More Proof That Our Country Doesn't Let Kids Be Kids

I'm all for teaching kids discipline and responsibility but arresting them for a food fight is ridiculous. Food fights are some of my all-time favorite memories from my life.

Lmao!! Been there...done that too! That still makes me laugh to remember the poor principal turning red from his efforts to hold it in. And then there were the roller skates in the hallway (hehe) and the time we tossed one jerk out of the classroom window. It was only a few feet drop - I swear!! By today's standards we all probably would have been charged as adults on that one.

I don't remember food fights in school, I remember I started one at home.

I am sure we did have food fights in school.

Ah hell we played pranks big time at school, especially for April Fools and MayDay. Putting clingwrap across the toilets, putting full cups of water on all the steps covering the whole step and all the steps leading up to the second floor of the building, decorating the head mistress office with hot guy photos and wedding images, taping up lockers, ah heck the pranks were all expected and no one got in trouble, the teachers and school heads never had issue.

We used to have watergun fights all around campus through the buildings and everything. We did little hazing rituals, nothing serious, but it was towards the freshmen.

There's so much our poor kids are going to miss out on. Unless we can teach them how to do it without getting caught ;)

KShark,

Your comment about water guns reminded me of a coach I had as a junior for history. He used to carry a HUGE supersoaker for cases of PDA. I got soaked one time as did my now husband. (Yeah, we were together at the point.)

I was a boring teenager, but I had friends that did stuff like this. My now husband and his band of friends lifted one of their friends' car on to cement blocks. It was positioned in such a way that they were well hidden in the dark. The car was the perfect height that the tires were not visibly lifted either. He sat there, freaking out and spinning tires for a while before he realized that everyone was rolling around the parking lot, laughing so hard that half of them were in tears. (This happened after an afterschool activity at the school, and it was dark.) The principal wasn't very good at surpressing his laughter that time. He did make them pull the blocks out.

Lissa Rose--

Oh heck supersoakers were a staple when I was in high school or was it junior high? I think it was both.

But yup during free periods we would grab them from the lockers, and run around campus, mainly around the buildings, and soaking the heck out of each other, even while classes were happening.

I was boring as a teenager too, unless it was something in school, otherwise I mostly chilled out at home, or was scuba diving or summer camp.

But yeah it was a tradition with the "hazing." Seniors always took care of the freshmen, but we were not mean or anything though my sister was a senior when I was a freshmen, but she wasn't mean to me. The others of her class tried, but they knew not to mess with me given my sister.

Our school was also split into two teams, each student post pre-school would be put into a team, and they were part of that team till graduation. We would have little battles and the works. Was fun.

I do remember for my 8th grade dance my sister being the rebel she was, put a fake tattoo on my shoulder. EVERYONE thought it was real.

That sounds like it was so much fun. Nope. That was a teacher with the supersoaker. LOL NOBODY walked around that corner or along that back hall with arms around each other or anything like that. It was funny to catch somebody a little too lovey-dovey b/c it was whoosh and wet clothes.

That tattoo bit was good. I would have just shrugged and nodded noncommittally

I wouldn't say innocent fun, I did cause a lot of trouble. I once watched two Hispanic friends of mine fight over a .50 cent peice that I glued to the sidewalk. Chico kept stepping on it, while Henry was trying to pick up his leg and spin him off of it. But Chico always managed to get that other foot on it before Henry could get to it. It wasn't a serious fight, they were laughing because they thought we were laughing at them. When Chico got his paws on the coin and couldn't pick it up, he said something in Spanish that I'll never forget. It loosely translated into, "I was going to buy some soap!"

It is sad that we've gone so overboard on these rules. At the same time, we let real predators back out on the streets so that they can prey on our kids over and over. It does not make even a teeny bit of sense. I would hope if my kid needs a hug someone will be brave and kind enough to show her a little compassion.

It gets really disgusting when you hear about a small child getting into serious trouble for holding a friend's hand or giving them a hug. Anyone who would even go there in that type of situation is sick. My friend's little girl loves to hug my baby. It's absolutely adorable. Anyone who would think of such things when seeing that is a freak and doesn't need to be around my kid anyhow.

We do have to be careful about who we leave our kids with and the worst part is it can happen no matter how careful we are. No matter what you do, every time you leave your child with someone other than yourself you are taking that chance.

But there is still a huge difference between giving a kid a hug or pat on the shoulder vs being touched inappropriately. Kids can be taught the difference but adults don't seem to be able to discern from the two.

Wow. You guys are giving some very beautiful kernals of wisdom.

I will admit that I let my highschool kiddos hug me...even when they aren't mine anymore technically. They do their best on a test and still get a bad grade; they want a hug or someone to tell them it will get better and be ok. They find out some horrible news and need someone to talk to; they don't need someone who just shies away from them for fear of a lawsuit. I can go on and on.

I know that those younger kiddos have got to be more heartwrenching. My son is 8.

I am so happy that his kindergarten teacher had a well developed bit of common sense. He liked to kiss girls on the cheek and hug them. He insisted on opening doors for all females and pulling chairs out for them a lot of other things because that was what his daddy does for women. It made him feel grown up. When I see or hear about cases in the news about these small things being blown out of proportion by idiots, I start feeling disenchanted about youth and nervous for the future generations. That paranoia that comes from things like this is not pleasant.

Good for you Lissa!! It will be a few years before my little is in school. When she is, I pray to God that there are compassionate people brave enough to reach out to her when she is hurt or upset. What a cold world we are creating for our kids!!!

I wonder how many years of therapy my friends and I would have to do now for walking the hallways doing the "Monkeys" walk and belting out "here we go....walkin down the street...." LOL I know they thought we were nuts at the time so can only imagine what would happen now!

I don't know about the therapy, but I am the goofy teacher that would have laughed and maybe joined depending upon which students were participating. LOL

I don't know about the therapy, but I am the goofy teacher that would have laughed and maybe joined depending upon which students were participating. LOL

Either way you were taught to fear and respect black and whites (nuns and police for those of you that didn't catch that)

I'd say a paper fight is a good way to recycle...then they can be recycled again! :P

(Hey, if New Yorkers think it's a good idea to throw 'ticker tape' - aka shredded paper - into the street, why NOT have a paper fight?)

On our last night of band camp we would grab every picnic table on the property and stack them into a pyramid. It's a wonder we didn't hurt ourselves. When the band director went to inspect our handywork the next morning we threw him in the pool.

If my kid is going to have even half the fun I did I guess I'd better start saving now for a high-dollar lawyer!

When I was in tenth grade, my history class re-enacted World War I in our mat room. We built trenches out of the big gymnastics mats with a 'no-man's-land' in between, and hurtled socks at one another whenever people charged across it--it was sort of a capture-the-flag game, and if you got hit three times you were 'dead'. No way would they let a school get away with that now--after all, those socks might put out an eye! God I'm glad I went to school before they systematically went through and took all the fun out. No wonder the high school drop-out rate is so high.

If you used stinky gym socks, was it considered chemical warfare?

Stevie, that sounds like so much fun!!!!! I am so jealous!!!! That would have been right up my alley too.

About the paper football thing... I caught one recently in my class. I had noticed the boy making it, so I was prepared for when he flicked it. I caught it and flicked it right back... Got him right on the nose. LOL He thought it was the coolest thing.

Lissa, we need to clone you and populate all schools with your clones. I'm betting a lot of schools wouldn't need police presence anymore! :)

My manager likes to start fights with stress balls. She bought a ton of them for our teeny department. When the stress gets too high - things start flying!

Well, school would definitely be more interesting. LOL

My kiddos enjoy a certain level of familiarity and camaraderie with me, and I like it because it works for me. I probably could have gotten into a lot of trouble for doing that if I had been turned in, but I knew the student well that I did it to.

I am clumsy, snarky and a bit goofy, and I am somewhat close in age to my kiddos. I am extremely tough on them for the first few weeks of school, but once they learn what I will and will not put up with and my expectations, then the class starts to get that homey and comfy feeling.

I actually had an incredible day at work today. LOL I have a class that is reading a book that they are really getting into. My assistant principal walked in, and I kiddos that were lying on the floor with feet in the desk's seats, lying against the walls, propped up on the filing cabinets and a variety of other silly positions. They wanted to keep reading, so I postponed what I had planned, and they read. He just shook his head and grinned and stepped out. I just figured I would share because it was so funny.

Anyway, fights with stressballs? That sounds like fun!

PS~ The bubblegum errors are stalking me this week. (Look at above comments. Tee hee.)

Ooh what book are you reading? I may have to add it to my 'to read' list! (after the other 10 books that are currently in my suitcase for this weekend's Vegas trip)

se the problem is somthign happened and so many parents are bats*** crazy that if you gage them detention or made them clean it up or took away recess (oh *wait* what recess??) that the parents would be all over the school board crying abuse or some other insanity. Kids cant act like kids anymore and they cant be punished like kids.

wow you know schools here in Ky would have suspended them and had them charged with assault... school board policy... and as for food fights how in the hell are those considered a crime I mean jeebus do all parents forget the stupid stuff they did when they were kids and just over react to everything and what about the school did they forget that at one point they were students as well??? what is wrong with the world today?

James, didn't you know that all those parents were the perfect kiddos?

I sure as hell wasn't perfect though I smoked pot shot rubberbands and spitwads at my friends was involved in food fights got in a few altercations drag raced across the school parking lot late at ngiht cut doughnuts on the common area and in the parking lot threw snowballs at teachers and alot more wonder if admitting it now could get me arrested??

One Friday night, after a ballgame, I streaked across the opposing teams parking lot with nothing on but a football helmet

At my last home football game (in band it was Senior's Night) the seniors did not march in our assigned uniforms. I'm not sure where our one percussionist found a bright orange jumpsuit....We found where our director had hidden his car from us and blocked it in with other vehicles, silly stringed (or was it tp?) our younger band-mates and director as they marched off the field, did the hustle while the band stood at attention. Do you have any idea how hard it is to march on wet grass in fuzzy backless bedroom slippers? I'm guessing they're not allowed to have that much fun anymore.

oh dude... I wore a hot pink thong and a pair of combat boots to school one day on a bet best 5 bucks I ever made plus I got a week off for inappropriate dress

LMAO y'all are killing me!!! I really really hope my kid gets to have at least half the fun without becoming a "hard core criminal"!

I wore a hot pink thong and a pair of combat boots to school

Yes and I have the picture to prove it =)

sweet I also got the pics to prove it

Yes we must put a stop to these abhorrent sexual deviants who would dare show skin at graduation. :p

Seriously when did gratuitous nudity-based pranks stop being funny? Anyone remember the movie Patch Adams?

James - when do WE get to see these pictures?

You just can't help but to point and laugh at a naked guy.

grem whenever you want pics let me know and I'll send em

I want to see both James's picture and DaVoH's picture. I have to make sure that they are being completely... ummmm... honest. Yes, that's it. LOL

I never did smoke pot. (Yeah, boring teenager, remember? LOL) You guys sound like hanging around y'all in highschool would have been a hell of a lot of fun! LOL

As for the snowballs, James, I probably would have tossed a few back myself. It would have been a snowball war. And yes, I would do it as a teacher! LOL (If I ever get to see snow...)

Hey Lissa!

I want to see both James's picture and DaVoH's picture

I live in a nudist colony, and all of my pics are from the waist down. Most people prefer my nice hand-written sentiments

I'm just a nudist in my own home and all my pictures are of me holding something goofy most people prefer it that way

me holding something goofy

lol, the infamous purple headed snake, maybe?

naw like a light saber a water gun a trophy possibly a bong or a huge cigar

No crotch rocket, or pocket pool stick? Not even a one-eyed willy monsta? Throw me friggin bone here, James

naw just pedro

LOL You guys are just making excuses. :P

lissa you want picks send me an email (you have just done the worst possible thing you could do in telling me I won't do something)

You guys are just making excuses

I'd rather be making babies =)

No, no babies! Have enough with my one at home and the 60 something in my classroom.

Ummmmm... James....? LOL Blushes.

James

You caught my interest. I'd like to see the pics too! :)

well click on contact author on my page and send me an email... lissa now you should've known by now that I'm not the sort of person you tell won't do something or can't do something.... I am rather rebellious

No, no babies

Well, we could always practice

hey practicing is the fun part

I'm good with empty practicing for now.

Yeah, I should know by now, but I can't seem to help myself. LOL

yea therefore when you check your inbox you shall have a nsfw pic

Actually... My dog gets my left overs. LOL

I agree though. That would so be what I would do with my kiddos at work. They would spend the rest of the day cleaning up that cafeteria. Then, it would be over. That's it. Time served. We call it even.

I never started one nor participated in one, but I don't think they are a criminal offense as long as it is food. (Especially since the kiddos aren't given real, metal forks anymore.)