It seems headteachers, administrators and principals are the same the world over.
Then they are going to bitch and moan the kids are fat.
The Nanny State swoops in to heal the nation’s “owies”. All thank the Nanny State.
And we use to play a game where the point was to throw a football into someones groin.
I would say in a crazy out of this world. They are nuts.
Why don’t they just keep the children at home so they will be really safe? Wait a minute though, accidents happen in the home too. Why not kill the children so we don’t have to worry about it.
Jeez
Yeah, I cried when I got mauled by 8th graders playing football in the schoolyard. It happened twice; I even called my dad one time asking him to bring me home. But it wasn’t the end of the world, and I had some nasty cuts when I went down.
I have friends who lived in London for several years. They told me about the one school their son attended where they locked the kids OUT of the school when they placed them on the playground. It was because it was a pretty rough school and area and so forth. Unreal.
Tennis balls are damned because they’re a safety hazard. But as long as these kids attend Multicult 101 classes and learn to bow down and face Mecca five times a day, everything will be just fine. Britain’s death spiral continues...
My oldest went to a private school last year. A male teacher of Lebanese descent was letting the boys wrestle around during break. Some idiot parent complained and soon put a stop to that.
Another compelling argument for homeschooling!
I bet they don’t let the little darlings play “Crack the Whip” at recess, do they?
Wussies.
I weep at the demise of dodgeball. My ideal school would have trees and ropes to climb ... rifle club and scouting ... archery and hatchet throwing.
Tennis balls are dangerous? Maybe from a rocket serve at Wimbledon, but come on! My elementary school days were the late 50’s and early 60’s and recess was a jungle gym, kickball, running, wrestling, etc. Nobody ever got hurt that I can remember - however, my brother and I used to have BB gun wars with scuba masks for protection, and around July 4th it was roman candle battles with garbage can lids for shields. We thought we were safety conscious until Mom found out and put the kibosh on that.
My goodness. This teacher would break out in hives if she ever saw a good old American game of Buck-buck.
They didn’t have any of the don’t get hurt idiots when I went to school 60+ years ago, they wern’t born yet!
I know, it was pretty hard getting a smoke in before school unless we crossed the street first where they had no jurisdiction.