does your dcs' school do this?

[jannan]

dd came home yesterday and said that she needed to give her teacher,a nun, a quarter. i asked why and she said because i kicked the ball. i was sure i misunderstood. i didn't have time to speak to the sister so i gave her the quarter. i went to open house and her teacher explained that children are fined 25 cents for kicking the ball. sister explained that they can't kick the ball because it flattens the balls...........it does!? and that it could be kicked into someones' face.

what do you think?i think it is bizarre because all you need to do is get a pump and pump up the ball again

[mattemma04]

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[jannan]

dd told me that if she did n't pay she'd have to sit on the bench.

it is like she is held hostage

[EFmom]

No, my children's (public) school does not do this.

[darlindeliasmom]

Playground balls take a beating, and so yeah, they need to be replaced more often than the average family's...our PTA is always providing new playground balls, and sometimes we end the year with none left that can be inflated...
I guess the home and school or whatever could arrange to do the same. I think I'd talk to sister and see what her motivation in all this is...kind of teaching responsibility a little backwards. I think I'd be more likely to put it that if the kids are rough with the balls, they won't last as long, and then not replace them when they're dead...

Del avoids the asphalt part of the playground where the playground balls are, but I can see the "fun busters," as she calls the recess aides, doing something similar...

[CarrieMF]

:LOL OMG that is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.

If you put a kid and a ball together, 99.9% of the time the kid is going to kick it.

Are these sports balls or are they the cheap things from walmart?

Yes a ball can be kicked in a face, but a person can also be hit in the face by a kid spinning around, walking, tripping, running, skipping, the possibilities are endless.

When I was in school each classroom had 2 soccer balls. In the fall they were used at noon & recess for soccer, in the winter they were used at noon for soccer, in the spring/summer they were used for *gasp* kickball. At the 2 recesses we had in the fall kids were split into football teams, in the winter soccer teams and in the spring/summer kickball teams. So the balls were used year round, even in the middle of Canadian winters where the cold air shrinks the air inside the ball alot. The only time we got a new ball was if we somehow broke the ball. If it got kicked up onto the roof of the school, then too bad it stays there until they do their clean the roof off of toys 2-3 times a year.

[UlrikeDG]

Am I the only one who thinks it would be funny to give the child a quarter every day? "I'm going to kick the ball today, Ma'am."

[BusyMommy]

Maybe you could volunteer to reinflate the balls after school for the teacher? Then, half of the problem would be solved at least.

[darlindeliasmom]

Yes a ball can be kicked in a face, but a person can also be hit in the face by a kid spinning around, walking, tripping, running, skipping, the possibilities are endless.

At dd's school, I'd say the fun busters probably have banned all of these activities as well!! well, not walking, but that has to be done VERY CAREFULLY...
she has said she wished they didn't bother with recess at all...

[jannan]

that is really funny. i know i'll send her to school on monday with 1.25 and tell her to tell her teacher that dd plans on kicking the ball everyday and here is her contribution to it...............i love it!!!!!!!!nuns are so serious.