The Mouth of the Brazos and I go back to a time when kids carried pocket knives everywhere, even to school. Imagine that. Nowadays, as MOTB says, just drawing a picture of a knife can set teacher tongues wagging. But imagine my surprise when I learned that Mr. B.’s teacher has outlawed tag at recess. The problem, as she sees it, is the "contact" part, as in the touching, slapping, punching, whatever, to indicate who is "it." Mr. B., ever the rebel, suggested pointing. Just pointing, within a range of, say, twelve inches. One teacher liked it. But not his. So, no tag at recess. They call this progress. Sensitivity, and other malarkey.
UPDATE: Teachers do have the ability to impose rules of their own, but in this case, the no tag policy is district wide. Not a single child in the Austin school district is allowed to play tag at recess. Pathetic. Worst of all–are you ready for this?–it’s increasingly becoming the case nationwide.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 