“You know, if they would go back to allowing kids to PLAY at RECESS, not assign so much homework in the first through fourth grades so kids could GO OUTSIDE AND EXERCISE THEIR BODIES, and get used to exercise and how good it feels, THEN KIDS COULD HAVE NORMAL SNACKS like cookies and cakes.”
The primary culprit in th decline of “recess” is the enormous rise in state and federal standardized tests that have to be passed because of NCLB and state standards.
I know. It is sad.
Huh? When I was a kid in the 60s we had standardized tests every year in elementary school. They were called the "Iowas" or something like that (this was in in NY state). We also had standardized state tests called the "Regents" for all our high school classes.
Despite all this testing, we still had time for recess and study hall. We also ate cupcakes.