We'll Just Stay Home, Thank You Very Much

Jiminy Christmas.  I cannot believe how much schools have changed since I last attended them.  Here's on news article that caught my eye:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/living/parents-middle-school-bans-balls-recess/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

And another:

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9277392

(The above article is about a school where three teachers work - all three have contracted thyroid cancer). 

The two news articles are different, I know, but they go towards my argument for parents educating their children instead of outsourcing that to school districts. 

In defense of schools and old-time-teaching, I think that there was nothing wrong with dodge ball.  True, I sucked at it and got pelted like crazy.  Still, the excitement shared by the kids playing the game was invigorating like nothing else was.  Now schools are say no to balls?  That is too bad. 
Being a 36 year old adult, I can honestly say that getting smacked in the head with a ball produces no life skills.  But the chasing, laughing, and fear are fun.  Fun is always valid and welcome. 

Taking your kid to a school where there have been cancer outbreaks?  Bad idea. 

So think on it.  Whose job is it to prepare our children for the world?  Whose job is it to keep our children safe?  It is the job of the parents.