And everybody gets a Highlights magazine and a box of crayons. Will they put this on their resume when they start looking for work?
Posted on 09/25/2017 9:29:59 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
Institutions of higher education around the country are providing students with ball pits, typically used by young children, to help relieve the stress of college.
As a part of an ongoing trend, colleges and universities around the country are setting up ball pits as a means of providing their students with “emotional safety.” According to a report from The College Fix, the ball pits are used “as icebreakers, to break down racial barriers, facilitate lessons on wellness, and as part of freshmen orientation.”
“The ball pits were perfect for allowing students to feel comfortable,” explained Kate Ayotte, a wellness programs administrator at Central Connecticut State University. “That was the greatest benefit for helping them have conversations with other students they didn’t know and talk about mental health. They were so relaxed and just hanging out in the pools,” Ayotte added.
But Central Connecticut State University isn’t the only institution participating in the ball pit trend. Schools such as St. Mary’s College, Northwestern State University, the University of Delaware, and Ole Miss have joined in on the craze, all offering their students a chance to unwind in a ball pit.
“Students pick up a ball with a prompt and talk to their partner in the ball pit about their response. The balls start conversations between students and help them get to know one another on a slightly deeper level,” Cynthia Cutshall, an administrator from St. Mary’s College, explained.
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Ya gotta be kidding me!
Did you say this was COLLEGE?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Institutions of “lower learning.”
Absolutely nothing can embarrass these nitwits.
Who cleans those things?
Sounds like a good place for spreading things like hepatitis.
Bring back the draft now.
I’ll bet some think ‘Sunlight’ cleans them, cause ‘it’s clean natural and free!’
I have a friend whose daughter used to work at a athletic club in the 90’s. It had a playland with the balls for children while the parents exercised. Yep, the small children would pee in balls. Not sure who cleaned them if anyone.
Balls of germs.
“...clean natural and free...”
Well, sort of... but I’d still wash well afterwords.
I’m pretty sure I saw a couple Dallas Cowboy jock straps at the bottom of that ball pit.
And everybody gets a Highlights magazine and a box of crayons. Will they put this on their resume when they start looking for work?
“And everybody gets a Highlights magazine and a box of crayons. Will they put this on their resume when they start looking for work?”
At Google and Facebook, sure.
I would say that this is not preparing young people for their careers, but then again my own workplace has recently installed a Foosball table, ping-pong, and a bar.
Ben, Jr. says there is a term these kids use in their social media. “Adulting”
It means making a conscious effort to act as an adult before reverting to the millenials’ natural condition of perpetual childhood.
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