(By Michael Alison Chandler, The Washington Post)
A playground pastime is getting a timeout this spring at a McLean elementary school.
Robyn Hooker, principal of Kent Gardens Elementary School, has told students they may no longer play tag during recess after determining that the game of chasing, dodging and yelling "You're it!" had gotten out of hand. Hooker explained to parents in a letter this month that tag had become a game "of intense aggression."
The principal said that her goal is to keep students safe and that she hopes to restore tag (as well as touch football, also now on hold) after teachers and administrators review recess policies.
The decision has touched off a debate among parents. Some call the restriction an example of overzealous rulemaking that fails to address root problems and undermines children's development; others say it's best to err on the side of caution.
Germany Plans to Send 1,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
The German government plans to send 1,000 additional troops to Afghanistan
by the end of this year, Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung announced on
Tuesday, June 24. The issue is likely to be a political hot potato.
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24.05. - Born and raised in Germany but many Turkish immigrant's
descendants still don't call it home
Even when immigrant workers do manage to settle in a country and lay down
roots, the next hot potato inevitably emerges - the question of
integration.
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"Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off." The Long Good-Bye (1953) by Raymond Chandler
At McLean School, Playing Tag Turns Into Hot Potato
(By Michael Alison Chandler, The Washington Post)
Word of the Day
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| Potatoes |
A problem so controversial and sensitive that it is risky to deal with. For example, Gun control is a political hot potato. This term, dating from the mid-1800s, alludes to the only slightly older expression "drop like a hot potato," meaning "to abandon something or someone quickly" (lest one be burned). The idiom alludes to the fact that cooked potatoes retain considerable heat because they contain a lot of water. (© Houghton Mifflin Company)
tag 童戲 "替死鬼"?
- Games. A children's game in which one player pursues the others until he or she is able to touch one of them, who then in turn becomes the pursuer.
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━━ n. 鬼ごっこ; 【野】タッチアウト.
play tag 鬼ごっこをする.
━━ vt. （-gg-） （鬼ごっこで）鬼がつかまえる; 【野】タッチアウトする; 【レスリング】（仲間に）タッチする.
tag up 【野】（ランナーが）タッチアップする.
tag team 【レスリング】タッグチーム.
play tag 鬼ごっこをする.━━ vt. （-gg-） （鬼ごっこで）鬼がつかまえる; 【野】タッチアウトする; 【レスリング】（仲間に）タッチする.
tag up 【野】（ランナーが）タッチアップする. tag team 【レスリング】タッグチーム.美國畢業典禮演說的花樣很多：講台如職業摔角場。
National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and his brother, New York Times reporter John Tagliabue, delivered a tag-team commencement speech at the ...
tag team n.
A team of two or more wrestlers who take turns competing against one of the wrestlers on another team, with the idle teammates waiting outside the ring until one of them is tagged by their competing teammate.
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