Do you remember the good old days? When the best part of school was recess; I centrally do. In the article ” Playtime is Over” David Elkind talks about how schools are nowadays and how recess is being taken away from children, and having recess coaches while ghe kids play. I believe that children deserve to keep their recess because it is an important part of their childhood.
Recsess is what keeps “the culture of childhood” from disappearing. The culture of childhood “is found all over the world. It includes songs, riddles, and rhythms passed on by one generation to another. Child games – such as marbles, hopscotch, and hide-and-seek- are also included in the culture of childhood. Most of these games have been played by everyone and if you werr to ever hear the names you would know exactly what game one was talking about.
Recess is also a “socializing procces”. Children are able to make new friends, because usually as kids are about to start playing a game other children want to join in. At recess children also learn to “settle their own quarrels, to make and break their own rules, and to respect the rights of others”. Children also learn that “friends could be cruel as well ss kind, and that life was not always fair”. Every kid should be able to experience this on their own.
Lately schools are increasingly hiring “recess coaches”. Recess coaches are there to basically control recess activities and not allow children to do what they want. Even “critics have suggested that such coaching is another example of the “over scheduling and over programming of our children”. Although recess coaches may not be wanted, but it is a far better choice than eliminating recess forever.
Recess will always be an important part of a child’s gorth and culture. They learn many skills during recess and well it is always great to have a little break from learning.