Thursday, March 11, 2010

It Boggles My Mind

"A high participation rate in the survey will give our class a chance for more recess!"

The above sentence was written in an email to all class parents of my child's kindergarten class.  It is a public school, yes.  My question is, why does my participation in this survey give only a chance of more recess time for my child?  AND why does this even matter?

Recess time should not be an issue, because these 5-year olds should already be getting the required/allowed recess time.  Why are we short-changing our children?  Forget the fact that kindergarteners are not allowed gym time, only at First or Second grade, I cannot remember when exactly.  I honestly do not understand this policy.

As a child I remember every single day we had recess - half-an-hour.  Did my parents have to complete surveys etc. for our chance of getting more recess time?  Is it because it was at a different time? (even country), was it because it was a private school?  

It is not fair that my child is not getting the allowed recess time.


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