A sad day

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:52 pm

What the hell!?!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html

This just in, the game of "tag" banned in school.

Lynxa · Post by **Lynxa** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:59 pm

OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!

Makes me glad I'm going into civil defense

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:59 pm

Yeah that's right. Your purpose is CRYING OUT LOUD.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:35 pm

double-u-tee-eff

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:13 pm

It's things like this that make us realize how lawsuit hungry our society is.
One nation, under lawyers with 30%+ cuts for them all.

And on a less serious note:

Cloud wrote:Yeah that's right. Your purpose is CRYING OUT LOUD.

Ronin · Post by **Ronin** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:17 pm

No way!

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:31 pm

The first rule of tag club is you don't talk about tag club, the seccond rule of tag club is you don't talk about tag club, the third rule of tag club is YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT TAG CLUB!!

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:31 pm

What was the second?

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:50 pm

Heh...I thought you were going to say that they banned tag because school officals didn't want children to feel "unequal" with the others.

That's been another reason given for not having tag. Really.

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:20 pm

The lawyers are doing their jobs. It's the parents that are to blame. Humans are the only species on Earth that allows the weakest of the species to survive and breed. It's the parents of these weaker, slower kids that sue when their little wuss gets hurt. Whatever happened to allowing your kids to experience life? Playing your hardest and losing. Giving it all you got and coming up short. Trying to make a play and getting hurt. These are character building experiences. Now, most schools don't recognize winners and losers in sports. In CT, if a soccer team gets more than three goals ahead, the winning team must remove one player from the field. I am sick and tired of my generation bringing weak-bodied and weak-minded kids into this world.

Can you tell I had a bad day at work today?

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:23 pm

I will pray that you get well soon.

irmgaard · Post by **irmgaard** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:37 pm

Some of this might have to do with the playground. Supervised sports are often played on the grassy field, whereas recess is held on a concrete and asphalt playground, and needless injuries occur.

Around here they are working on replacing the paved school playgrounds with grass, so that kids can run around and fall down as they do in play, but such grounds are much more expensive to maintain.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:44 pm

Just remember that if kids play a game, no should keep score so that neither side will lose self-esteem for not being on the same level as the other side.

Don't keep score and after the game is over give both winning teams the same big trophy to increase their self-esteem further. lol

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:24 pm

This just in!

All students will be required to bring Bullet Proof Vests and Shields in case of gun fire!

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:44 pm

irmgaard wrote:Some of this might have to do with the playground. Supervised sports are often played on the grassy field, whereas recess is held on a concrete and asphalt playground, and needless injuries occur.

Around here they are working on replacing the paved school playgrounds with grass, so that kids can run around and fall down as they do in play, but such grounds are much more expensive to maintain.

In Nevada, school playgrounds not only used padded foam bases, but also use ground aspen in stead of sand. Whatever happened to those playgrounds of death we used? Remember the "merry" go round? The one you'd sit on while your friends twirled it so fast you could see back in time.