Are we being too soft on the youth of today. I remember braving the hail and rain while wearing short trousers, never did me any harm. And while we're about it.......National service!!!
2007-01-17 20:39:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
too right and bring back the cane and get them little kids sweeping chimneys again... lifes too easy for the little devils... never did me any harm!
2007-01-17 20:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by lion of judah 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
"Wet break" never heard of it, but I remember getting soaked on a regular basis even having to do P.E. in snow and hailstones!! Kids these days are soft, but it all boils down to the government & society being too PC. Now National Service would give todays youth the kick in the backside they need and possibly restore respect for others which is all but lost with todays teens.
2007-01-17 21:01:07 · answer #2 · answered by Metalfinga 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i dont think we should abolish it i wouldn't want my little grl playing outside in the rain for an hour as if she gets a cold(which is common this time of year) her asthma starts up.but if it's snowing i say as long as there well wrapped up go 4 it(even though the chances of snow are V V slim),as 4 for NS i think definateley it would teach those lads who just sit at home and scrounge off the country some work ethic and it would solve the army's problem of solider shortage.xx
2007-01-17 20:54:37 · answer #3 · answered by deliciousde 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You obviously neither did national service or braved much rain then.
From 11 years of age, I had to wait in the rain/fog/hail/wind for a school bus from 7.50 until it arrived at anything up to 8.25, and we "Played" outside almost irrespective of the weather, the result was a series of colds, Sinus troubles etc which cost me about 1/3 rd of my time at school off sick and a further amount unwell, on leaving to go on to sixth form at a diferent school, same bus stop, the Bus arrived at 7.55 every morning, within a minute, we stayed in if wet and I did not miss a single day.
My Grandfather did not do national service, he volunteered in November 1914, went to France, they went to the Firing Line for a little "Holiday", later they went to Salonika where he got Malaria, which put him in and out of military hospitals until discharge when of course he couldno longer afford hospital treatment and he eventually died in the Winter of 1924. Strikes me you are talking ******* s
2007-01-17 21:01:33 · answer #4 · answered by "Call me Dave" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I'd forgotten this completely until this post. At my first and middle schools, we went out to play no matter what the weather. I for one used to love running around in the pouring rain, splashing in puddles. If you didn't have a raincoat, the school had a supply of plastic coats you could just borrow. But no umbrellas! Didn't do me any harm, as they say!
But when I got to secondary school, there was a bell system at the start of each break. If the bell went once, you had to go outside to the playing fields for your break, and the prefects patrolled the halls to check no-one was hiding indoors. If the bell went 3 times, it meant it was raining hard enough that you didn't have to go out!
But certainly as far as junior/primary/infant schools go, I think kids are far to wrapped in cotton wool. They need to get out there, experience the world properly, wet or dry! It's bad enough that they're not allowed to climb trees, or play conkers or do anything that might get them the tiniest little scratch, but to stop them experiencing weather is just ridiculous!!!
2007-01-17 20:57:32 · answer #5 · answered by emsr2d2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no - im glad that my children stay inside when it's raining at school.They are more likely to catch a cold/flu at this time of the year,Its not soft its preventing them having time off school for being ill.As for national service - i think i'd have a heart attck if someone told me my son would have to do service.I like him with me all the time so i can keep him safe! Perhaps i am soft, But love my children more than anything in the world.
2007-01-17 20:46:59 · answer #6 · answered by thundercatbabe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no! i used to have wet break and i would rather my son was inside on grotty yucky days than outside and got sick because of the weather!
its not being soft on them, at secondary school age i dont think it matters one way or the other but for primary school kids, especially those in the first years of school then i think wet break is a brilliant idea! but national service i think should so be brought back, it might deal with a lot of the problems caused by mouthy horrid teenagers/ chavs!!!!!!
2007-01-17 20:54:13 · answer #7 · answered by pinkjessie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During a "wet break" do I get to lock myself in the bathroom for private time?
National service? I'll just service myself thank you.
2007-01-18 11:25:25 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of this before are you telling me that they get day off just because it's raining that is the best scam ever the our school would have to be on fire for me to get a day off
2007-01-17 20:45:07 · answer #9 · answered by Edward W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no way !!!!!!!!!!
we were locked outside 2 day and were only just allowed 2 come inside at lunch even though it was tippin it down and was ver windy. me an my m8s were soaked and we were shiverin. it hurt 2 even bend iur fingers
so know i dont think they should cause if some one gets a cold its most likley that quite alot of that year will then get it. colds and the flu spread like wild fire round a school.
2007-01-18 07:24:27 · answer #10 · answered by lil_miss_giggles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In year seven i got soaked playing rugby in the rain 4 years ago. Does that count as "being kept in cotton wool"??
2007-01-18 06:15:45 · answer #11 · answered by --Lost in this world-- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋