Parents complaining about teachers using red ink because it's "too stressful."

[OldDude]

I think we should petition that Red Dog change his user name to Orange Dog or Purple Dog to reduce stress in the Forum

[Breakfast with Girls]

Originally Posted by davejt1

Exactly what I was going to say. Many of the arguments against dodgeball didn't center on the violent aspect of it, but rather, the fact that not everybody can win. In a sense, it ranks students from worst to best, and this supposidly had a negative impact on kids' self-esteem.

But that's bullshit, since there are plenty of sports in school -- baseball, basketball, football, soccer. The only difference is that the game centers around throwing things at people as hard as you possibly can, and it often leads to groups ganging up on individuals.

I had a lot of fun playing dodgeball, but I can understand people's objections to it.

[talemyn]

Originally Posted by Breakfast with Girls

But that's bullshit, since there are plenty of sports in school -- baseball, basketball, football, soccer. The only difference is that the game centers around throwing things at people as hard as you possibly can, and it often leads to groups ganging up on individuals.

I had a lot of fun playing dodgeball, but I can understand people's objections to it.

Well, but in none of the games that you just listed are is a players knocked out of play for the game if they aren't good at it.

I'm not saying that agree with that as being a valid reason, but, that is the core reason that gets presented in the argument. In fact, I would understand it better if people said that they object because it's too violent.

I wouldn't agree, but would understand it better.