Big Boys with Big Sticks
Like most other schools we have a rule in our school about not playing with sticks. Sticks can be dangerous. Anyone who has seen the energetic play of little boys in the playground will attest to the enthusiasism for most boys to cut and whoosh with anything from a twig to half a tree!
Hypothetically ...
A group of lads were armed with sticks were playing in worlds unseen as I rounded the corner of the playground. Another student bent down and picked up another twig to join the thrust and parry of the sword fight. It seemed the only reasonable thing to do as a teacher ... everyone had to put down their sticks, afterall they are dangerous.
Today the boy has been asked to put down his stick while the others have been encouraged to continue their games. I'm not an international expert on foriegn policy nor do I think the world can be seen purely through the actions on a school playground but it seems to me that in order to ask North Korea to surrender its nuclear program, the rest of the bullies must also be asked surrender their sticks!
I can't help but think the playground is run by bullies.
The Age
Hypothetically ...
A group of lads were armed with sticks were playing in worlds unseen as I rounded the corner of the playground. Another student bent down and picked up another twig to join the thrust and parry of the sword fight. It seemed the only reasonable thing to do as a teacher ... everyone had to put down their sticks, afterall they are dangerous.
Today the boy has been asked to put down his stick while the others have been encouraged to continue their games. I'm not an international expert on foriegn policy nor do I think the world can be seen purely through the actions on a school playground but it seems to me that in order to ask North Korea to surrender its nuclear program, the rest of the bullies must also be asked surrender their sticks!
I can't help but think the playground is run by bullies.
The Age
posted by Jeff at 8:57 am
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