Thursday, September 21, 2006

"Recess" re-instated Great news! The Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting that, after over a decade of ignorance, the City schools have finally seen the light and have begun to re-institute recess for elementary school children. The laughable part is that they are afraid to call it recess anymore. Instead, it is "unstructured break time" or "wellness initiative." Who knew that "recess" was a dirty word that needed a politically correct euphemism? (There is still great denial by education bureaucrats of the fact that breaks, intermittent play, and getting outside actually improve the mind's ability to learn.) Regardless of their reluctancy, at least the board had decided to do the right thing in this case. Let's not jinx it. 4:54:39 PM    comment []trackback []