PTO or similar parent organizations.
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posted on
02/05/2007 8:48:53 AM PST
by
Kimmers
To: the_devils_advocate_666
And I can't believe we actually have a "Office of Healthy Kids at the West Virginia Department of Education". -- Somebody in West Virginia needs a job.
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posted on
02/05/2007 8:48:59 AM PST
by
erikm88
To: the_devils_advocate_666
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posted on
02/05/2007 8:50:18 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Samoans: The (low) wage slaves in the Pelosi-Starkist complex.)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
This is culturally insensitive since Islam and the Southern Baptists frown on dancing.
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posted on
02/05/2007 8:52:07 AM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(The only Americans who need to know where Syria is are the navigators on the bombers.)
To: KarlInOhio
I don't think those mad mohammedans would be too welcome in the Hill Country ... too many ol' boys there who know how to S. S. S.
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posted on
02/05/2007 8:52:49 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Kimmers
I've seen kids playing the arcade version of DDR, and it looks like a fairly intense workout.
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posted on
02/05/2007 8:53:53 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
It is intense and I think it is a great fun way to get exercise.
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:01:09 AM PST
by
Kimmers
To: wku man
DDR? Deutsche Demokratishe Republik? Well, it is the government school system we're talking about, and the schools are full of Commies...Hopefully the girls don't come out of it looking like the East German Women's Swim team.
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:04:50 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Championship U)
To: dfwgator
I met one of them once. She knocked me down and stole my wallet.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:08:35 AM PST
by
wku man
(Claire Wolfe's "awkward time" is quickly coming to an end!)
To: Lusis
I hated dodgeball!
It's evil I tell you evil (and I ain't jokin ;) )
However, anything that remotely resembled dance and I was there in a heartbeat. Sports are not the only way to exercise.
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:12:33 AM PST
by
najida
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors.)
To: CholeraJoe
Dancing in public.
Dancing at home, with your family is very common.
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:13:42 AM PST
by
najida
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors.)
To: Kimmers; ArrogantBustard
my 12 year old daughter got it for her birthday last summer and it was the theme of her bday party. heck i am not coordinated enough for it!
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:15:36 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: daybreakcoming
I have a friend here at work who's daughters have it and they LOVE IT. She just had a birthday party for the 12 y.o. and it got quite the workout.
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:16:52 AM PST
by
ichabod1
("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
To: najida
They had a piece on pole dancing on Fox this weekend. Apparently THAT is becoming a popular way for schoolgirls to exercise.
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posted on
02/05/2007 9:20:08 AM PST
by
ichabod1
("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
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