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essaitchthrowaway3 t1_j6n9p1z wrote

Maybe, just maybe, you should be more concerned as to why the kids are so out of control that the teachers and administration feels the need to take their recess away to begin with.

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proudmaryjane OP t1_j6niy8x wrote

It is taken away when kids speak out of turn or are too loud at lunch. To me personally, that shouldn’t warrant them taking away their only chance to get fresh air and sometimes exercise that day. Also - it doesn’t work. Every single day at least one child (sometimes the whole class) gets recess taken away. If it was an effective form of punishment, it would work - but it doesn’t. It keeps happening…because kids need to jump around, play, talk and be loud! They need time to be KIDS.

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CatsNSquirrels t1_j6nll04 wrote

Have you ever been a teacher? I have. Kids come from all sorts of backgrounds, and there are a variety of ways to discipline them. Taking away recess is not an appropriate disciplinary tool.

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CalligrapherDizzy201 t1_j6pjzru wrote

Do these kids not get outside in the 18 hours per day they are not in school? Surely they don’t get only 20 minutes out of the entire day to relax, right?

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essaitchthrowaway3 t1_j6ngn8v wrote

No one WANTS to take recess away from kids. But seeing as how parenting isn't being done at home, and schools have very limited ways to punish kids otherwise, it seems like a very reasonable way to handle this situation. As is almost always the case, be a goddamn fucken adult, and parent your crotch fruit.

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CiforDayZServer t1_j6o4xrl wrote

lol, what’s up douche bag.

Children’s brains haven’t developed enough for deprivation of privileges to be an effective punishment. Further, group punishment for the acts of individuals is a breeding ground for bullying and group think… they’re bad techniques… it’s been proven for decades… sounds like your parents failed you.

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CiforDayZServer t1_j6o49f9 wrote

Yeah, or, maybe, JUST maybe, this is an old outdated disciplinary technique that has been proven to be entirely counter productive… and maybe… JUST maybe, you’re defending those outdated techniques because ‘I had it worse and turned out just fine’.

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essaitchthrowaway3 t1_j6o8ytx wrote

Maybe, just maybe if kids actually behaved because the parents weren't too lazy to do some adulting, this would be a non-issue.

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CiforDayZServer t1_j6os849 wrote

lol you’re such an insufferable codger, fuck all the way off.

Perfect solution… Magic wand wave at the strawman everybody!!!

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essaitchthrowaway3 t1_j6ov1iu wrote

Look everybody, I found the incompetent parent who is too lazy to raise his kids properly and needs to pawn that off on the school system because lord knows teachers don't have enough other things to worry about.

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CiforDayZServer t1_j6pjqva wrote

Actually dumbass, both my kids are out of public school, and the reason I think group punishment for individual problem children is oblivious and accomplishes nothing because the good kids don’t have influence over the bad kids, beyond that, children shouldn’t be pressured into hazing tactics against their school mates by an administration too lazy to properly approach correcting the problem children’s behaviors which could be caused by a litany of issues… not just ‘bad parents’… which is a pretty aggressive description considering that LOTS of those ‘bad parents’ are working 2 or 3 jobs trying to make ends meet for their family in a state with very limited support systems besides the public school system… you dumb fucking clown.

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phunky_1 t1_j6nd533 wrote

Exactly...

Let's blame the school department for using what little leverage they have to try to correct bad behavior.

It can't be the kids' own fault for not meeting behavior expectations in class.

Teach your kids to behave in school and they wouldn't get recess taken away.

Now what shouldn't be allowed is if a few kids acting up results in recess being cancelled for the entire class. Make just those kids go spend recess in the principals office.

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FallGuysStats t1_j6nbpbi wrote

Seriously. Do a little parenting. NO recess if your kid is bad.

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newmoon23 t1_j6oklvy wrote

“You misbehaved so here is a punishment that will cause you to misbehave more.”

Idiocy.

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