To the Editor:
Re “Forget
Goofing Around: Recess Has a New Boss” (front page, March 15):
A recess coach could have ruined my elementary education in
Minneapolis in the 1950s. It could also stunt the natural selection of
“playground prodigies.”
In second grade at recess bell, I always ran to the ball diamond as
fast as I could. Then I took charge of team formation and managing so we
could get in as many innings as possible in 20 minutes. In those
glorified recesses, adult control would have hindered my elementary
leadership development.
John R. Reigstad
University City, Mo., March 15, 2010
To the Editor:
If recess is defined as a temporary withdrawal or cessation from
usual work or activity, it is an oxymoron to have a recess coach. This
may be a wired society, but spare me the indignity of a pedagogue
prohibiting my “renegade game of hopscotch.”
Howard Stabin
Seattle, March 15, 2010
Note from KBJ: We're creating a society of eunuchs.
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 