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Post by Gumbyhawk on Feb 24, 2009 10:44:10 GMT -6
This morning, the stepson informed me that he was playing football the other day at school during recess. Apparently, some fun cop/teacher advised him and his friends that they could only run PASS plays! WTF??
#1) They were playing TOUCH football (tackle is forbidden on school grounds).
#2) Why are pass plays that much safer than run plays? You still have kids running around.
My gawd, Little Jimmy might get a busted lip or a bump on the head! Oh no!
This is just another in a long line of examples of fun things that kids can no longer do in school. They outlawed dodge ball years ago. They can't play "king of the hill" in the snow. Hell, we were ENCOURAGED to play that stuff when I was in school.
What the hell happened? No wonder 99% of kids nowadays are complete pussies without a clue. They graduate, get out into the real world, get kicked in the nuts, and have no idea how to handle it. Isn't school supposed to be about preparing kids for real life?
On a side note... I think forcing pass plays only in football breeds little Ken Keefes.
What sayeth the board?
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Post by Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Heywood) on Feb 24, 2009 10:49:49 GMT -6
The schools are now wanting to develop spread-type players at an early age because the running game was so 1990's.
The schools cannot be preparing the kids for the real world when no student should be held higher than another out of fear of crushing a student's self-esteem. I wonder what will happen when these kids try to get a job and get turned down because someone better came along. I know that my girls will be taught that some people are smarter, faster, better looking, etc. than others. They may be on the better end, they may not be. That helps get them ready for the real world better than anything.
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Post by socal on Feb 24, 2009 11:21:45 GMT -6
This morning, the stepson informed me that he was playing football the other day at school during recess. Apparently, some fun cop/teacher advised him and his friends that they could only run PASS plays! WTF?? #1) They were playing TOUCH football (tackle is forbidden on school grounds). #2) Why are pass plays that much safer than run plays? You still have kids running around. My gawd, Little Jimmy might get a busted lip or a bump on the head! Oh no! This is just another in a long line of examples of fun things that kids can no longer do in school. They outlawed dodge ball years ago. They can't play "king of the hill" in the snow. Hell, we were ENCOURAGED to play that stuff when I was in school. What the hell happened? No wonder 99% of kids nowadays are complete pussies without a clue. They graduate, get out into the real world, get kicked in the nuts, and have no idea how to handle it. Isn't school supposed to be about preparing kids for real life? On a side note... I think forcing pass plays only in football breeds little Ken Keefes. What sayeth the board? That's what parents are for. Instead of the teachers as babysitters lifestyle, kids should be freely swung from their feet & have the errant football/nerf dart aimed at them by their parents.
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Post by twinegarden on Feb 24, 2009 11:22:30 GMT -6
I kind of wonder if it has to do a little bit with the threat of the school getting sued if some kid would happen to break his arm on the playground.
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Feb 24, 2009 11:29:06 GMT -6
I kind of wonder if it has to do a little bit with the threat of the school getting sued if some kid would happen to break his arm on the playground. Don't even get me going on a lawyer rant!
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Feb 24, 2009 11:34:10 GMT -6
This morning, the stepson informed me that he was playing football the other day at school during recess. Apparently, some fun cop/teacher advised him and his friends that they could only run PASS plays! WTF?? #1) They were playing TOUCH football (tackle is forbidden on school grounds). #2) Why are pass plays that much safer than run plays? You still have kids running around. My gawd, Little Jimmy might get a busted lip or a bump on the head! Oh no! This is just another in a long line of examples of fun things that kids can no longer do in school. They outlawed dodge ball years ago. They can't play "king of the hill" in the snow. Hell, we were ENCOURAGED to play that stuff when I was in school. What the hell happened? No wonder 99% of kids nowadays are complete pussies without a clue. They graduate, get out into the real world, get kicked in the nuts, and have no idea how to handle it. Isn't school supposed to be about preparing kids for real life? On a side note... I think forcing pass plays only in football breeds little Ken Keefes. What sayeth the board? That's what parents are for. Instead of the teachers as babysitters lifestyle, kids should be freely swung from their feet & have the errant football/nerf dart aimed at them by their parents. Thankfully, my stepson gets a nice healthy dose of reality with my rants on the problems with the school system. He knows full-well that real life is not even close to how things are in school. If you ask me, that is one of the most important lessons he will learn! He knows that not everyone gets a medal, trophy, or gold star. Sometimes, you are going to be disappointed. Sometimes, you are going to scrape your knee and Mommy won't be around. We teach our son to be independent, think for himself, and act appropriately. Unfortunately, many parents expect the school system to raise their kids. I'm just not sure if that is the root of the problem or just one of the systems of something worse.
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Post by Earl on Feb 24, 2009 11:42:32 GMT -6
I kind of wonder if it has to do a little bit with the threat of the school getting sued if some kid would happen to break his arm on the playground. Winner, winner chicken dinner. At least where I teach. So many problems with the school system right now. Teachers as parents, lack of respect for teaching as a profession, too many teachers looking for summers off and out the door at 3:30....plenty of blame to go around.....
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Post by socal on Feb 24, 2009 11:46:29 GMT -6
Thankfully, my stepson gets a nice healthy dose of reality with my rants on the problems with the school system. He knows full-well that real life is not even close to how things are in school. If you ask me, that is one of the most important lessons he will learn! He knows that not everyone gets a medal, trophy, or gold star. Sometimes, you are going to be disappointed. Sometimes, you are going to scrape your knee and Mommy won't be around. We teach our son to be independent, think for himself, and act appropriately. Unfortunately, many parents expect the school system to raise their kids. I'm just not sure if that is the root of the problem or just one of the systems of something worse. Be careful about that... you might bring about another Iowafan. Say, if you were to one day rant about that "fat bitch" teacher of his, and he has a crush on her... the influence you bring will forever be cemented in his mind as: Fat Bitches + Ranting = Things I Love I shudder...
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Feb 24, 2009 11:48:39 GMT -6
I kind of wonder if it has to do a little bit with the threat of the school getting sued if some kid would happen to break his arm on the playground. Winner, winner chicken dinner. At least where I teach. So many problems with the school system right now. Teachers as parents, lack of respect for teaching as a profession, too many teachers looking for summers off and out the door at 3:30....plenty of blame to go around..... Agreed. I think it's a multi-faceted problem. And I was just talking to a buddy about how some kids don't respect their elders/teachers. I teach tae kwon do and some of the kids in class refuse to pay attention, play grab-ass with each other, make faces at each other, etc. Sooner or later, I figure they will get tired of the pushups I've been handing out. But my gawd, they are sloooooooooow learners. Probably because the kids don't get any discipline at home, which is probably why their parents got them enrolled in TKD in the first place... to teach the brats some discipline. (sigh)
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Post by iammrhawkeyes on Feb 24, 2009 12:03:15 GMT -6
This morning, the stepson informed me that he was playing football the other day at school during recess. Apparently, some fun cop/teacher advised him and his friends that they could only run PASS plays! WTF?? #1) They were playing TOUCH football (tackle is forbidden on school grounds). #2) Why are pass plays that much safer than run plays? You still have kids running around. My gawd, Little Jimmy might get a busted lip or a bump on the head! Oh no! This is just another in a long line of examples of fun things that kids can no longer do in school. They outlawed dodge ball years ago. They can't play "king of the hill" in the snow. Hell, we were ENCOURAGED to play that stuff when I was in school. What the hell happened? No wonder 99% of kids nowadays are complete pussies without a clue. They graduate, get out into the real world, get kicked in the nuts, and have no idea how to handle it. Isn't school supposed to be about preparing kids for real life? On a side note... I think forcing pass plays only in football breeds little Ken Keefes. What sayeth the board? That's what parents are for. Instead of the teachers as babysitters lifestyle, kids should be freely swung from their feet & have the errant football/nerf dart aimed at them by their parents. You do that too?
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Post by twinegarden on Feb 24, 2009 12:15:44 GMT -6
That's what parents are for. Instead of the teachers as babysitters lifestyle, kids should be freely swung from their feet & have the errant football/nerf dart aimed at them by their parents. You do that too? I think that's also why it's good to have a couple of siblings. My brother and sisters put the hurtin' on eachother quite a bit as kids, wasn't always fun but also was alot of the time. I guess tromping through pig shit, horse shit, and cow shit probably helped me from being a total puss. Not that I'm any sort of tough guy.
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Post by socal on Feb 24, 2009 12:30:16 GMT -6
I think that's also why it's good to have a couple of siblings. My brother and sisters put the hurtin' on eachother quite a bit as kids, wasn't always fun but also was alot of the time. I guess tromping through pig shit, horse shit, and cow shit probably helped me from being a total puss. Not that I'm any sort of tough guy. No, it likely means you acquired some kind of bovine/swine/equine encephalitis & are no longer able to recognize that you're a puss.
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Post by iammrhawkeyes on Feb 24, 2009 12:30:30 GMT -6
That's what parents are for. Instead of the teachers as babysitters lifestyle, kids should be freely swung from their feet & have the errant football/nerf dart aimed at them by their parents. You do that too? Just curious. Do you do the "quit hitting yourself" routine as well?
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Post by Chuck Storm on Feb 24, 2009 13:08:31 GMT -6
Winner, winner chicken dinner. At least where I teach. So many problems with the school system right now. Teachers as parents, lack of respect for teaching as a profession, too many teachers looking for summers off and out the door at 3:30....plenty of blame to go around..... Agreed. I think it's a multi-faceted problem. And I was just talking to a buddy about how some kids don't respect their elders/teachers. I teach tae kwon do and some of the kids in class refuse to pay attention, play grab-ass with each other, make faces at each other, etc. Sooner or later, I figure they will get tired of the pushups I've been handing out. But my gawd, they are sloooooooooow learners. Probably because the kids don't get any discipline at home, which is probably why their parents got them enrolled in TKD in the first place... to teach the brats some discipline. (sigh) This is why I couldn't teach anything below the collegiate level. I wouldn't teach anything where I wasn't permitted to tell the kids to GTFO out of my class if they were pissing me off and not paying attention.
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Post by hawkeyedug on Feb 24, 2009 14:07:38 GMT -6
I heard on the radio today that some schools are banning teachers from using red ink because it hurts the students feelings when they have red marks on their reports.
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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on Feb 24, 2009 14:10:58 GMT -6
I heard on the radio today that some schools are banning teachers from using red ink because it hurts the students feelings when they have red marks on their reports. I have no problem with that. Just write "you're an idiot" in black ink.
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Post by NotMyKid on Feb 24, 2009 14:41:17 GMT -6
We found away to get around this when I was in grade school we went to the lower field that was hidden by a hill. That way the fat and lazy recess monitors couldn't see us and it would have been way to much exercise for them to come check on us sos they could make sure we weren't playing tackle football.
The neighborhood that I grew up in had a lot of kids and we would always kick the shit out of each other playing football, throwing giant chunks of dirt at each other, etc.
Good times!
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Feb 24, 2009 16:39:20 GMT -6
Agreed. I think it's a multi-faceted problem. And I was just talking to a buddy about how some kids don't respect their elders/teachers. I teach tae kwon do and some of the kids in class refuse to pay attention, play grab-ass with each other, make faces at each other, etc. Sooner or later, I figure they will get tired of the pushups I've been handing out. But my gawd, they are sloooooooooow learners. Probably because the kids don't get any discipline at home, which is probably why their parents got them enrolled in TKD in the first place... to teach the brats some discipline. (sigh) This is why I couldn't teach anything below the collegiate level. I wouldn't teach anything where I wasn't permitted to tell the kids to GTFO out of my class if they were pissing me off and not paying attention. Well, true that I can't kick them out of class. But, I CAN make them do pushups until I get tired if needed. What's funny is that the parents of these kids usually sit in the back of the dojang and have to watch their brats do the pushups. That can be fun sometimes!
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Feb 24, 2009 16:40:45 GMT -6
We found away to get around this when I was in grade school we went to the lower field that was hidden by a hill. That way the fat and lazy recess monitors couldn't see us and it would have been way to much exercise for them to come check on us sos they could make sure we weren't playing tackle football. The neighborhood that I grew up in had a lot of kids and we would always kick the shit out of each other playing football, throwing giant chunks of dirt at each other, etc. Good times! I remember playing "Smear the Queer" all the time as a kid. The only object of the game was to kill whomever had the football. We loved it! I am surprised nobody got seriously hurt, but it was a blast. Do kids even play this anymore??
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Post by hawkeyescott on Feb 24, 2009 16:52:15 GMT -6
We found away to get around this when I was in grade school we went to the lower field that was hidden by a hill. That way the fat and lazy recess monitors couldn't see us and it would have been way to much exercise for them to come check on us sos they could make sure we weren't playing tackle football. The neighborhood that I grew up in had a lot of kids and we would always kick the shit out of each other playing football, throwing giant chunks of dirt at each other, etc. Good times! I remember playing "Smear the Queer" all the time as a kid. The only object of the game was to kill whomever had the football. We loved it! I am surprised nobody got seriously hurt, but it was a blast. Do kids even play this anymore?? Damn Gumby that brought back some memories. We use to play that game on a gravel parking lot. Sometimes it hurt like a bitch when you got tackled but was fun as hell.
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Post by iammrhawkeyes on Feb 24, 2009 16:59:47 GMT -6
Four Square is the new Smear the Queer. Check this out from a boston school(can't verify if this is true or not): Citing fear that students will get hurt and sue, an elementary school south of Boston has banned tag, touch football, and all other "chase games" from the playground. Students should also be advised to take caution when racing one another; should one student take the lead it might be observed that the other students are merely "chasing" first place. To alleviate confusion, all students should run in straight lines and finish each race in a virtual tie.www.joystiq.com/2006/10/18/school-bans-tag-other-recess-games/
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Post by twinegarden on Feb 24, 2009 17:00:14 GMT -6
We found away to get around this when I was in grade school we went to the lower field that was hidden by a hill. That way the fat and lazy recess monitors couldn't see us and it would have been way to much exercise for them to come check on us sos they could make sure we weren't playing tackle football. The neighborhood that I grew up in had a lot of kids and we would always kick the shit out of each other playing football, throwing giant chunks of dirt at each other, etc. Good times! I remember playing "Smear the Queer" all the time as a kid. The only object of the game was to kill whomever had the football. We loved it! I am surprised nobody got seriously hurt, but it was a blast. Do kids even play this anymore?? When we were kids we would spend the entire sporting event outside playing football and smear the queer. Nobody EVER paid any attention to the game until we were in at least 7th grade. Ahh, memories.
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Post by roxxstar on Feb 24, 2009 17:49:24 GMT -6
Kids these days are pussies. I remember when Itheus and I were in grade school; we had an all out mafia-style war for a few months.
This dirty mother fucker came to a 3rd grade Halloween dance and stole my chick from me.
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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on Feb 24, 2009 18:07:35 GMT -6
Kids these days are pussies. I remember when Itheus and I were in grade school; we had an all out mafia-style war for a few months. This dirty mother fucker came to a 3rd grade Halloween dance and stole my chick from me. That's what you get for having a goddamn body guard that punches in the nuts. You get your bitch stolen.
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Post by NOTTHOR on Feb 24, 2009 18:16:24 GMT -6
I kind of wonder if it has to do a little bit with the threat of the school getting sued if some kid would happen to break his arm on the playground. Don't even get me going on a lawyer rant! It's liberal plaintiffs vultures like Thunderhawk who get a giant verdict against some school and then the next thing you know, every fucking jungle jim in America gets torn down and sold as scrap metal to China. They are systemically undermining our country.
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