In recent years, according to various newspapers, public schools in the US, Canada, and Britain have banned almost every schoolyard game you’ve ever heard of, including tag, leapfrog, marbles, dodge-ball, touch football, soccer, British bulldog, and conkers.
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Public School Bans Balls
A public school in Toronto has banned “hard balls”—baseballs, softballs, footballs, soccer balls, kickballs, and even tennis balls—because, says the principal, they’re “dangerous.” The kids are still allowed to play with sponge balls and, presumably, balls made of wadded-up hair, dust-bunnies, or overcooked spaghetti.
In recent years, according to various newspapers, public schools in the US, Canada, and Britain have banned almost every schoolyard game you’ve ever heard of, including tag, leapfrog, marbles, dodge-ball, touch football, soccer, British bulldog, and conkers.
Conkers? Never mind—you’re not allowed to play it anymore.
Basketball is also forbidden at some schools. And don’t even think about golf or bowling! Anyone who’s ever had a bowling ball bounced off his head can tell you why bowling should be banned.
The reason always given is that games and sports are dangerous. At the Toronto school, a bystanding adult got clouted by a soccer ball, inspiring the “hard ball” ban. Maybe, somewhere else, somebody put his eye out with a marble. Or accidentally leaped off a cliff while playing leapfrog.
The whole idea is to eliminate the risk of injury.
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