[url]http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/school-ditches-rules-and-loses-bullies-5807957[/url]
[quote]Ripping up the playground rulebook is having incredible effects on children at an Auckland school.
Chaos may reign at Swanson Primary School with children climbing trees, riding skateboards and playing bullrush during playtime, but surprisingly the students don't cause bedlam, the principal says.
The school is actually seeing a drop in bullying, serious injuries and vandalism, while concentration levels in class are increasing.[/quote]
Imagine that. Let kids be kids and you get positive results. Who would've thought?
Recess: The RL version is a go-go.
[quote]The school is actually [b]seeing a drop in bullying[/b], serious injuries and vandalism, while concentration levels in class are increasing.[/quote]
This is hardly "we removed rules now we're bully free somehow".
It makes sense. When you prohibit people from doing something, it sometimes has the inverse effect.
[QUOTE=markg06;43689135]This is hardly "we removed rules now we're bully free somehow".[/QUOTE]
Kids are having fun.
Positive mental state means people are less aggressive, etc and then are less likely to bully peers.
If only all schools did this when I was in elementary school :(
I wasn't allowed to go to recess because I got bullied a lot, so I got to play with legos and star wars toys inside!
I don't remember there being many rules at recess besides no throwing rocks and carrying sticks and stuff.
[QUOTE=Glitchman;43689267]I wasn't allowed to go to recess because I got bullied a lot, so I got to play with legos and star wars toys inside!
I don't remember there being many rules at recess besides no throwing rocks and carrying sticks and stuff.[/QUOTE]
aww. I won't bully you.
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[QUOTE=Glitchman;43689267]I wasn't allowed to go to recess because I got bullied a lot, so I got to play with legos and star wars toys inside![/QUOTE]
that sounds like the worst possible solution to the problem
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;43689317]that sounds like the worst possible solution to the problem[/QUOTE]
There was that school that just expelled the kid who was being bullied. I vaguely remember the thread.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;43689332]There was that school that just expelled the kid who was being bullied. I vaguely remember the thread.[/QUOTE]
That's just sad. Why would a school punish someone who was getting bullied instead of punishing the bullies? Ugh.
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;43689317]that sounds like the worst possible solution to the problem[/QUOTE]
You would think so, but a lot of the kids like me loved the idea of indoor recess because there was rampant group bullying at my school
it is sort of sad though
[editline]27th January 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=DemonElite;43689349]That's just sad. Why would a school punish someone who was getting bullied instead of punishing the bullies? Ugh.[/QUOTE]
They figured the bullies would be more behaved outdoors and get more energy out or something?
I remember in Primary School, at 2nd break you would have to sit above the oval and wait for a teacher to allow you into the oval
Joys of running into the bushes escaping from angry teachers when you went with the wrong grade :v:
After my 8th grade class moved onto high school my old middle school ditched recess all together and I think every other school in the local system did so as well. Those poor, poor souls.
[QUOTE=DemonElite;43689381]After my 8th grade class moved onto high school my old middle school ditched recess all together and I think every other school in the local system did so as well. Those poor, poor souls.[/QUOTE]
The local school superintendent must have been disgruntled with the ending of Recess: School's Out.
Sounds like a great idea TBH
Yeah there are going to be more injuries or a serious injury in the long run from this I bet (even if it hasn't happened yet) but positive rough-housing is good and what a better place to do it than under the supervision of a school.
If things do go wrong, you have the teachers right there ready to help out and get assistance if need be. Sure as hell beats the same thing going on after school when kids cause a ruckus at some random junkyard where they might not be able to get the help they need if they get injured.
Besides, better to be risky and adventurous when you are in your youth than when older.
For a short period of time in my elementary school, we were not allowed to [B][U]RUN[/U][/B] during recess.
You should've seen some of the reactions from the parents.
It's amazing that this school has no rulebook for recess, it was unheard of back then.
I broke my arm playing touch football during recess in the fifth grade.
My school basically did the same thing this one is doing. I remember we even used to bring out beyblades and play with them on the sidewalks.
[QUOTE=DemonElite;43689349]That's just sad. Why would a school punish someone who was getting bullied instead of punishing the bullies? Ugh.[/QUOTE]
The school district I live in now does this at a high school level, its incredibly stupid.
If anyone ever gets in any kind of fight, both people involved get expelled. Which mean bullying is more likely to happen, because the bullied person is less likely to want to fight back. A fight might never break out due to the bullied not wanting to get expelled, but the problem just gets worse and worse and worse because of this.
Thankfully I only went to that school for a single college-prep class so I didn't really get too involved with it.
Here is how recess was for us:
K-2: We got three 15-minute recesses. We were not allowed to run, or bring anything with us to the playground. We were only allowed to play on the equipment that was out there. There was also a lot more kids than there was equipment, which meant it was first come, first serve. The teachers did nothing but watch us.
3-5: We got two 10-minute recesses separate from the K-2 recesses. Same rules as above, but we were only allowed on half of the equipment because we were, "too big". The first come, first serve issue was even worse.
Sixth grade was the start of junior high for us, and from then on, we no longer had recess.
fuckin beyblades man were the shit back then
I got the white one, it wrecked shit until the little red tip at the bottom came undone
[QUOTE=usaokay;43689464]Then about a week later, the Recess will become a monarchical society overseen by a sixth grader named King Bob.[/QUOTE]
but who will be worthy of succeeding King Bob once his tenure as King is done?
king bob II
[QUOTE=Mr. Foster;43689489]
Sixth grade was the start of junior high for us, and from then on, we no longer had recess.[/QUOTE]
I had it killed off in grade 3. Its like that episode of Recess but the school board wins
[QUOTE=Bloodshot12;43689491]fuckin beyblades man were the shit back then
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I know right. There was a flipped table in the cafeteria and everybody had one. I don't think any toy fad from Japan that wasn't card based effected schools in the west that much.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;43689538]I had it killed off in grade 3. Its like that episode of Recess but the school board wins
I know right. There was a flipped table in the cafeteria and everybody had one. I don't think any toy fad from Japan that wasn't card based effected schools in the west that much.[/QUOTE]
Tamagotchi was pretty damn massive when I was a kid. Didn't really see a lot of beyblade.
[QUOTE=Kazumi;43689890]Tamagotchi was pretty damn massive when I was a kid. Didn't really see a lot of beyblade.[/QUOTE]
Giga pets and Tamagotchis dominated my 4th and 5th grade years from what I remember. This was in the mid-90s.
Beyblade was huge at my school but we only ever bought the shit knock-offs from the dollar stores so we went through like seven a week
[QUOTE=usaokay;43689464]Then about a week later, the Recess will become a monarchical society overseen by a sixth grader named King Bob.[/QUOTE]
god damn Recess rules
guys guy
mabe this could work on facepunch too
[editline]27th January 2014[/editline]
guys guys
mabe this could work on facepunch too
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