Essay on Games We Play at Recess

(Benokraitis, p.73). Growing up my parents didn’t really let my siblings and I watch much TV or play on electronics. If we asked to watch TV, my mom would tell us to just read a book or something, which at the time seemed unfair, but now I appreciate what she did because I really enjoy reading. We weren’t allowed to have a television or computer in our rooms, and we still don’t to this day. We didn’t get cell phones until we were 15, which seemed like a really long time to wait when all your…

The Ultimate Sport Pow! The disc smacked me right in the lip while and everyone cheered. Ultimate Frisbee began for me in middle school. Every recess, my friends and I would run outside with an old disc as fast as we could to play. Ultimate is a great sport that requires a ton of skill as well as physical endurance. In middle school, I already knew how to run because I ran cross-country, so the endurance was not difficult too hard for me to master. All the other kids hated the running, but I…

In the NPR story “Why Play Doesn’t End with Childhood,” Dr. Stuart Brown clearly defines what play is and how it can help adults to recess. It is very true that play is very necessary and important for adults to release all kinds of pressure from modern life and maintain their social wellbeing. I am well engaged in playing basketball – something that Dr. Brown would regard as play – and it helps me to relieve my stress, train my ability of teamwork and develop my analytical and strategic…

Baby Hippos The soul purpose of school is to get an education, it’s not to make friends,or pass time it’s just to get an education, but some people seem to forget that. Most students tend to find a balance between being social and getting their work done, but once in awhile there’s that one person who cares too much about either being social or getting their work done, and that was exactly the case for the girl who forever changed my life, Valerie. Valerie was the stereotypical popular girl she…

Dodgeball: A famous game played across america but not for long because there are getting rid of the game. We should not ban Dodgeball but modify it so we can keep the fun game around. Dodgeball would help children prepare for the real world. Also it help them gain confidence for themselves. While showing them very important life lessons. In Dodgeball kids need to learn and understand that losing is not always looked down on. Dodgeball would help the children understand that just because if…

and his friends were watching a game on T.V. It was a match between Brazil against Spain. I never really paid attention to soccer, but that night my uncle, my dad little brother, forced me to watch the game with them. I didn’t really understand the rules or the point to the game, but my dad and uncle would take turns explaining why is this player is throwing the ball or why is that player kicking the ball into a wall of people in front of him. Throughout the whole game I notice one player. He…

Even today I still remember clearly what happened that fateful day. Why I did it, I’m not exactly sure but it wasn’t fun, at least for Patrick it wasn’t. I was back in 3rd grade, young, innocent, and having the time of my life. It was Spring almost Summer and it had been a decent year, nothing special but little did I know today was going to be exciting. This is when I lived in South Haven which had a population of like 10 people not including tourists. I would move to Kalamazoo in about one…

their necklaces, we went to a computer room and the kids were able to learn to read and follow directions while playing games on a website called Tynker. Later on, Ms. Pickholtz and I dropped them off in the cafeteria and as we walked back to the classroom we talked about my future plans as a teacher and why teachers are important. After lunch, we walked out to an area beside the field because both the playground and field were wet that day and the children were allowed to play with jump-ropes,…

Children Need to Play, Not Compete In her essay “Children Need to play not Compete”, Jessica Statsky determines that both non-contact and physical games played at six to twelve years old could have long haul results for the child as both a player and a fan. Statsky states numerous purposes behind her view, including the danger of physical and mental mischief, the selectivity and people who get to be excessively consumed with winning. Stansky’s articulation is decently upheld all through her…

Imagine looking out the window seeing little kids playing outside, while you are sitting in a boring subject learning about chemical bonds. You don’t have recess so you are sitting all day. While others might want to be a scientist or an architect, my goal is a basketball player. This is a big goal, but one subject in particular can help. Although when becoming a basketball player you need to get good grades, one subject in particular can help me more. This subject is gym. In gym class you are…