too senstivie kids

[lee1287]

shuttlecock!

babmington!

 

[AgDr_ODST]

sad pathetic little world we live in when a kid(from any school) cries after getting hit by one of those. What we need is to teach the kids to take a punch and a way to toughen them up. I mean my god if my kid came home telling me about this I whoop him then drag him down to the school and demand the other kids expulsion be revoked(unless it turned out the "bully" was a snot nose trouble maker then he could stay expelled)

Yeah really. Me to my kid: "I'm sorry, are you a girl? No, you're not. Now, get in the car."

But what do you say if your kid is a girl? *ponders the question himself*

 

[Klarinette]

sad pathetic little world we live in when a kid(from any school) cries after getting hit by one of those. What we need is to teach the kids to take a punch and a way to toughen them up. I mean my god if my kid came home telling me about this I whoop him then drag him down to the school and demand the other kids expulsion be revoked(unless it turned out the "bully" was a snot nose trouble maker then he could stay expelled)

Yeah really. Me to my kid: "I'm sorry, are you a girl? No, you're not. Now, get in the car."

But what do you say if your kid is a girl? *ponders the question himself*

"Why did you come home? Go punch her out!"
...I don't know... good question! I sort of put myself in the situation and came up empty-handed because I knew I wouldn't have cried. No idea...

 

[Fr331anc3r]

Too many people to quote 0.o

It's quite a statement that what we call a Birdie is actually called a Shuttlecock. Obviously us Americans aren't mature enough to handle such a thing...

I can assure you that you're missing out on some of the best innuendo ever.

Ahhh... Those silly Brits and their Spotted Dick and Shuttlecocks.

OT: The school systems here in the States suck, end of story, "Everyone's a winrar! *but secretly no one is*"

 

[chaos order]

well seeing as these kids r like 12- 13 as u said i think the kid was a massive pussy but, i feel that i need to mention that a birdie can hurt. i played against our school champ in high school and he smacked that thing right at my arm left a small welt. i didnt cry (i swear) but it did hurt. However since these kids were like 12, i dont think that anyone of em could hit that hard

 

[KillerH]

this is whats wrong with the world. What's gonna happen when that kid grows up and gets out into the real world?

 

[Booze Zombie]

Seriously? Maybe if you're talking about Sparta, but where I live there's more to life than physical toughness.

That's not what I mean.

I mean children should be taught that they are not helpless and can deal with some of their own problems.

Sitting there constantly going "awww, poor baby" everytime they scrape their knee will only make them dependant on a nanny-type.

 

[Chaos-Spider]

Oh a shuttle cock, that's stupid, we would hit each other with our cocks all the time in PE


[small] teehee[/small]

Just imagineing this makes it seem strangely hillarious to me.

But seriously, if this kid cries after getting hit by shuttlecock why doesn't he just spend his entire non class, non eating, non going home time in the library? I know I did when I was that age and it was great nobody bothered me and I got a cool outsider/neutral party rep when the class depopulated and people matured.

also, why were they playing badminton at school anyway?

 

[Gardenia]

The fuck?
When I was that age, the only kids I knew who were expelled were 2 boys who beat up an immigrant kid for being dark-skinned. Ffs me and a mate once smeared all the teacher's cars in mud and rearranged all the shoes in the hallway (we had to wear indoor footwear inside) for mass confusion, and all we got was a stern talking to by our teacher.

 

[Xeros]

Fuckin' pussies ruin everything. When I was in grade school, they banned running during recess. I'm dead fuckin' serious. They banned running, 'cause some kid fell down and hurt his knee.

 

[xDHxD148L0]

Wow, I wonder if they ever played dodgeball in that school.

 

[duchaked]

okay unless it hit him in the eye...

 

[Klarinette]

...oh dear. The kid that cried is going to grow up to be a sissy who is catered to. A birdie? Really??? Wow. Just wow. I suppose it depends on where he got hit and what the circumstances were (someone mentioned Autism), but come on. I got smacked in the face with a dodgeball by a 13-year old boy. 13-year old boys throw HARD. I did everything in my power not to cry, probably out of fear of being made fun of, but I considered myself tougher than that.

I find the world is too cushy for children these days. They don't even have the option anymore of sticking tweezers in the outlet and learning firsthand about electricity (I'm partially joking, although I did that when I was little. I think my generation is the reason for the invention of the outlet cover, actually). I've also noticed that playgrounds are now being built with some sort of squishy material instead of stones or sand. What the hell? Getting hurt on the playground is an essential part of childhood; don't bubble-wrap it! I don't know... crashing bikes, wiping out on skates, falling out of a tree... these are all things that kids do. They build character and make you tougher for when Life's real problems come along.

A birdie???? Ugh... what a wuss.

Injuries they won't remember "build character"? What? THIS! ISN'T! SPARTA!!!!! people, this is the 21st century. We don't need badass knights and 8 year old warriors, we need non-brain damaged, intelligent, forward thinking people to advance society. It's hard to do that if we just said "Get over it" to any injury. Oh, and it is quite ironic that people on here call a school bad if they let horrid bullying continue, but as soon as someone gets hurt, you take the side of the attacker. Really, I'd rather have a bunch of pampered scientists instead of muscle-bound jocks, as the scientists will try to improve society. You people have made me, me sick, and I'm a cynical, heartless person who supports the death of 5/6ths of humanity!

Oookay...
First of all, I'm not brain-damaged, thank you. Who says that society can't advance just because some kids fall off a swing set? Some of us are a product of a rough childhood (I don't know about some of you, but I never wore crash pads while bike riding, and it took me a while to get good at it) and I think that a lot of us are pretty intelligent. Small things like falling off a bike teach kids about self-soothing and that not every injury means death and the end of the world. Besides, it's close-mindedness that hinders society's progression.

 

[Wintermoot]

1 unless he got it into his eye he is a wimp
2 he shouldnt have been standing in the path of the birdy

 

[Caligulove]

Expelled?... wow
I think the issue here is not so much about how sensitive kids are, but how fucked up that school is