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Elementary School Bans “Tag”
AZCONSERVATIVE ^
| 19 April 2008
| John Semmens
Posted on 04/24/2008 7:45:11 PM PDT by John Semmens
The Kent Gardens Elementary School in McLean, Virginia has placed a ban on the school yard game of tag—alleging that it “sends the wrong message.”
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to comfort a weeping child who didn’t want to be ‘it,’” said Vice-Principal Pat Keister. “The game is too stressful and competitive. This contradicts the message of love and affection we are trying to convey through the free condom distribution program for our fifth-graders.”
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TOPICS: Education; Humor; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: educationists; fairfaxcounty; playground; politicallycorrect; satire; zerotolerance
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To: John Semmens
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to comfort a weeping child who didn’t want to be ‘it,’”Oh my God.....
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posted on
04/24/2008 7:47:00 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: KoRn
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posted on
04/24/2008 7:50:10 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
To: John Semmens
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to comfort a weeping child who didn’t want to be ‘it,’” said Vice-Principal Pat Keister. “The game is too stressful and competitive. This contradicts the message of love and affection we are trying to convey through the free condom distribution program for our fifth-graders.” This man is a liability to the survival of our civilization and should be removed immediately. If he has a problem with teaching a child not to have an emotional meltdown from being "it" in a game of tag, he's not only an idiot, he's a dangerous idiot.
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posted on
04/24/2008 7:54:00 PM PDT
by
Desron13
(If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
To: John Semmens
We’re raising a generation of wimps who will never have the intestinal fortitude to fight for our nation.
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posted on
04/24/2008 7:55:18 PM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
To: John Semmens
How did we older Americans EVER make it through life without a Keister? Of course, my dad frequently used to tell me to get off my keister and do something so I might have had one.
Liberals are training our "weeping" children to become a bunch of "weeping" girlymen.
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posted on
04/24/2008 7:55:21 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(De-Globalize yourself.)
To: Desron13
I gotta wonder if this is the kind of drivel that’s making these “emo” kids so screwed up.
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posted on
04/24/2008 7:59:02 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: John Semmens
This is satire - right?
I can’t believe that anyone would be stupid enough to utter that line about condom distribution to fifth graders in the context of “tag”.
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posted on
04/24/2008 7:59:12 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(".....panta en pasin....." - Origen)
To: John Semmens
I think this game at this school may have involved some groping. On another note.....
God forbid they get whacked in the head with that hard as hell rubber ball in a game of dodge-ball. It increased your awareness a hell of alot better than a video game.
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posted on
04/24/2008 8:03:06 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
(If you aren't voting who cares about your opinion.)
To: John Semmens
JOHN SEMMENS: Semi-News — A Satirical Look at Recent News
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posted on
04/24/2008 8:10:51 PM PDT
by
Will88
To: John Semmens
Yes, it's...
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posted on
04/24/2008 8:11:25 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: John Semmens
Pat Keister.The name alone could inspire an SNL skit.
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posted on
04/24/2008 8:12:50 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
Where’d you get a picture of my aunt?!
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posted on
04/24/2008 8:15:52 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: KoRn
JOHN SEMMENS: Semi-News -- A Satirical Look at Recent News
Note the title on the link. Still, it's pretty funny. The school didn't want the children to be it but to do it.
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posted on
04/24/2008 8:17:12 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: John Semmens
when i went to 1st grade at the country school with no toilets, k-8 grades, total of 20 students.
the two 8th graders started a game called “annie over”:
they threw a wooden croquet ball over the school roof. half the kids on one side, half on the other.
some kindergarten kid was looking straight up and got hit in the face.
the school teacher came out and ended the game and nursed the k student.
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posted on
04/24/2008 8:19:25 PM PDT
by
ken21
( people die + you never hear from them again.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Where’d you get a picture of my aunt?!Are you sure it's not your uncle?
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posted on
04/24/2008 8:20:32 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
Unfortunately I really have an aunt who looks very close to this.
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posted on
04/24/2008 8:24:03 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Unfortunately I really have an aunt who looks very close to this.I'm sure she's a very lovely person.
She is, isn't she? ;-)
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posted on
04/24/2008 8:33:25 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: John Semmens
Children probably sew half of our clothes, but at this school being ‘it’ in tag is too much for the poor babies.
To: shibumi
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