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You are missing the point. American parents are going to have to adjust their expectations. [b]Parents here are advocating a free wheeling outdoor school adventure.[/b] I’m telling you the level of handholding parents expect me to provide each day. I teach upper elementary, by the way. I have 8-10 year olds in my class. The two theories-that schools should coddle students and be on top of them at all times, and that they can be taught outside in uncontrolled conditions -can’t coexist. Either parents will have to accept that Johnny gets a few scratches, maybe a sunburn, maybe his glasses get smashed by another kid running around in the yard-or that could never work. If I got a call complaining about something like that, I would have some choice words for that parent. Kids here are just not that self sufficient. [/quote]

Who has advocated for that? I haven't seen anybody advocate for that. [b]Advocating for holding classes outside, yes. Advocating for letting kids run around outside in uncontrolled conditions, no.[/b][/quote]

It’s pretty much one and the same. And the moment a kid runs off outside in a public area, what happens? There are actual real logistical issues with this idea. It sounds like a simple solution if you have no experience working in a school,  but it’s actually anything but simple and it’s unrealistic in this area. Just because something happens in Denmark doesn’t mean it will work here. Like other PPs said, people haven’t done the legwork here from a parental and societal perspective for that to work here. It’s like saying that because schools in Japan serve one meal for lunch that everyone must eat regardless of preference and how there are no janitors and it’s the students’ job to clean the school that all of a sudden our schools should operate that way too. [/quote]

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