Signs of the apocalypse

[starmessenger]

1)  Why We Banned Legos.

The saddest sentences in the article:   'In preparation for bringing Legos back, we held several meetings with the children to generate a set of key principles for Lego play. We met with small groups of children over snack or as we walked to and from the park, posing questions like "If you were going to play with Legos,

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[tyedie]

I'm having trouble getting through it; I almost burst out laughing trying to imagine an eight-year-old saying "Then it's fair for me to use more cool pieces, because it's for public use.". I've met a lot of eight-year-olds in my time and none spoke that way.

Do the teachers just not get that it's their job to correct the behavior of their charges before things get all "Lord Of The Flies"?