Author Topic: School Bans Tag. (Read 10584 times)

B E C K · « **on:** Aug 31, 2007, 10:44:11 AM »

From Yahoo!:

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Colo. school bans tag on its playground

Fri Aug 31, 1:32 AM ET

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - 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.

You're it!

ChelseySuzie · « **Reply #1 on:** Aug 31, 2007, 11:16:18 AM »

What the fuck? We're raising a generation of wimps.

B E C K · « **Reply #2 on:** Aug 31, 2007, 01:47:30 PM »

They should ban tests, too. Those can be stressful, harassing the students and making them perform against their will.

IDE · « **Reply #3 on:** Aug 31, 2007, 01:57:23 PM »

If this society is so stagnant and over fed that they're going to do away with kids chasing each other around then perhaps it is time for this empire to topple.

There won't be a back swing into the hardcore until the post nuclear apocalypse. I'll have white hair, a metal arm, a glowing eye, and a band of rag tag freedom fighters...

B E C K · « **Reply #4 on:** Aug 31, 2007, 01:58:44 PM »

At least next time some kid attempts to mug you, you could probably just granny-shove him and kill him instantly. First purple pens and now this. Bah.

ChelseySuzie · « **Reply #5 on:** Aug 31, 2007, 04:53:59 PM »

And I thought not being able to have a trapper keeper was strict.

B E C K · « **Reply #6 on:** Sep 01, 2007, 09:03:47 PM »

What? No trapper keepers? Is that why they've all but vanished!? Dude, I loved trapper keepers! Sadness!

IDE · « **Reply #7 on:** Sep 01, 2007, 10:17:39 PM »

They still sell them...but not with velcro so they might as well not sell them at all.

B E C K · « **Reply #8 on:** Sep 01, 2007, 11:20:35 PM »

Yeah, they have some shitty magnet now or something. I never got to own one with the metal snap closure. I suppose with these new ones you could always buy the velcro and glue it in place yourself. I'd buy one and do it, but I don't have much use for them these days. Since I'm still bus-bound, I tend to travel as light as possible, which means a one inch floppy binder to hold whatever I need for the day.

IDE · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 02, 2007, 12:12:46 AM »

Did they ever make cartoon themed trapper keepers? Or am I imagining that?

B E C K · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 02, 2007, 01:06:13 AM »

I'm almost certain they did. I had a generic one that I'd stick my own pictures of shit in.

Rama · « **Reply #11 on:** Sep 05, 2007, 10:31:15 AM »

I remember them not letting the girls have those snap bracelets, cause there was a rumor going around that some kids accidently slit her wrists with one of those. The teachers had to have started that rumor cause they so sick of kids snapping those in class.

Shipley · « **Reply #12 on:** Sep 05, 2007, 11:40:09 AM »

Can they still use tag body spray?

ChelseySuzie · « **Reply #13 on:** Sep 05, 2007, 12:26:06 PM »

Quote from: B E C K on Sep 01, 2007, 09:03:47 PM

What? No trapper keepers? Is that why they've all but vanished!? Dude, I loved trapper keepers! Sadness!

We weren't allowed to have them in our school district until like 7th grade or something. I never had one but they looked sooo cool.

Quote from: Rama on Sep 05, 2007, 10:31:15 AM

I remember them not letting the girls have those snap bracelets, cause there was a rumor going around that some kids accidently slit her wrists with one of those. The teachers had to have started that rumor cause they so sick of kids snapping those in class.

I think every school banned them. Those and Tamagatchis. See, those kinds of things make sense... but tag? Why haven't they banned dogdgeball yet? It's every kids' nightmare to get hit by a giant red ball by the big kid with underarm hair.

IDE · « **Reply #14 on:** Sep 05, 2007, 12:57:29 PM »

Rama · « **Reply #15 on:** Sep 05, 2007, 04:43:59 PM »

Quote from: ChelseySuzie on Sep 05, 2007, 12:26:06 PM

Quote from: Rama on Sep 05, 2007, 10:31:15 AM
I remember them not letting the girls have those snap bracelets, cause there was a rumor going around that some kids accidently slit her wrists with one of those. The teachers had to have started that rumor cause they so sick of kids snapping those in class.

I think every school banned them. Those and Tamagatchis. See, those kinds of things make sense... but tag?

I was in High School by the time Tamagatchis hit it big. So those really weren't a problem. We actually sold those where I worked and we went through them pretty fast.

The D · « **Reply #16 on:** Sep 05, 2007, 07:35:57 PM »

Yea, ban dodgeball. Or give the smaller nerdier kids dodgeball bazookas.

B E C K · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 05, 2007, 08:31:07 PM »

Quote from: Shipley on Sep 05, 2007, 11:40:09 AM

Can they still use tag body spray?

No. Expulsion! That crap is vile.

MegatronYES · « **Reply #18 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 12:29:16 AM »

One time I was dating this girl and she told me about how attractive she finds Axe body spray.
I then proclaimed confusedly that I was wearing Axe at the time, and that I always have, including the occasion shortly before this conversation in which she woke up in my bed, and I took a shower and fucking put Axe on.
She just said "oh" and I dropped it, never coming up again.

Rama · « **Reply #19 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 12:47:59 AM »

I wear....uhhhhh...well it's this stuff that came with a Cardnials shaving bag. It just has the MLB logo on it. But I don't wear cologne very often.

Shipley · « **Reply #20 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 01:08:07 AM »

Nothing more attractive than smelling like baseball.

Rama · « **Reply #21 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 02:47:04 AM »

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Merla · « **Reply #22 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 11:47:00 AM »

Tag Beck! Your it! **runs away**

ChelseySuzie · « **Reply #23 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 12:28:22 PM »

I don't mind the smell of Axe, but I prefer a guy who actually uses cologne and not body spray.

B E C K · « **Reply #24 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 01:25:44 PM »

A very small dose of cologne is nice. But most dudes here are doing fucking Pepe LePew impressions. The bad thing about Axe and Tag and those is that guys spray half of the damn can on. Dial that shit back. Some of the chicks are no better. BLARG.

Merla · « **Reply #25 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 01:31:24 PM »

Ewwwww. You reminded me of dad.

B E C K · « **Reply #26 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 01:41:42 PM »

Roy likes to pimp it up, yo!

Merla · « **Reply #27 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 01:59:50 PM »

Nasty! But you gotta wonder, especially with the odd jewelery he sports.

B E C K · « **Reply #28 on:** Sep 06, 2007, 11:15:04 PM »

There's nothing "odd" about a Buttafuco gold chain and a freaky studded ring. It's just plain retarded.

Rama · « **Reply #29 on:** Sep 07, 2007, 12:53:44 AM »

I'm a firm believer that guys shouldn't wear jewerly. So no bling for the R-Man.