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Skip to comments.U.S. school children need less work, more play (especially Blacks)
Posted on 01/26/2009 4:27:32 AM PST by Zakeet
All work and no play may be a hazard for some U.S. school children.
Researchers reported on Monday that a growing trend of curbing free time at school may lead to unruly classrooms and rob youngsters of needed exercise and an important chance to socialize.
A look at more than 10,000 children aged 8 and 9 found better classroom behavior among those who had at least a 15-minute break during the school day compared to those who did not, Dr. Romina Barros and colleagues at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York reported.
The behavior assessments were general in nature and not made at any particular time of the school day, their report said.
"The available research suggests that recess may play an important role in the learning, social development, and health of children in elementary school," the research team said in a study published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
But today many children get less free time and fewer physical outlets at school "because many school districts responded to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 by reducing time committed to recess, the creative arts, and even physical education in an effort to focus on reading and mathematics," they added.
The researchers also found that children not getting recess were more likely to be black, from poor families and attending public schools in large cities.
"This raises concern in light of evidence that many children from disadvantaged backgrounds are not free to roam their neighborhoods or even their own yards unless they are accompanied by adults," the team said. "For many of these children, recess periods may be the only opportunity for them to practice their social skills with other children."
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The fact they pay people to do this research is evidence of the problems in schools.
I don't see any pants load in this article.
Children ARE in prison, kept from exercise and time to THINK.
What is missing from the article, and all lamestream media, is the REAL solution: abolish government school, and get most children out of ANY school.
To be the devil's advocate, if you imposed eight straight hours with perhaps only a lunch break on adult workers, it would be illegal. If workers have the right to at least one fifteen-minute break during their work day, so do little children. That in no way takes from their actual performance; we have many other factors to look at.
I don't think it is unreasonable to expect some recess time. We take breaks at work.
Have you ever been there during lunch? Half the time is spent in line, they have about 10 minutes to cram down lunch and have some 'social' time.
Kids aren't robots. They learn how to solve differences, social skills and problem solving on the playground. Not just in organized sports like in PE.
Plus, they do need to get energy out. Or they will be crammed with Ritalin which everyone here will complain about.
I don't see the problem in expecting 30 minutes of recess everyday.
If they want to learn about leisure time and play they should learn from their parents, who are probably sponging off taxpayer money. More play and less work will prepare them for adulthood when they will do no useful work at all.
Well, this should go a long way at keeping these children as ignorant as possible and primed to need democrats in power.
ultimate pay for play
This sounds like a secret plot to win more gold medals in future Olympics.
That is a ridiculous statement.
Good grief.
Hey Zakeet!
As the mom of boys I can attest to the fact that "ants in the pants" syndrome can be alleviated by physical activity - recess and gym class.
What do teachers often do when a child misbehaves?
She often takes "time" off his recess.
So there he sits - pent up energy - and when class resumes, his behavior is even worse than before.
When budgets get cut - it often comes out of the phys ed. program as well.
So picture a bunch of normal boys being told they have to sit nice all day.
Do you think you can pull that off?
Is it any wonder many parents get pulled aside and teacher says "I think Johnny may need some medicine to help him focus..."
Or, to make a long story short, "Bushs' fault".
The researchers also found that children not getting recess were more likely to be black, from poor families and attending public schools in large cities.
Translation: "Children and poor his hardest".
Kids need UNSTRUCTURED play.
Playing is where social rules are established.
The home is the benevolent dictatorship, and the playground is the proving ground for those mean ol' rules.
Boys especially learn base/foot ball rules on TV and discussions, and prove them with 'cleats on the ground' .. (or more commonly .. sneakers).
I've heard my daughters play (yes .. I was eavesdropping), and I know my one daughter (now a mother of two) learned to discipline her children by how poor Barbie was 'dealt with'.
Turn the kids loose with the tools (bats, balls, gloves, goals .. whatever) and they'll figure it out with more staying power than by being told.
For the love of Pete, go back to the way school was 40 yrs ago and the test scores and education the kids receive will improve by leaps & bounds.
But..that would not be PC. It might not be fair. How can they be indoctrinated?
You have my vote for the "Most ridiculous post of the day"!
Kids need UNSTRUCTURED play.
Playing is where social rules are established.
The home is the benevolent dictatorship, and the playground is the proving ground for those mean ol' rules.
Boys especially learn base/foot ball rules on TV and discussions, and prove them with 'cleats on the ground' .. (or more commonly .. sneakers).
I've heard my daughters play (yes .. I was eavesdropping), and I know my one daughter (now a mother of two) learned to discipline her children by how poor Barbie was 'dealt with'.
Turn the kids loose with the tools (bats, balls, gloves, goals .. whatever) and they'll figure it out with more staying power than by being told.
When I started out, I wanted to disseminate as much info as I could during the 75 minutes we had each week. Over the years, that has evolved into a less structured format, with time for socialization.
I know I've enjoyed teaching more over the past five years than I did the first five. I'll bet that attitude comes through to my students. I have also found their retention has increased, when I ask questions that pertain to previous lessons.
oops .. sorry for the double
Do you have children in school? When my son has a half he he comes home all wired up because he didn't have any recess time.
I agree that recess is necessary, but at the same time, I worked in an inner city school years ago and when we let the kids out for recess, half of them would be out of the school yard in no time at all and come back with somebody else's wallet or purse or bicycle. Or in a police car.
The article compaines that the kids are not allowed out to "roam the neighborhood." I think that's pretty reasonable, since roaming those neighborhoods could be dangerous for either the kids or the neighborhoods. More recess is fine, but even that has to be controlled, and I can tell you from experience, the behavior of the kids made recess one of the most dangerous times for the teachers.
What this article is really about is trying to overthrow the Bush attempt to put in equitable academic standards at all schools. Obama's Chicago was a leader in fighting them, complaining that black children particularly could not be expected to spend "all that time" studying and needed instead to spend it in consciousness-raising or social activities. Recess is great, and I agree that kids don't get enough physical activity, but that's not really what Reuters is concerned about. It's actually an attack on objective academic standards.
Totally agree. But the author can drop the "inner city disadvantaged" routine, it's happening around the country. Children are "caged" much more now then previous generations because of our pervert invested society.
I homeschooled. Kid's need exercise and breaks from studies. If ours got antzy, we'd send him for a jog around the block, or out in the yard to play.
If you had a rambunctious dog and you didn't exercise him, he'd be almost impossible to handle. Children, especially boys aren't much different, in that they need exercise to work off excess energy.
In the dark ages, when I was in elementary school (late 50's early 60's) we had 2 recess breaks each day.
I'd be ecstatic with a mere 15 minutes. LOL!
This is not entirely a pants load. Government schools for a host of reasons have been cutting back and outright eliminating recess and P.E. classes. Reasons include the need for more classroom instruction and avoiding playgorund injuries that could lead to lawsuits. Of course they have the obvious result: a classroom full of 8 year olds who have not had a chance to expend all the energy they build up during the day. The Government solution? Drug the kids.
In defense of "government education", the teachers have little power to dismiss the kids who thwart the education of the others.
I know it sounds harsh, but until we cull the true morons or the juvenile delinquents from the roles, you can expect poor performance.
I have a (former) teacher friend who gave up when she had no ability to get rid of the bad apples.
Although I do agree that all children need good, hearty recess. It's where I learned all of my essential social skills. The important things, like pulling wedgies, hawking loogies, the venerable Atomic Situp, and that long lost art, fist-fighting in the sandbox.
He drives me crazy ... but I know (Oh God, I HOPE I know ... /8^) ... ) he'll be a better man for my not medicating him, but forcing him outside to do ANYthing ... just go do ANYthing ....
Fortunately we live rural and it's winter and wood needs to be cut and split .. and he does a terrific job, too !
Now, if I can only figure out how to pay for all the food he eats, and .. (do you remember that character in "Peanuts", Pigpen? ... ) .. get him to not drop his every earthly possesion behind him as he walks.
In this case, I can't agree with you. This study is very similar to one done in New Zealand. It resulted in a major initiative called "Push PLAY", aimed at getting New Zealanders -- particularly children -- more physically active, with a view to reducing health costs.
It is proving to be fantastically successful.
It is a great cross-the-board initiative that also includes adults and the medical profession. For example, I have a lingering medical issue that is treated by medicine but is also improved by physical activity. I went to see my doctor, and she gave me a "Green Prescription" -- which is a prescription to undertake physical activity.
That prescription is filled by the SPARC people (Sports & Recreation New Zealand -- a Government corporate entity) who fill the prescription with discounts to sports and recreation facilities -- in this case, to a gym and a pool.
The whole idea being investment in physical activity ultimately translates into reduced healthcare costs. And as you would be aware, our social medicine system costs the Nation a fortune. So it is a "Win/Win" scenario.
Similarly, the programs for kids: they are fantastic, aimed at reducing obesity and all the problems that go with that like diabetes. (Some of NZ's ethnic cultures are particularly prone to obesity, from a genetic viewpoint)
Yes it is preferable that people take responsibility for this themselves, and that the government not need to be involved. The sad fact is that some people won't because they are too stupid or lazy or incapable of doing it themselves, in which case they become a burden on society unless the government takes matters in hand and "fixes" it for them.
The "Push PLAY" program is probably one such example. And, as I've said, it works extremely well.
New Zealand is a great sports Nation that takes pride in the physical fitness of its citizens and the world dominance of its sports teams: our Nation would therefore not invest in something like "Push PLAY" unless it would be extremely beneficial long-term. That in itself is a testament to the importance of getting the physical activity thing right for children at a young age, before permanent damage is done.
The USA would do well to consider something similar.
"I agree that recess is necessary, but at the same time, I worked in an inner city school years ago and when we let the kids out for recess, half of them would be out of the school yard in no time at all and come back with somebody elses wallet or purse or bicycle. Or in a police car."
yes - that would be a problem wouldn't it?
I was trying to speak more generally - what is good, generally, for normal kids.
As far as kids leaving grounds and getting in trouble?
That right there is an adult supervision problem.
"More recess is fine, but even that has to be controlled, and I can tell you from experience, the behavior of the kids made recess one of the most dangerous times for the teachers."
I agree roaming the neighborhood is a bad idea.
And the decay of our culture (due to the decay of the family) has made teaching a more dangerous job - especially in the inner cities.
even so - to make those same kids do nothing but sit all day is much of an answer.
" Its actually an attack on objective academic standards."
And it's a typical liberal approach to pretend the 2 don't go hand in hand.
We can keep the academic standards, and actually enhance them by considering the fact that children need physical activity.
We certainly were more active as kids (I'm 40), as were our parents.
I have a personal belief that sedentary bodies lead to sedentary minds.
"is much of an answer" = "isn't much of an anwer..."
Kids are like puppies. A tired puppy is a good puppy. Same with the kids. Our oldest son would probably be considered ADHD and a candidate for meds at a city school. Out here with plenty of recess time at school and stuff to do outside at home ... he's just a typical little boy ;-)
The real problem with school performance: unstable, unhealthy families. No one wants to admit to that.
I've got one of those critters at home myself, and he has 3 younger brothers.
Yes - splitting wood is one of the best activities ever for teenage boys isn't it?
My 8 yr. old is little pisser, and I know if I don't find a way to positively channel his mischevious nature, we are in for a world of hurtin' when his teenage hormones kick in!
Huh? I've had plenty of jobs where I got no break except lunch
I get your point, but there are plenty of places where no coffee break is allowed on the job.
My sister's son has been on Ritalin all his life. He's now 22 and has a "chemical imbalance". They are basically experimenting with him using different kinds of drugs to make him "manageable".
I can't/won't say anything to my sister but I firmly believe it's because he has been drugged since he was about 5.
Neither of my sons will EVER be put on Ritalin.
One reason I hesitate to become certified to teach is I wonder if I have what it takes to keep a classroom of boys engaged all day.
Good choice!
ADHD drugs can cause hallucinations in some kids
CHICAGO (Reuters) Drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can cause children to have hallucinations even when taken as directed, U.S. government researchers said on Monday.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers analyzed data from 49 clinical studies conducted by makers of the drugs and found they can cause psychosis and mania in some patients, including some with no obvious risk factors. In some cases, children hallucinated that worms, bugs or snakes were crawling on them.
"Patients and physicians should be aware of the possibility that psychiatric symptoms consistent with psychosis or mania" might arise in the course of treatment, Dr. Andrew Mosholder and colleagues wrote in the journal Pediatrics.
Their analysis provides fresh detail about known risks of the drugs, which include Novartis AG's Ritalin and Focalin XR, Shire Plc's Adderall XR and Daytrana patch, Johnson & Johnson's Concerta, Eli Lilly and Co's Strattera and Celltech Pharmaceuticals Inc's Metadate CD.
It also includes data on Cephalon Inc's modafinil, sold as Provigil, a narcolepsy drug that was rejected as an ADHD treatment in children.
Come on. They spend maybe 1/4 of the time at school in real learning. The rest is having PC bullsh#t programmed into them. Kids need a bread to run around and burn off some energy. We ALWAYS had a morning and afternoon recess in Grammar school and Gym several times a week. I will bet big bucks that the number of kids on Ritalin and other ADD drugs would drop if they had the opportunity to exercise a little.
Well, I agree with you, constant indoctrination is not learning.
Let them play!
More like the fault of more federal government interference. Just as bad when Republicans do it as Democrats.
What detective said was sarcastic, but it was kind of funny.
And unfortunately the bad apples make life and education miserable for the majority that do want to learn. This is even more evident in inner city schools, where the pressure to NOT learn is tremendous (You think you're better than everyone else!! You're trying to be (another ethnic group), and so on...Thomas Sowell nails this well in a couple of books). The schools need to kick the bad apples onto the trash pile so that the other 80% can succeed in learning.
By the way, I think there is enough time in the day to cover math and English without eliminating recess. How about getting rid of all the other garbage being taught??
Sure, we did it in the 60's, why can't they sit and behave now? When the teacher told us to shut up, we shut up
That 15 minutes seemed like forever when I was 6 years old. Now it's gone in a moment.
I agree with the article but like most pointy-headed academic research it makes an isolated point but misses the bigger picture.
Kids need recess and recreation. Kids also need to think, and to be challenged to think. Most importantly, kids need families with fathers and mothers who care about them and take time to make sure they are doing their homework and not getting into trouble.
15 minutes of recess isn't going to save the kid with the crack whore mom and no dad.
kids had more recess time in the 60's, and were more physically active.
Also - kindergarten was not mandatory, and most kindergartens were half day.
"15 minutes of recess isnt going to save the kid with the crack whore mom and no dad."
no - but it might make him more manageable during the afternoon, and might help keep him off meds.
Yep! First one there lights the woodstove and shovels the snow off the steps!
"fewer physical outlets at school "because many school districts responded to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 by reducing time committed to recess, the creative arts, and even physical education"
Sure, blame it on legislation, instead of taking responsibility for inappropriately responding to the Act, and designing a curriculum that excluded recess (recess rocks!), creative outlets and gym.
"Yep! First one there lights the woodstove and shovels the snow off the steps!"
That's another problem!
I remember our teachers giving us chores. Cleaning tabletops, beating the chalk out of the erasers outdoors.
At some point, parents began suing the schools for these things - saying it was the job of the janitors and teachers were guilty of forced child labor.
So now the kids can't even be told to do simple chores!
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You are overlooking their commercial business. It is cyclical as it it oriented toward fabrication, feedstock, and plant heating. It will suffer. The most disturbing thing is the trend in gallons sold. Even with the Agway acquisition, volume is down 25% in 3 years. The industry is down 3%. If volume is down in 2009 fiscal year, the dividend may be in danger. This is not a good holding long term until that trend clearly reverses. There are too many other MLP's like TPP, BPL, DEP that yield more and are just as stable. I have owned this for years and I am selling my entire position as I view todays price a lucky break.
Sounds like a short to me. Why sell before the dividend?
The MLP goes ex dividend anyway and opens down $.80 so selling before gets you capital gains instead of ordinary income from the distribution. I don't care about that. I am just afraid the all this overcharging has again killed customer growth. Another 10% loss in gallons sold in 2008 would be very bad for cash flow.
Traders say to sell the rips in a bear market, but for the right reasons. I'm not selling just because the commercial business is down, since that was by design. About three years ago SPH started exiting low or no profit business lines, including the air conditioning business and their high-volume, low profit commercial propane accounts. They expected to be able to cut costs more than revenues, and they have performed on that promise. That cash plus some from asset sales has them pretty liquid compared with their industry, I believe. So, yes, the stock is up from the high $20's recently, but it is also well below it's 2007 highs of the mid $40's. I think we know the near-term bottom for the stock and for oil and gas, so I'll continue to hold and collect that fat distribution. In this market, SPH looks very good to me.
You need to distinguish the case where volumes are down 25% because the market is shrinking from the case where volumes are down because the company decided to deliberately stop servicing unprofitable accounts. The former would be an industry trend that would threaten the company's business. The latter is great financial management. Why spend money on things that don't make money? It looks like SPH is the latter.What concerns me a little more is that their gross margins have been going steadily down for 10 years. Is that increased competition forcing them to lower prices, or is that a deliberate management decision to lower prices to capture as much business as possible? If the gross margin goes below 30% I would get very concerned.
If they were exiting unprofitable business, shouldn't their gross margin go up? Maybe it isn't the latter.


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The City Council agreed yesterday to begin looking at the possibility of prohibiting stores from using plastic bags to package the things their customers buy. Read more.
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The City Council voted today to hold a hearing on a recent Boston Public Health Commission vote to ban the sale of flavored cigarettes at convenience stores because store owners never had a chance to testify on the proposal before the council.
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Mayor Walsh, city councilors Michael Flaherty and Michelle Wu and state Sen. Linda Dorcena-Forry this morning backed residents opposed to a Starbucks at L Street and East Broadway, saying there are already enough coffee options in the area, that a Starbucks would exacerbate morning traffic woes at the intersection and would help to eat away at the family-oriented, mom-and-pop nature of the commercial district east of Perkins Square. Read more.
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Harvard students must be aware of these stereotypes and try to counter them with open-mindedness in the workplace.
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Julia Roberts Movies
Stepmom (1998)
Stepmom Love the leading ladies. This film makes me cry buckets. =0(
What one's face looks like when Richard Gere interrupts your bubble bath…
When I went to watch this I wanted to own it right away.Notting Hill with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts #movie #film #romantic
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Eat Pray Love is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert, based on Gilbert's best-selling memoir of the same title
Erin Brockovich (2000) Julia Roberts earned an Oscar in this unconventional drama based on actual events for her portrayal of Erin Brockovich.
Runaway Bride (1999)
Runaway Bride - filmed in Maryland. met the guy who owns the bar she goes to get her dad from
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Whenever I flick through old vacation pictures, I tend to recall past holidays as being much better than they sometimes were. The break I had in Bermuda was packed with disasters; nothing seemed to go right on my the holiday in Cebu… I remember them all as being perfectly pleasant. It's amazing how 10 years can affect your perceptions.
Memory can recall branding in the same positive light.
Recollections of the past become impressions of happy times, and advertising forms part of that panoply of experience. Jingles, advertising images, and television commercials feature in our associative memory as effectively as remembered aromas. So evocative are these memories, you shouldn't discard your brand's past when building its future, online or off-.
Burberry's comeback almost a decade ago didn't happen by chance. It was the result of a well-calculated review of the brand's, and its customers', pasts. Burberry's identity once rested on its signature red, camel, black, and white Burberry check, which the company introduced in the 1920s and registered as a trademark. Burberry's been around for over 150 years, and the accumulated effect of product consistency has established, in the consumer's mind, a collection of links, or what I refer to as smashable brand components: brand signals that, like the original Coca-Cola bottle, are synonymous with a brand. If a Coca-Cola bottle were smashed into thousands of pieces, the brand would still be revealed in just one shard.
Burberry has built its new branding on a century-and-a-half of smashable devices. Long-recognized styling, consistent materials (did you know Thomas Burberry invented gabardine?), even the Royal Warrant that denotes Burberry as "weatherproofers" by appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, all contribute to the perception of the brand and the brand's total image. The brand is plugged into its heritage and built on this brand equity. In doing so, it's enhanced its authenticity in the consumer's mind. I call this strategy "brand archaeology."
Every brand that's been around for a decade or so has the potential to excavate its past. I recently reviewed some amazing TV commercials for one of the world's largest insurance companies. It wanted to build its brand authenticity and strengthen consumer trust. I recommended the company rerun those commercials. They were more than 30 years old, but when focus groups watched them many interviewees wept with happiness. The ads' soundtracks and images recalled positive childhood associations and evoked trust-packed emotions from the past.
You can find smashable components everywhere. Not only in your brand's past TV advertising but also in its product design, packaging, slogans, and color combinations. I'm sure if Heinz dispensed with its classic glass bottle, it would save a ton of money. But by throwing that away, the brand would lose much of its equity and heritage. I'm sure you have jingles, tunes, pictures, or catchphrases that served your brand well in the past. Examine your brand's past, analyze its components, and reuse them to reveal the brand in a new and elegant way.
Brand archaeology is all about not throwing the baby out with the bath water. Identify good stuff from the past, but avoid rebuilding parts that are still there, hidden under dust. Consumers are increasingly busy and decreasingly trusting of on- and offline media. Brand signals must penetrate perceptions if they're to receive attention. By stimulating the memory, brands can communicate powerfully to audiences.
Branding is all about building trust. Trust hopefully leads to loyalty and purchases. Trust is generated over time, often over years. For brands with an online presence, this can be a major dilemma. Leverage your brand's past to build consumer trust. Engage your customers' emotions by communicating your brand's heritage and tapping into memories.
Excavate your brand's past and recover its most significant signals. If you have an old brand slogan, use it on your site. That old tune you remember from your childhood? Background your site with it or distribute it as a ring tone. Reuse brand graphics, maybe in a relevant, modern way, but don't assume new is always the best option. Dig deep: use your brand's heritage to gain competitive advantage in a market where brands seem to forget that branding is about emotions.
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"For all the back-slapping" and pontificating for nearly five years, bottom line Fed analysis acknowledges things are rotten, "job creation stinks," and policies tried failed. Why think this time is different?
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QE 3 isn't about more liquidity. There's more than enough around. Thirty year mortgage rates hover around 3.5%. Banks are hoarding cash. They're sitting on over $1.5 trillion in reserves. Corporations have around $2 trillion. Interest rates can't go much lower.
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