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I was the short kid, too slow, too small, stuttered, loser at dodge ball was usually the last picked . Well, it is a tuff world even for kids. I found this to be a great motivator. I learned to speak, lifted weights ran and was still the shortest. I ended up playing high school football, ran track, wrestled, and was a starter by my junior year. I graduated from college, went in the military and became an Army Ranger and now a successful businessman. It was the competition in school the lessons learned from losing that drove my motivation to do better. Who are these people that believe that by coddling are children we are going to produce a better gentler society. Who is going to become are police officers, our soldiers, ect. Children today cannot even organize a game amongst themselves without an adult their to do it for them. Kids need to be kids, the learn to become part of society by learning to work and play together with out constant supervision. What ever happened to the pick up baseball games and sandlot football games that kids played on a Saturday morning by themselves. Kids learned to socialize by themselves and if a kid got out of line the other kids would keep him in check. No touching, what kind of wimp ass society is this going to produce in the future.
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Re: Hands off and the bew Phys ED
Apr 27, 2009 7:49 PM
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As an old Dodgeball veteran I believe it has its place but it makes little sense as a recess game because people get eliminated, and since that's usually the same kids every time, its a lazy recess teacher who can't think of other games so it isn't the same game every recess. But my problem with the segment is: It seems like Bernard Goldberg went and searched out the craziest ideas he could find -- airhhugs-- stupid --ropeless jumprope -- jumping rope is a wonderful activity for kids, you don't take their rope away -- It seems like BG wants to make us think if we allow dodgeball-free recess these are the kind of crackpots who will be running our children's days. There are many parents out here in the rreal world who want their kids to learn about competitive sports -- without having the attitude of that fool he also had on in the earlier segment who says some kids are losers and they need to get used to it. A totally sensationalistic segment. Thanks HBO. Bernard Goldberg is a clown.
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Hands off and the bew Phys ED
Apr 16, 2009 2:00 PM
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I was the short kid, too slow, too small, stuttered, loser at dodge ball was usually the last picked . Well, it is a tuff world even for kids. I found this to be a great motivator. I learned to speak, lifted weights ran and was still the shortest. I ended up playing high school football, ran track, wrestled, and was a starter by my junior year. I graduated from college, went in the military and became an Army Ranger and now a successful businessman. It was the competition in school the lessons learned from losing that drove my motivation to do better. Who are these people that believe that by coddling are children we are going to produce a better gentler society. Who is going to become are police officers, our soldiers, ect. Children today cannot even organize a game amongst themselves without an adult their to do it for them. Kids need to be kids, the learn to become part of society by learning to work and play together with out constant supervision. What ever happened to the pick up baseball games and sandlot football games that kids played on a Saturday morning by themselves. Kids learned to socialize by themselves and if a kid got out of line the other kids would keep him in check. No touching, what kind of wimp ass society is this going to produce in the future.
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