Posted on 05/09/2017 8:51:23 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
My dad gave us F’n idget kids 50 gallon drums to get inside and roll down the hill. The original fidget spinner.
Well it sure beats taking it out on your crew....gives you time to devise more humiliating reprimands.<sarc
I am subbing this year and the item has just hit our school big time. I had to confiscate them to the angst of the students (proclaiming their ability to reduce stress with them) until the end of class. Forget the stress. . .their attention span on the lesson was nil. . . Note taking??? Not possible with these students. . .they are using both hands. In one study hall I witnessed 5 kids passing the spinner among them. If you check out the end of the article they have been banned in schools in many states. . . I can see why.
A friend of mine does this, and it’s really entertaining. She’s not quite as good as the girl in that video, but the things she does with her hoops are just wow!
These things remind me of a clip from candid camera or something where they left some bolts and nuts on the counter of a dry cleaners or something. The person would ring the bell, someone in the back would yell be there in a minute. The person waiting would start to play with the bolts and nuts and none of them complained no matter how long the wait was
It is an interesting concept psychologically. I have always spun my phone between thumb and middle finger in 180 degree flips. People in our office meetings spin their phones on the conference table and one guy flips his pen around the back of his thumb.
Gives them something to occupy their hands while trying to sit still in school. In my day it was yo-yo’s.
Some of the boys in my Sunday School class have been carrying the spinners, and they seem to pay better attention while playing with it.
cost five euros
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