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Dodgeball isn't just problematic, it's an unethical tool of 'oppression': researchers
The National Post ^
| 7/3/19
| Joseph Brean
Posted on 06/03/2019 8:20:18 AM PDT by mkleesma
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More of the Wussification of Western society.
When I was in grade school, I was one of those smaller kids who got nailed in every single dodgeball game. Still, I didn't care because I loved playing the game - great fun!
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:20:18 AM PDT
by
mkleesma
To: mkleesma
When it rained the coachs would be on one side and students on the other it was great fun and i got blasted plenty
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:23:41 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: mkleesma
The Horror!!
What they really need to get their mind right is a good bedtime story read by chicks w/ dicks drag queens.
To: mkleesma
I was a skinny, slow runner with poor arm strength. Dodge ball and, to a slightly lesser extent, the various tag games were my favorite games. And although teamwork was a factor, there was never team-focused anger: any athletic failings had small effect on teammates’ success.
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:24:39 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: mkleesma
So, what are the alternatives? A group hug, reading with a drag queen, sharing the bathroom?
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:24:55 AM PDT
by
Reno89519
(No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
To: mkleesma
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:25:16 AM PDT
by
aquila48
To: mkleesma
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:25:37 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: mkleesma
Oh please. Give me a break!
On second thought, don’t give me a break, just let me play, whether I win or lose. I can handle it!
To: mkleesma
Just took my nephew to one of those indoor trampoline places over the weekend.
And right in the middle, all the kids had organized themselves into a dodge ball game....
To: mkleesma
I know it's a Canadian conference, but I think this still applies:
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:27:24 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: mkleesma; Army Air Corps
What?
When I was in High School the saying "If you can Dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball" became common. (Because of the movie)
That meant to take chances! Goodness can't even have that anymore.
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:27:50 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
To: mkleesma
Yours is exactly the attitude this sort of game is good at teaching! Your value is not defined by how you come out in a schoolyard game, and the same applies to much else in life.
To: mkleesma
I’m a girl and I loved dodgeball - maybe because I only had brothers.
Geez just turn your back or shoulder to the ball and I NEVER aimed for the head - that target is too small anyway. :-)
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06/03/2019 8:29:01 AM PDT
by
Let's Roll
("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand))
To: Karma_Sherab
I saw the Boston Celtics this month had an organized game of dodgeball with some kids. Looked life soft little Nerf balls, but better than nothing!
To: mkleesma
education theorists
Ah, education theorists, is there anything they don’t know? But consider the fact that the education I received 60 years ago, is superior to what kids get today.
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:29:30 AM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: mkleesma
“If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.”
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:29:45 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: mkleesma
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posted on
06/03/2019 8:31:09 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: mkleesma
The left is opposed to any hierarchies of competence, excellence or ability. But it is zealous about hierarchies of victimization.
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06/03/2019 8:31:26 AM PDT
by
sphinx
To: hanamizu
“... education theorists ...” and teachers unions are almost the dole problem in modern US education!
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06/03/2019 8:31:37 AM PDT
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Reily
To: ClearCase_guy
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06/03/2019 8:32:09 AM PDT
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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