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At McLean School, Playing Tag Turns Into Hot Potato
Washington Post ^
| 4/15/2008
| Michael Alison Chandler
Posted on 04/15/2008 1:10:36 PM PDT by Proverbs 3-5
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I suppose Smear The Queer is out too?
To: Proverbs 3-5
Took the words right out of my mouth.
The bubble wrapping of society continues...
To: Proverbs 3-5
Next: Students will not be allowed to wipe their own bottoms after pottying.
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:12:41 PM PDT
by
Eurale
To: Proverbs 3-5
>Robyn Hooker
This is *exactly* why female principals are a mistake.
The feminization of our boys is in full swing.
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:13:04 PM PDT
by
ROTB
(Our Constitution [is] for a [Christian] people. It is wholly inadequate [for] any other. -John Adams)
To: Slapshot68
Back around 1970 I broke my collar bone running (back to class) during recess, neither my parents or I wanted recess canceled...
To: ROTB
Hookers weren’t allowed in school back in my day...
To: ROTB
I have no love for the eduKKKrats, but I wonder if the greedy trial lawyer parasites aren’t more to blame for this.
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:14:41 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(Vote McCain - The Choice who Sucks Less!)
To: Proverbs 3-5
They’re making kids into sissies!
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:16:34 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: Proverbs 3-5
Robyn Hooker, principal of Kent Gardens Elementary School, has told students they may no longer play tag during recess after determining that the game of chasing, dodging and yelling "You're it!" had gotten out of hand. Hooker explained to parents in a letter this month that tag had become a game "of intense aggression." Maybe they'e playing full body contact tag.
Yeah.
You're still "It" unless you flying-tackle little Billy.
To: Proverbs 3-5
"The principal said that her goal is to keep students safe..."
Keeping Our Own Kids Safe
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:22:27 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Act Swiftly Awesome Pachyderm!)
To: nmh
Theyre making kids into sissies! So that they'll grow up into reliable little socialists.
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:22:28 PM PDT
by
thulldud
(Insanity: Electing John McCain again and expecting a different result.)
To: Proverbs 3-5
To: Proverbs 3-5
In addition to bungee-jumping and scuba diving, students are not permitted to break dance or play dodge ball or tug-of-war.Huh? What planet did bungee-jumping or scuba diving ever occur at recess?
Its only a matter of time before recess becomes this!
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:25:17 PM PDT
by
OCC
To: Proverbs 3-5
That’s becasue they realized you were an uncoordinated klutz! :-)
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:26:22 PM PDT
by
marlon
To: thulldud
And this is why they aren’t allowed to stand to pee any more....
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:27:21 PM PDT
by
fightinbluhen51
("...If it moves, tax it, if it moves faster, regulate it, if it stops, subsidise it.")
To: Responsibility2nd
“Maybe they’e playing full body contact tag.”
That is what the problem is in this case. Tag is one thing, slamming kids to the ground is another. As is grabbing them by the extremities or the neck to effect a fall.
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:27:33 PM PDT
by
swmobuffalo
("We didn't seek the approval of Code Pink and MoveOn.org before deciding what to do")
To: Proverbs 3-5
Of course, dog piling is only allowed in bath houses these days.
To: Proverbs 3-5
Seems silly to clamp down on a cardio activity while kids are getting more and more obese (or so we hear).
Maybe it’s easier to do “other” things if you can keep them from running....if you know what I mean.
It stinks, that’s all.
To: Proverbs 3-5
That was one of our all time favorites as kids!
To: OCC
Everything that is not forbidden is mandatory. (Or is it the other way around?)
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:33:31 PM PDT
by
thulldud
(Insanity: Electing John McCain again and expecting a different result.)
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