I just saw an ABC News report that so far four school districts accross the country have banned the most insidious of childhood threats from their playgrounds.....NOT Pedophiles, NOT guns or knives, but TAG!
W.T.F. People!!!!!!!
These curriculum creeps say it is an effort to prevent both physical and psychological injury to our children. WHAT!?!? Are they nuts?!?!
Tag teaches kids speed, endurance, balance, and tactics while also helping to support positive self-image as well as mental and physical agility. The TAGGER has to think quickly, like a tiger, to select his/her target TAGGEE then execute an assault in just the right way so as to limit his/her time as the dreaded TAGGER and allow for the fun of being chased. The TAGGEE must also think quickly as they constantly re-evaluate their speed, direction and any potential obstacles. All while maintaining a situational awareness second only to spy satellites as the TAGGEE tracks the location and direction of the ever present TAGGER. The quick reflexes needed to wiggle, cut, and dive to avoid or make the tag are the same ones needed in later life for sports, driving, and eventually work.
The critics think it singles out the "slow kids", it does. They think it can result in physical injury (from a fall), it can. WHO CARES. IT'S FUN!!!!! I WAS the slow kid, I still loved to play tag because it was my chance to surprise the other kids who thought I couldn't keep up. The fact is, no matter how you slice it TAG is good fun and good for you. If only adults still played tag, Paintball Anyone?
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