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     T9r |
Aug 30, 7:44 AM (ET) Colo. School Bans Tag on Its Playground COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will. "It causes a lot of conflict on the playground," said Cindy Fesgen, assistant principal of the Discovery Canyon Campus school. Running games are still allowed as long as students don't chase each other, she said. Fesgen said two parents complained to her about the ban but most parents and children didn't object. In 2005, two elementary schools in the nearby Falcon School District did away with tag and similar games in favor of alternatives with less physical contact. School officials said the move encouraged more students to play games and helped reduce playground squabbles. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070830/D8RBARRG2 .html | ||
| Spiderman |
Our next generation of adults are going to be such bloody wimps! | ||
| Glitch |
no doubt! | ||
| Mikej |
So, no more tetherball, no more foursquare, no more baseball, no more flag football, no more track, no more, well, everything. But I suppose they'll allow video games as long as the characters use spaceage looking weapons instead of firearm looking weapons, and swords, and battleaxes, and can run other characters down with cars and such. But, no tag on the playground in real life. | ||
| Sleez |
tag and other football like activities have been banned at my kid's school in so cal for years now!! just insane. | ||
| Djkaplan |
I guess playing 'Smear the Queer' is waaay out of the question. | ||
| Djkaplan |
"Our next generation of adults are going to be such bloody wimps!" Yeah, that's true. Most kids these days would rather put a cap in your ass than risk an ass whoopin'. | ||
| Buellerandy |
imagine the future politicians... | ||
| Djkaplan |
Remember 'monkey fighting'? You'd hang on the monkey bars and try and wrap your legs around your opponents waiste to make them let go? Well, don't play that with girls; they'll kick instead - usually when you're most vulnerable to that kind of attack, too. Who says I never learned anything in school? | ||
| Bads1 |
Dodge Ball....Tackle Pom on the asphalt.... Now that was fun. | ||
| M1combat |
"I guess playing 'Smear the Queer' is waaay out of the question." LOL | ||
| Aldaytona |
Now if we could only get those thousands of blood thirsty x box playin' couch potatos off of their duff and into the military along with the gang members we could kill all our enemies all over the world. Oh, I forgot those guys shoot back  never mind | ||
| Nemesis |
Not only are they becoming fatter and total wimps but they are also becoming more stupid by the day. SAT scores are at their lowest ever! So all you parents who think it is such a great idea to always tell their kid they are so perfect even when they fail at a subject are just making it worse! | ||
| Tank_bueller |
No more Tag?? Woos'es. We used to play full contact "kill the man with the frisbee" at lunch everyday. But we didn't chase any innocent by-standers who may have accidentally picked up a "live" frisbee. | ||
| Swordsman |
Instead of banning the game altogether, how 'bout bustin' some little asses and makin' 'em behave for once?! Sheesh. See, that's the starting point of the whole decline: lack of discipline. After that, everything else is guaranteed to go straight to hell. ~SM (Message edited by Swordsman on August 30, 2007) | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I suppose Red Rover has long since been banned. Next it will be hide-n-seek, as the less popular kids will not being told when the "game" is over, is ruining their self esteem. Political correctness, the slow death by menial minds and committees, sucking the fun right out of childhood. These are the people that want to give a ribbon for 10th place! (duh) | ||
| Percyco |
Tag is for whimps,those elementary kids should be playing paintball . It's never to early to start working on your shooting skills !   | ||
| Rotzaruck |
Gee whizz, we sure don't want kids to learn about CONFLICT!!! Surely they won't have any of that in real life. But if you get fired from places like Home Depot for catching a thief (guess that's conflict), maybe they ARE learning how to get by in life. I don't understand about kids complaining about getting chased. It takes two to have a decent chase. | ||
| Rex |
what is happening with our society. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Rex, it's madness. | ||
| Lightningrob |
When I was in middle-school gym class, we played a game called "Love Thy Neighbor". It involved a full basketball court with no boundaries, 5 dodge balls, and plenty of teen angst. It was every man for himself. Dodge balls would fly at you from every direction, usually aimed at the head or "mid-section". The last one standing didn't have to run laps at the end of the period. Good times, good times... I guess those days are over now. | ||
| Roadrunr |
I heard one a while back about a school in IL that banned picking up SNOW! | ||
| Ryker77 |
Has any school ever "un-banned" something. It seams like the schools think they are like the federal government. Just keep on keeping on creating more and more laws... Ron Paul for president might help this. | ||
| Jlnance |
Did yall ever play a game call Suicide? The rules were simple. You threw a tennis ball against the side of the school, and it would bounce off. If someone caught the ball, they threw it back against the wall. But if they tried to catch it and dropped it, then you got to hit them until they touched the wall. One day in 7th grade we were playing and it threw it into the wall at a very oblique angle. It bounced off and hit this 9th grader in the face while he was kissing his girlfriend. He was gonna kick my ass but fortunately the bell rang so I had an excuse to leave. I hid for the next week. | ||
| Jlnance |
Has any school ever "un-banned" something. It seams like the schools think they are like the federal government. Just keep on keeping on creating more and more laws... Schools are an excellent example of what the federal government would be like if we didn't have a bill of rights. | ||
| Bigdaddy |
Public schools are controlled by the government so by default they become a 1000lb gorilla that specializes in administration. Self-replication at its finest. I'm glad I don't have to deal with the public school system, well, other than the butt-rape tax assessments. | ||
| Ironken |
The, "Bill of Rights." What is that? I've heard of it....Just not too sure what it is. No video games for our kid! I had an early Nintendo When I was younger. I played it about an hour total. My Mom and Dad sold it at a yardsale. I preferred going outside and tearing things up or building stuff. My dad had no problem with me using anything I wanted in the shop (within reason for my age), as long as the tools were cleaned and put back. Do kids even do that anymore? | ||
| Court |
I'm glad to see someone finally spoke up, woke up and did something about "TAG". I started playing tag as a child and before you knew it I found myself hopefully overcome with the urge to chase and touch girls. This had to stop and it's incumbent on our generation to carry the torch of change. But. . . I'm glad they didn't correct this terrible social malady in the 60's. | ||
| Spiderman |
I found myself hopefully overcome with the urge to chase and touch girls. I did to, but not because of tag ;) (body spray or game)  | ||
| Djkaplan |
I always thought tag was an overrated game anyway. I needed more excitement and potential for bodily harm in my recess activities. |
