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June 19, 2008
British Educrats Nix Sports Day
Posted by Dave Blount at June 19, 2008 7:08 PM
What sort of invertebrates will be passing themselves off as Britons in days to come? The country that went from Winston Churchill to Boy George in two generations continues its willful tailspin:
For generations falling over on a bumpy grass running track was all part of the fun of school sports day.
Nowadays health and safety concerns have deemed it an unacceptable risk.
A junior school in West Sussex has cancelled its annual summer sports day because of fears that children will trip over and hurt themselves during the events.
The headteacher has decided the surface of the school's new playing field was 'too dangerous' for the traditional three-legged, egg and spoon and sack races due to the number of cracks and holes in the ground.
The field is grass. If kids trip and fall on it during a three-legged race, that's pretty much par for the course. Or it once was.
It's hard to imagine kids raised by the Nanny State growing up to fight off the Blitz.
A remnant of better days: children allowed to risk falling down.
On a tip from Oiao.
