"SANTA MONICA — A Santa Monica elementary school has banned the game of tag, once synonymous with youth and innocence, because they say it creates self-esteem issues among weaker and slower children."
Not because it's unsafe, but because some kids are stronger and faster than others. The logical next step, obviously, is to abandon all sports for the same reason. And while they're at it, they should probably get rid of anything academic that smacks of competition (like, say, grades).
[nods] On second glance, I figure the school was backpedaling when mentioning skinned knees as a reason. And in ANY case, I agree with you completely that it's overboard.
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Not because it's unsafe, but because some kids are stronger and faster than others. The logical next step, obviously, is to abandon all sports for the same reason. And while they're at it, they should probably get rid of anything academic that smacks of competition (like, say, grades).
That's disgusting.
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It still seems kind of over the top to me.
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