Principal Gaylene Heppe, of Willett Elementary School in Attleboro, Massachusettes, has canceled Tag indefinately. The decision came during the start of her second year when Heppe joined a growing movement around the country banning traditional playground games that have been deemed exclusionary or dangerous. Games such as touch football and dodgeball that pose the risk of injury as well as liability to the school have also been ended.
"It's a time when accidents can happen," said World's Worst Principal, Gaylene Heppe.School administrators have become concerned with free-for-all activites at recess giving rise to parent complaints and lawsuits due to children getting too rough and running into eachother. They are also concerned that in games such as tag, some children would become unsuspecting, and unwilling participants in the game. All too often on the playground, kids minding their own business will find themselves victims of being randomly tagged and declared, "it." These children then suffer severe mental distress while desparately pursuing another student to unload their "it-ness" onto. It's this exact kind of problem that Heppe seeks stop.
While there are no conclusive studies to indicate why there has been an increase in extreme violence in U.S. schools, strong evidence should exist that shows tha taking away tag, touch football, and other fun at recess activities lays the foundation for breeding little gun wielding school terrorists.
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Every member of every school administration knows who the school bullies are after a few weeks. They're not allowed to identify them openly as a menace because bad parents love to sue schools for identifying them as bad parents.
Banning playground games is a sign of their desperation, not a serious effort to reduce cruelty. It's the parents, not the kids.
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