Re: we'd still have recess!
Posted by what are we doing on 1/02/09
On 12/31/08, Sad, but not funny wrote:
> We used to have a 10 minute recess in the am. 20 min recess at
> noon, and a 10 minute recess in the afternoon. Now we have 20
> minutes recess at lunch. Sad thing is, those who need recess do
> not get it. Kids need a break away from heavy content
> learning...processing time. Now they are forced to sit in
> situations where adults do not...Expecting kids to sit for 90
> minutes to 2 hours for direct instruction is child abuse. Adults
> get better breaks than that.
I totally agree with you. If we could only come up with a way we
could be smarter at achieving benchmark goals and relaxing as we do
it, we would be wealthy people.
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> On 12/30/08, birdie wrote:
>> On 12/29/08, Tessa- FL wrote:
>>> Seriously. NCLB stole recess.
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>> That is soooo funny!!! Our recesses went from two twenty minute
>> recesses to one 20 minute recess.
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