The act(s) of being a kid banned in MA schools!

[KenWittlief]

So now what? Tag goes underground?

Pssssst! hey kid, yeah you! Wanna get in on some tag action? Tonight, other side of the rail yard - 8pm - Five bucks!

an even bigger issue - what happens to the kid who was It when tag was banned? Does he now have to live with the stigma of being It for the rest of his life?!

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

an even bigger issue - what happens to the kid who was It when tag was banned? Does he now have to live with the stigma of being It for the rest of his life?!

He will fall into a deep depression and OD's on drugs of all shapes and sizes.

So now... they are going to ban recess, because there is the possibility of someone getting hurt. All rooms will be padded because anything can happen and a child can trip and hit their heads on the desk?

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

He will fall into a deep depression and OD's on drugs of all shapes and sizes.

So now... they are going to ban recess, because there is the possibility of someone getting hurt. All rooms will be padded because anything can happen and a child can trip and hit their heads on the desk?

Of the only 2 times (surprisingly) I have gotten injured requiring stitches (knock on wood) neither time was at school. They were both during incidents over the summer. (And no, I'm not gonna even attempt to say let's ban summer recess to prevent injuries to kids). I wouldn't wish upon a lack of summer recess for any kid.

I say if you want to prevent injury to people, ban life itself....

Alas, most of my injuries in school were emotional scars from being teased or made fun of for different things like having red hair or being the slightly odd one out.
I still am the odd one out most of the time, but who cares anymore?
Not to say I never got injured at school, but those mostly minor injuries were mainly from other kids being bullies, and not playing tag or falling on the playground or what not.

The failed attempts to slide on and falling in the half-frozen-but-not-quite-yet-completely-frozen mud "puddles" were of my own doing though...

[Alexa Stott]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

He will fall into a deep depression and OD's on drugs of all shapes and sizes.

So now... they are going to ban recess, because there is the possibility of someone getting hurt. All rooms will be padded because anything can happen and a child can trip and hit their heads on the desk?

Well, I dunno...maybe desks should be outlawed. It really puts the children at risk. Because, you know, everything is for the children. With the probability of a kid hitting there heading being 1 to 75730395723, I don't think that's a risk they would want to take, keeping those desks there.

And about those pencils...Mmm...they *do* have really sharp points. Perhaps kids should write with chalk now? Oh...but that could lead to allergic reactions due to the dust. Maybe they could just have it injected into their brains somehow? Maybe if the kids just lie down on their books the information could diffuse into their brains?

I mean, how dare these schools put them at risk!

I remember in second grade a kid basically put his head down into a bucket of pencils that had their points facing up. And what did his parents do? They asked him if he was okay...then laughed about it.

Stupid lawyer/lawsuit-happy parents ruining the fun for everyone...

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

an even bigger issue - what happens to the kid who was It when tag was banned? Does he now have to live with the stigma of being It for the rest of his life?!

I wouldn't worry about the kids, they are very resourceful and will develop some form of "no contact" tag.

My Brother-in-law and his siblings used to play "eyeball tag" at the dinner table. Basically, when you make eye contact with someone, you give them a quick nod of your head and that person is "It". Usually the tagger would quickly tip their head down after the "tag" so they were staring directly into their dinner plate. It took the parents a while to notice that the children were unusually focused on their dinner that evening. But once they realized the game was ongoing, they'd immediately stop it.

So, if you see all the kids in MA walking around during recess staring at the ground, you'll know they've adapted.

(Luckily, my sister is crazy too, so she doesn't get upset when we come to visit and start a game over dinner.)