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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I never take away all of recess but I sometimes have students walk the perimeter of the tennis courts instead of playing with their friends.  They spend class trying to do that.[/quote]

No, just no. They need a break.  Find other ways to deal with bad behavior.  [/quote]

That is a break. Bad in the good old days, my father went to military school and if you broke rules you ran laps around the sports field.

I'm not that strict, but I think this is an excellent idea. Time to think and burn off some energy. Come back calm.[/quote]

Sorry, but for many reasons running should not be a punishment.  One, because running is awesome and not a punishment.  Two, because many many kids today in this area have asthma or allergies and could not safely run that far.  Without practice, running even one lap around a field can be excessive.  And it's hot here.  Most days too hot for that.  Take an out of shape kid with asthma and have him run some laps around the field in the middle of the day and you have a recipe for a dead kid and a major lawsuit.  Sorry if you think that's a snowflake thing, but it would be a stupid teacher who didn't think of that ahead of time.[/quote]

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