Essay on Games We Play at Recess

When I was watching all of the kids play together at recess I noticed that all of the boys were running around and playing physical activities and excluding the girls from their play. The girls would just stand around in groups or sometimes in pairs, showing high levels of gender self-segregation (Boyd & Bee, 2012, p. 256). When the boys and girls did interact…

2. Segregation and integration in recreation played a critical role in the development of recreational programming that we see in today’s society. During the 1960s and 1970s, the public recreation movement was not equal and did not benefit all Americans. The United States had separate recreation facilities for African and Caucasian Americans. Public education and recreational facilities were similar in the separation of the two races. It wasn’t until the late 1950s and early 1960s following the…

magnet school, and more importantly, a performing arts school. Going to such a place for education opened endless possibilities for my future. But it also opened my interaction with other kids to all kinds of different ethnicities and backgrounds. Once we were all on the same campus none of our differences mattered anymore. Or so it seemed on the outside. I was born a social butterfly, I skipped the stages of being a shy caterpillar and hiding in a cocoon, and went straight to being a vibrant…

connecting with your students on a personal level outside of the classroom. As in, showing compassion outside of academics and making sure that the concern in your students is genuine rather than using a position of power against them. It’s important that we remember that teaching occurs both inside and outside of the classroom. Any moments and interactions that are shared between us and our students are opportunities to provide knowledge on a subject they may be curious about. Ladson-Billings…

up and walked towards me. “Hello, are you McKenna?” She said with a smile. I nodded and smiled back at her. “Well, hello McKenna, I am Ms. Nash and I will be your teacher for the year.” I so far liked her a lot. “Here I’ll show you to your seat and we can get you set up.” She had set up a big table in the back of the room for me to fit under. She helped me fit under the desk and get my stuff out so I’d be ready because the bell would ring a…

when the American school system deemed that more academic hours were more important than recess breaks and physical education classes. Children at a young age became sedentary while at school and that usually followed them home as school homework took precedence after school. Home video game systems were also a negative cause for people becoming sedentary for hours as it took no physical energy to play these games; the gamer diet wasn’t nutritional, usually consisting of fast-food, unhealthy…

of the playground to discuss their plans. We would always have fun, we would go from swinging on the ropes, to chasing each other around the playground. But years passed by and each year the fighting and gunshots that are happening around our neighborhood grew more and more. So my parents decided to move to a house outside of all this trouble making and fighting. So I had no choice but to tag along, didn’t really have an option I was only 4 years old. As we moved…

I threw my books on the bed And approached the jacket slowly, as if it were a stranger that I couldn’t wait to meet. As I stared at the black leather jacket I went to touch the leather sleeve and then the belts and buttons I heard my mom's voice “Your’ jacket is in the closet honey” As I was filled with dismay I looked through the closet as if it were the grossest thing on the planet. I searched and searched but to my joy and happiness there was no other jacket in the closet. I wanted to cry,…

God doesn't want us to blindly accept His teachings, he wants us to use our intellectual skills to analyze, probe, and question. However, we must never lose sight of the fact that our minds are inherently limited, whereas God's wisdom is infinite. We are obligated to question, but at the same time to unquestioningly accept each word of Torah to be the absolute truth. Only this method of study ensures the eternal survival of the Torah, guaranteeing…

66% of boys and 52% of girls play organized sport in the united states (Statisticbrain.com). Families in the American society place a significant value on sports and many of their lives revolve around it. From attending professional sports games to a child’s little league practice, it is so important that it cannot be missed. My view on sports is very similar to the functionalist point of view. I place a high value on the concept of competition, achievement, fair play, and individualism. The…