Is it "school" when you hire a babysitter to look after your children on a Friday night?

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Isn't the OP misleading to post that a school banned legos if it's not really a school?

If the babysitter decides legos aren't what she wants the kids to play with is it a national outrage as the OP is suggesting, or do you just find a new babysitter if you think legos are what you want your children occupied with?

I suggest this thread is misleading and stupid.

This is an extension of the school, same teachers, etc. but the actual program was after-school care. I suggest that the idiots that ban Legos are stupid and those that can't understand the "outrage" aren't too bright either. Oh, and the title of the piece in the OP is "Exploring power, ownership, and equity in an early childhood classroom" and was written by the woman who decided the ban should be initiated.

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So you disagree with everyone in this thread who are arguing that it wasn't a school?

And if so, you believe that schools should spend time having kids play with legos instead of teaching abc's and 123's?

In Japan, they call them 'regos'.

That comment was just as relevant to the discussion as all the capitalism/communism comments.

You can call it whatever you want but it's a place for kids to go after school with a structured atmosphere that includes teachers. I have no problem with a playtime during school hours or in after-school programs. Developing social skills is just as important as learning abc's and 123's.

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

Which it sounds like they were doing. They didn't actually remove the legos, they used them as a teaching tool to explore power structure. You might disagree with the ideology, but I suspect the kids parents didn't.

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They did remove the Legos but brought them back. I still think it's stupid to constantly interfere with the way kids play.

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

Ide only ask the kids to build an effigy of their teachers then give them bb guns and use them for target practice. take pics then finish 'what i did on my vacation' assignment.

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