Thinking about some of the other articles linked in the comments section as it relates to the topic in this earlier post about how children are being conditioned by our schools to view guns, I came across the following video that resonates with the ring of truth:
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Randomly stumbled upon this article that mentions:
3) Dodgeball — The Wyndham School District in New Hampshire banned dodgeball and other “human target” games to prevent bullying, the Eagle-Tribune reported.
Even before Sandy Hook, allowance of dodgeball, I believe, has been on the wane due to being “too violent”.
Are the adults making these decisions really part of my same generation:
“When I saw the names of some of these (dodgeball) games, unfortunately guys, we live in a world where 20 babies were slaughtered, Windham School Board member Stephanie Wimmer said. “We need to take the violence out of our schools and not teach it.”
The board voted 4-1 to ban “human target games” for kindergarten through 12th grade at all schools. It cited a National Association for Sport and Physical Education study that called dodgeball inappropriate because “weaker” children are targeted more often and “being hit by a hard-thrown ball does not help kids develop confidence.”
Maybe they were often on the receiving end of getting hit by the ball and bullying? And what of the issue of bullying? I agree bullies are bad; but we hear so much about that, today, like there’s an epidemic; or some recent phenomenon previous generations never dealt with.
I loved playing army dodge ball as a kid! Throwing the ball as hard as I could at other kids and getting hit in return! A lot of fun!
I’m also reminded of a couple of articles from my early days of blogging:
Yep, life’ll burst that self-esteem bubble
Enough already with kid gloves
Of course our generation wasn’t like our great grandpa’s generation that trudged 10 miles through the snow….uphill in both directions…to school every day. 😉
A former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class), where he also competed rings for the UCLA mens gymnastics team. The events of 9/11 woke him from his political slumber and malaise. Currently a personal trainer and gymnastics coach.
The wordsmith has never been to Nantucket.