Not it! Mass. elementary school bans tag

Associated Press ^ | 10/18/2006 | Author Unknown

[Redcitizen]

ATTLEBORO, Mass. - Tag, you're out! Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable.

[Redcitizen]

It's for the children/sarc

[Sybeck1]

Well, they still have the seesaws and swings, right?

[mtbopfuyn]

In more extreme cases, schools have done away with recess altogether.

[pgyanke]

New school policy: Teachers will be issued pillows and duct tape. Prior to recess, children are to be restrained with the duct tape to ensure they do not do anything dangerous like walking. Place the pillows strategically in case a student should fall over...

[jackieaxe]

Educating to the LOWEST common denominator. Public Schools suck and are teaching our children to be good communists and feminists.

[Bob Buchholz]

Now we wait for the 'Why are our children obese?' story.

[Millee]

And then they'll sit around wondering why kids are getting fatter. Insane!

[dfwgator]

I take it "Smear the Queer" is out in Massachusetts as well.

[EagleUSA]

Public Schools suck and are teaching our children to be good communists and feminists.
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Yes, and they come out NOT educated, the way liberals want their dependency class. Good little commies, hating American government, laws, conservatism, knowing NOTHING about American history (deliberately) --- yes, the GOVERNMENT INDOCTRINATION CAMPS (Public Schools) are exactly that, run by liberals, for the liberal agenda.

If I had to educate my two kids again, they would not set foot in a government camp again, ever. Why do you think most children of Washington officials ALL go to private schools?? Gee, let me think about that one....

[John D]

Now we wait for the 'Why are our children obese?' story.
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Lawyers will have to sue for something. It all about the lawyers.

[ustanker]

Unbelieveable

[massgopguy]

Celeste, your comment about your son feeling safer at recess because tag has been banned prompts me to recall the admonishment that Paul Newman gave to the owner of his hockey team at the end of Slap Shot. Unfortunatley it would get me at least 2 minutes in the Penalty Box if I posted it.

[Puppage]

ATTLEBORO, Mass. - Tag, you're out! Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable.

How did I EVER make it to 44 years of age?

I'm a freak of nature!!!!

[agrace]

Next time my 3 homeschooled kids - *gasp* - wrestle in the family room (sometimes TOO CLOSE to the brick fireplace!) or rip through the house chasing and tackling each other in various places (sometimes they pass TOO CLOSE to sharp countertop edges!), instead of catching my breath at the near misses and yelling at the miniature herd of elephants, I think I'll just sit down, think of these poor kids in Attleboro, and smile at my own.

[rhombus]

But Nooo, the Democrats won't allow any tort reform.

[Paleo Conservative]

But the teachers read Heather Has Two Mommies to the kids.

[edcoil]

It says unspuervised games however, teachers are to be out in the year supervising every recess so isn/t tag now a supervised game?

[CSM]

I wonder what they do to the kids if the kids just played tag anyway...

[ashamedtobefromparkridge]

The teachers are probably off doing some of the older kids.

[edcoil]

year = yard.