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Offline Ptarmigan

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Long Island Middle School Bans Footballs, Other Recreational Items
« on: October 07, 2013, 09:04:08 PM »
Long Island Middle School Bans Footballs, Other Recreational Items
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/10/07/long-island-middle-school-bans-footballs-other-recreational-items/

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PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Worries about injuries at a Long Island school have led to a surprising ban.

As CBS 2’s Jennifer McLogan reported Monday, officials at Weber Middle School in Port Washington are worried that students are getting hurt during recess. Thus, they have instituted a ban on footballs, baseballs, lacrosse balls, or anything that might hurt someone on school grounds.

Tossing a football during recess has long seemed to be a rite of passage for kids in the school community.

What is the point of recess? The wussification of America continues.  :mad:
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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2013, 09:39:05 PM »
We used to play dodgeball in grade school with our backs against a brick wall on an asphalt parking lot.
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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2013, 09:41:34 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on October 07, 2013, 09:39:05 PM
We used to play dodgeball in grade school with our backs against a brick wall on an asphalt parking lot.

I remember that too.
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« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2013, 09:44:35 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on October 07, 2013, 09:41:34 PM
I remember that too.
Same here.

I also remember my elementary-school gym coach was morbidly obese.  In junior high, the coach carried a golf club and jabbed you with it if he thought you weren't moving fast enough.
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2013, 09:46:18 PM »
We did that, too, and the nuns occasionally joined in with us.  What idiocy kids have to put up with now.
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« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2013, 09:57:12 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on October 07, 2013, 09:39:05 PM
We used to play dodgeball in grade school with our backs against a brick wall on an asphalt parking lot.

We did it, but were too poor to afford balls.

We used BRICKS!

And we LIKED IT!
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« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2013, 06:08:14 PM »
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZXHsNqkDI4[/youtube]

Further proof that the public education system in this country is about as useful as a cock-flavored lollipop.
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