Frilly socks – Kingsholm Primary School in Gloucester,
England, banned them after a child with a very long frill apparently
tripped and fell.
Just because of one isolated indecent of a child tripping doesn't mean
the frilly socks are the issue. The parents should be aware of the
length of the frills and be concerned for their child's safety. If the
child gets hurt it is the parents fault not the schools.
Triangle-shaped flapjacks — Castle View School in Essex, England, banned flapjacks in triangle shapes after one was thrown and hit a student in the eye.
The student was hurt by a THROWN triangle shaped flapjack. Flapjacks typically don't jump off trays into children's' eyes. This is not an issue of the shape of the shape of the flapjacks rather the behavior of the student.
Dodgeball — The Wyndham School District in New Hampshire banned dodgeball and other “human target” games to prevent bullying.
I don't see how this game leads to bullying. If anything the game of
dodgeball is a way for the students to release their aggression and
anger. The point of the game is to be the last one standing which is
perfect example of survival of the fittest. Survival of the fittest is a
principal that has been around as long as life has been earth. It is a
part of life and something we deal with everyday. If certain students
can't deal with that basic principal then that is their problem. They
will get a rude awakening when they leave school because life has a
funny way of not caring how you feel. To make the game more fair it
should be made optional so students who don't like it don't have to
play. The game of dodgeball teaches kids what some of their strengths
and weaknesses are. If a student is not a good thrower then they would
learn to stay back and play more defensively.
Birthday invitations — Why? So students who aren’t invited don’t feel bad. This, too, is a new ban in St. Mary’s County Public schools.
I understand how bad it feels not to be invited to a birthday party when
other kids are. It is not a fun time in a child's life. At some point
in everyone's life they learn that not everyone is going to like them.
The earlier people realize that the easier their life becomes. Children
not only need to be taught how to make friends and be nice but how to
properly deal with other kids who aren't as nice. When a child isn't invited to a birthday party yes they will feel bad but they need to learn that that specific child may not like them and they need to learn not to care and focus on the kids that do like him/her.
I find these thing being banned to be a little ridiculous. I understand that they are trying to keep students safe, and out of harms way, but if the banned everything that caused a small problem, students would no longer be able to express themselves as individuals.
ReplyDeleteI think that kids today are too weak. They need to be tough, accept rejection, and learn that life doesn't revolve around them.
ReplyDeleteI think that the youth of America is becoming too weak. All of these things didn't exist years ago and they turned out fine. The thing that comes to my mind is all the anti-bullying. I think we shouldn't be teaching that, we should be teaching kids how to stand up from themselves. What we're teaching them now is how to wuss out.
ReplyDeleteIts a shame that Dodge Ball was banned in schools because I personally believe that it is a part of american pop culture and the heirarchy in schools and the fact that birthday invitations are banned just doesn't make sense.
ReplyDeleteThat O'reilly video brings up some great points.
ReplyDeleteIf we are talking about school rules, we have to think about how the people who make the rules are trained.
ReplyDeleteConsider the rules of a particular industry (sports, retail, religion) or of a family. The enforcement and interpretation of the rules has a lot to do with who makes them.
ReplyDeleteThis country is going to h*** I think that there should be limitations on the bullying that is allowed to take place, but some of it should be encouraged.
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