Comments on: Bad Touch! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: aliecat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428#comment-166859 aliecat Thu, 22 May 2008 17:46:33 +0000 #comment-166859 That's how much recess we got, too, Pete. That 35 minutes in January/February was effing brutal. That’s how much recess we got, too, Pete. That 35 minutes in January/February was effing brutal.

]]> By: Pete Scholtes http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428#comment-166846 Pete Scholtes Thu, 22 May 2008 17:11:07 +0000 #comment-166846 And I have yet to teach at a school that has as much recess as we did in gradeschool: 15 minutes in the morning, 15 minutes in the afternoon, and 35 minutes after lunch. And I have yet to teach at a school that has as much recess as we did in gradeschool: 15 minutes in the morning, 15 minutes in the afternoon, and 35 minutes after lunch.

]]> By: Pete Scholtes http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428#comment-166844 Pete Scholtes Thu, 22 May 2008 17:08:35 +0000 #comment-166844 <em>I'm surprized they didn't just ban recess altogether.</em><br /> <br /> Many schools have. I was told at one (I sub in Robbinsdale and Minneapolis) that they stopped having recess because "it wasn't safe." I’m surprized they didn’t just ban recess altogether.

Many schools have. I was told at one (I sub in Robbinsdale and Minneapolis) that they stopped having recess because “it wasn’t safe.”

]]> By: Some Guy http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428#comment-166616 Some Guy Thu, 22 May 2008 02:07:38 +0000 #comment-166616 <em>If you kicked a guy really, really hard, it meant you liked him</em><br /> We were so afraid of girls in the first grade, especially Pam who loved to kick nuts. If you kicked a guy really, really hard, it meant you liked him
We were so afraid of girls in the first grade, especially Pam who loved to kick nuts.

]]> By: Joanna http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428#comment-166598 Joanna Thu, 22 May 2008 00:55:22 +0000 #comment-166598 In third grade, I remember we used to run around and kick each other as hard as we could. If you kicked a guy really, really hard, it meant you liked him. <br /> <br /> Where I went to middle school, they just drew a line down the middle of the playground. One side for boys, one for girls. We weren't allowed to talk to each other over the line either. Gym teachers armed with whistles patrolled the perimeter. We played kickball, volleyball, basketball, soccer, and foursquare. And the girls made up little dance routines.<br /> Of course, in those days, the girls weren't allowed to wear pants to school either, so the times, they have a- changed. In third grade, I remember we used to run around and kick each other as hard as we could. If you kicked a guy really, really hard, it meant you liked him.

Where I went to middle school, they just drew a line down the middle of the playground. One side for boys, one for girls. We weren’t allowed to talk to each other over the line either. Gym teachers armed with whistles patrolled the perimeter. We played kickball, volleyball, basketball, soccer, and foursquare. And the girls made up little dance routines.
Of course, in those days, the girls weren’t allowed to wear pants to school either, so the times, they have a- changed.

]]> By: mazasa http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428#comment-166595 mazasa Thu, 22 May 2008 00:39:12 +0000 #comment-166595 <em>after a bully stepped on my balls during recess in elementary school, I decided to just read books and not participate.<br /> »» Submitted by wayno at 4:41 PM on May 21</em><br /> <br /> Well, that explains everything. after a bully stepped on my balls during recess in elementary school, I decided to just read books and not participate.
»» Submitted by wayno at 4:41 PM on May 21

Well, that explains everything.

]]> By: StandishOldSchool http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428#comment-166591 StandishOldSchool Wed, 21 May 2008 23:21:24 +0000 #comment-166591 First we take away gym class and now we eliminate a good three-quarters of outside recess activities and do we still get to complain that our kids are fat, socially retarded dolts who feel like the world owes them something. First we take away gym class and now we eliminate a good three-quarters of outside recess activities and do we still get to complain that our kids are fat, socially retarded dolts who feel like the world owes them something.

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428#comment-166590 mnblrmkr Wed, 21 May 2008 22:16:52 +0000 #comment-166590 You would be surprised. Bullying happens right under their noses: dodgeballs to the face, instead of a tag, a hard shove or a tackle. It's really not that difficult, even for little kids, to disguise sucker punches in rough play. You would be surprised. Bullying happens right under their noses: dodgeballs to the face, instead of a tag, a hard shove or a tackle. It’s really not that difficult, even for little kids, to disguise sucker punches in rough play.

]]> By: JACC http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428#comment-166589 JACC Wed, 21 May 2008 22:14:40 +0000 #comment-166589 I can't recall the last time there were so many exclamation points on the front page of MNspeak! <br /> <br /> I can’t recall the last time there were so many exclamation points on the front page of MNspeak!

]]> By: JACC http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12428#comment-166588 JACC Wed, 21 May 2008 22:11:45 +0000 #comment-166588 <em>what the school administrators are effectively saying is 'hey - we just can't figure this whole bullying thing out, so ya know what, let's just eliminate physicality of any kind,</em><br /> <br /> I'm told that one of the main issues with bullying is it mostly happens when the teachers/monitors aren't around to see it happen. I have no idea how this rule addresses that issue.<br /> what the school administrators are effectively saying is ‘hey – we just can’t figure this whole bullying thing out, so ya know what, let’s just eliminate physicality of any kind,

I’m told that one of the main issues with bullying is it mostly happens when the teachers/monitors aren’t around to see it happen. I have no idea how this rule addresses that issue.

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