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Nice Planet 2010

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So, diva knew what the hell monster was talking about but I didn't? Someone is more of a techie than someone else.....;)
 
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Back in my K-4 days, I remember we had to have snow pants if we wanted to play in the snow. Plus, snowball fights were banned.

And that was at a Catholic school.

Same here. You also needed to have boots to go outside at all for recess.

Although this story doesn't seem to be along those lines really.
 
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Back in my K-4 days, I remember we had to have snow pants if we wanted to play in the snow. Plus, snowball fights were banned.

And that was at a Catholic school.

We were fortunate enough to have a huge playground, half of which was grass, surrounded by a flagstone wall topped by hedges. Talk about your perfect set up for snowball fights! Forts, charges, hiding spots, etc. It was wonderful. And I don't recall platoons of faculty/staff our there to "protect" students. Anybody who didn't want to participate (and among the boys there were practically none) didn't have to. No question, you have to keep an eye on the little guys (K-4), but that's no justification for banning playing in the snow.

Naturally, when all the kids came in from recess there would be some melting in the hall ways. Big deal. That's what mops are for. Of course, you'd have that slush when they showed up in the morning, too.

But these people are talking about the DEPTH of the snow. Are they figuring kids are going to be lost in a crevass? And I'd want to see real (as opposed to annecdotal) statistics that playing in the snow is somehow more dangerous. IMO, these people are just lazy and are prepared to take away one of the joys of childhood because it presents a slight increase in their work. Yup, gotta make sure the little kids have their mittens, and boots and hats--gotta make sure they don't get wet. Yup, maybe there's a little slush in the hallway. Yes, it takes a few more minutes to get 'em out of their winter clothing after recess and ready for class. Much better to keep the kids locked up in school rather than let 'em out to have a blast in the snowl

I remember enviously watching the kids from St. Giles heading to Taylor park on Holy Days of Obligation to do a little sledding. We all wondered if they were going to have their Flexible Flyers blessed. :)
 
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If the teachers don't send the kiddies out into the snow for recess, when will they have time to smoke and fornicate? (the teachers, that is, not the 4th graders)
 
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If the teachers don't send the kiddies out into the snow for recess, when will they have time to smoke and fornicate? (the teachers, that is, not the 4th graders)

Some of the time, the teachers are fornicating WITH the kids.
 
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Holy ****. We used to roll a snowball into a 6-foot tall megasnowball that would take half a dozen kids to push (or more). Then we'd play king of the mountain shoving each other off the top. We got smart and rolled it all the way across the field so the paras wouldn't yell at us. Eventually they gave up. Kids got hurt but they shrugged it off as kids being kids and everyone was fine by the time we left school for the day.
 
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Holy ****. We used to roll a snowball into a 6-foot tall megasnowball that would take half a dozen kids to push (or more). Then we'd play king of the mountain shoving each other off the top. We got smart and rolled it all the way across the field so the paras wouldn't yell at us. Eventually they gave up. Kids got hurt but they shrugged it off as kids being kids and everyone was fine by the time we left school for the day.

Went to Catholic school for K-8 (one school, btw). The ban on King Of The Hill was strongly enforced, due to the snowbanks (usually about 10-15 feet high) were right next to a pointy-topped chainlink fence. So we just played "Smear The (Quarterback)" in the parking lot (yeah, I know reallllll smart) instead. They had a tougher time enforcing the ban on that one.
 
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Went to Catholic school for K-8 (one school, btw). The ban on King Of The Hill was strongly enforced, due to the snowbanks (usually about 10-15 feet high) were right next to a pointy-topped chainlink fence. So we just played "Smear The (Quarterback)" in the parking lot (yeah, I know reallllll smart) instead. They had a tougher time enforcing the ban on that one.
When you say "quarterback" , do you mean "queer"? I remember playing smear the queer, and it rhymes
 
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