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To: TimF who wrote (7460)	9/5/2007 11:51:14 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 10087

School Bans Tag After Parents Complain Discovery Canyon Campus Doesn't Want Students Chasing Each Other POSTED: 1:04 pm MDT August 29, 2007 UPDATED: 2:46 pm MDT August 29, 2007 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Colorado Springs elementary school is banning the game of tag on its playground -- after some children complained that they'd been chased or harassed against their will. Assistant Principal Cindy Fesgen of the Discovery Canyon Campus school said running games will be allowed, as long as students don't chase each other. Fesgen said two parents complained to her about the ban, but most parents and children didn't object. Two elementary schools in the nearby Falcon School District did away with tag and similar games in 2005 in favor of alternatives with less physical contact. Officials at Evans and Meridian Ranch elementaries say that encouraged more students to play games, and helped reduce playground squabbles. Colorado Springs schools are not alone. Schools in Cheyenne, Wyo., Spokane, Wash., and Attleboro, Mass., have banned tag at recess. A suburban Charleston, S.C., school not only banned tagged, but outlawed all unsupervised contact sports. thedenverchannel.com -- BANNING TAG. AGAIN. And we wonder why (a) we have an obesity problems, and (b) why we are becoming a nation of wimps. In Colorado, another school bans tag. Here's the twist: it was parents who complained about all the running and chasing and most of them don't seem to have a problem with the ban. From "The 50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School": RULE (11): After you graduate, you won’t be competing against rivals who were raised to be wimps on the playground. The Duke of Wellington once said that “the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton ” – reflecting his view that competitive sports shape a nation’s character. We sure as hell should hope that’s not true about America unless, that is, we plan on going to war against an enemy who also values non-competitive, risk-free, self-esteem building play activities for its young. the50rules.com