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Elementary School Bans “Tag”
AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 19 April 2008 | John Semmens

Posted on 04/24/2008 7:45:11 PM PDT by John Semmens

The Kent Gardens Elementary School in McLean, Virginia has placed a ban on the school yard game of tag—alleging that it “sends the wrong message.”

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to comfort a weeping child who didn’t want to be ‘it,’” said Vice-Principal Pat Keister. “The game is too stressful and competitive. This contradicts the message of love and affection we are trying to convey through the free condom distribution program for our fifth-graders.”

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TOPICS: Education; Humor; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: educationists; fairfaxcounty; playground; politicallycorrect; satire; zerotolerance
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To: John Semmens

Cultural educational psychosis and/or dementia is now legitimized in our institutions at high levels as culturally and educationally superior. Local opposition should be intense. Hope it becomes so.


21 posted on 04/24/2008 9:33:25 PM PDT by givemELL
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To: John Semmens

A humorous hyperbole, as it were.


22 posted on 04/24/2008 11:10:13 PM PDT by shibumi (".....panta en pasin....." - Origen)
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To: John Semmens

Kids don’t want cooties anymore?


23 posted on 04/25/2008 2:28:37 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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Pat Keister.

Yup, I guess patting her keister would be off-limits as well.

24 posted on 04/25/2008 3:25:57 AM PDT by Roy Tucker ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality."--Ayn Rand)
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