Banning Dodge Ball? Seriously??

One of my friends, posted this "Windham NH school district has banned Dodge ball and 9 other games from schools due to reports that it is a form of 'bullying"  Dodge ball, was the staple of my childhood. Every morning before school, no matter what school it was, was spent outside before school began playing dodge ball or kickball. I still love to play both sports. I mean, to me there is nothing wrong with getting a rubber ball thrown at your face at speeds of 40 mph. You simply just well...FEEEEL the burn. I'll never forget the feeling nor the glorious smell of that cherry red ball.

Here is the artical- http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/03/27/dodgeball-removed-from-windham-nh-schools/ Tell me, what you think?

I could very well see kids abusing the power of the ball, taking their pent up aggregation on the poor unpopular kid. Who hasn't been the target of it?? Did I run away and cry??  Hell no!! That kid instantly became the next target of my cherry bomb. When mission was accomplished, you moved on to the next target. No one ever got out of hand, we knew if we did, we would loose our beloved game. Believe me you, the consequences would be far worse if you were the cause of loosing the game.

That's the difference between kids back then and kids now. It's sad really. I blame it on the lack of supervision. Teachers are over-worked and stretched out to the max. Any time they don't need to teach, scold or babysit gives them time to breathe. Things get overlooked. If you're one of those amazing teachers then it's completely understandable. But, we know there are many teachers who just teach to collect a pay check and could care-less about the welfare of your child. So, I blame them. If we were able to weed the good from the bad, and give the teachers a break, the support and the funding they need, I am pretty certain that the violence in schools would be far less. Teachers do not get nearly enough of the things they need to adequately do their jobs. If  "They" -who ever that might be, stopped cutting educational funds, the teachers would not get overwhelmed, out numbered and actually love their jobs. Now, I am not saying that it's like this for every teacher.  It just seems that the government should pay more attention to who they take their funding from. These children are after all our future. The power is in the hands of the teacher. Yes, we are responsible for our children's upbringing, we begin the molding process however, unless your kids are homeschooled as mine are, children typically spend more time with their teachers than they do with us. Stop taking funding from school and cut funding from your bountiful salary. I am pretty certain that more funding in schools will make better children.

Think about it, one of the best compliments I can receive is someone telling me how well behaved & well mannered my children are. Why? Because I take the time to pay attention to them. I am capable of giving them the encouragement and support and the molding they need/deserve.
There are so many teachers who want to do the same. Who go outside the proverbial box to ensure our children get exactly what some parents can not provide them selves. But unfortunately, not every teacher is capable to do so and not because they don't want to, their funding is just exasperated. Have you ever thought of how much money comes out of a teachers pocket just to have the materials they need to make our child's learning experience a fun and beneficial one? Take a look around their classrooms, I betcha their decorations didn't come from the school. It came from the teachers.

All in all, more money would mean more teachers, having more teachers would take the stress off the teachers we do have which would leave more room for the attention to be properly spent on our children.

Let's take the "dodge ball" away from the government spenders... We will see how quickly things get returned to our school system. Too bad, there is no one who has the "balls" to do so...

♥Amie