tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post116047705506484651..comments2023-09-30T04:12:28.281-07:00Comments on Finding Fair Hope: Forward to YesterdayMary Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160523580714335082006-10-10T16:39:00.000-07:002006-10-10T16:39:00.000-07:00In all seriousness, I would have loved free play.In all seriousness, I would have loved free play.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160515485733075102006-10-10T14:24:00.000-07:002006-10-10T14:24:00.000-07:00Sounds like you went to one of those schools where...Sounds like you went to one of those schools where the adults even controlled recess...at any rate, "free play" it wasn't.<BR/><BR/>At Marietta Johnson's school, I do remember baseball at recess, at which I was lousy, so I did other things. The idea was to give the children some time in the outdoors to explore and devise their own games and activities like climbing trees and playing on the seesaw or jumping rope. <BR/><BR/>We had twenty minutes in the morning and an hour for lunch. <BR/><BR/>I would spare all children the horrors of pressure, competition, and games that humiliate the inept. I am sad to think of childhood like that -- but the first three grades I spent in a large traditional public school did expose me to some of that sort of treatment.Mary Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160506375358877442006-10-10T11:52:00.000-07:002006-10-10T11:52:00.000-07:00I hated recess. I was traumatized everytime I was ...I hated recess. I was traumatized everytime I was picked last for teams, when the ball went left when I threw it right and when people laughed at my Keds. I all for taking that horror out of a child's life.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160493211168966742006-10-10T08:13:00.000-07:002006-10-10T08:13:00.000-07:00Even-Handed Hope, I have to hurry to join the main...Even-Handed Hope, I have to hurry to join the mainstream so I don't have time right now to read the study. But let me state for the record that I stand fore-square behind the principles of recess and dodge ball. I got whacked harder in dodge ball, and tether ball, than anyone ever got whacked in class. <BR/><BR/>Ya gotta love dweebish adults who think they're sparing kids pain and anguish by taking away play time.Bert Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601645383399698392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160487900642539682006-10-10T06:45:00.000-07:002006-10-10T06:45:00.000-07:00Another pet campaign of Marietta Johnson's was the...Another pet campaign of Marietta Johnson's was the need for play and its benefits as a learning tool. Apparently, after its abandonment of this basic educational precept in recent years, the Establishment is having to rethink its position. <BR/><BR/>There is a new study making all the news today. You should be able to find it by clicking <A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116044203663787613-OWTfLOXAilkTcNPcqP3tS75OWcE_20061108.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top" REL="nofollow"><BR/>here</A>.Mary Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.com