Sad

[cjsmith]

Game of tag banned in Santa Monica school

I grew up without seat belts or bike helmets. How rapidly our concerns for safety have multiplied since then!

Comments

From the article:

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

"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).

That's disgusting.

Re: From the article:

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

The article went on to cite safety, and indicated that the school's stated reasons for disallowing the game were safety-related.

Re: From the article:

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

Yeah - but it did seem as if the actual reasons were the ones stated so clearly in the portion of the article that I cited.

It still seems kind of over the top to me.

Re: From the article:

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

[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.