Cartwheel Ban in New Zealand
From the ‘what is the world coming to‘ file:
Kylie Buschgens’ 10-year-old daughter Cali was told not to do cartwheels at her north Queensland school because it was deemed too dangerous.
Belgian Gardens State School in Townsville has banned all gymnastics activities during breaks, claiming it is protecting students from injury.
another beautiful thing crushed by progress
We can put her in the same club with the 9 year old kid in Connecticut who pitches 40 mph and was banned from the league for being “too dangerous and discouraging to the other children”. Even though he never hit another kid with the ball.
Read about it here: http://tinyurl.com/5sduke
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@mike that story is tragic
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Hey! I got in trouble for that when I was in elementary school. I guess the big difference is my story didn’t make it into the newspaper. Cartwheels have been banned at Rancho elementary school for at least 17 years.
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