According to the passage “Play Time is Over” by David Elkind,
many schools have eliminated recces in favor of more time for classes. He also
states that schools are hiring recess coaches to guide the students free time. The
consequences of these changes are that children don’t have enough free time to
play and because of this the “culture of childhood” is disappearing. The
passage states that the culture of childhood is the process where children
learn how to interact with each other, learn what is good and bad in their own
world.
The article also states that studies have found
that children who are most physically fit, tend to do good on school and I totally
agreed with it , I think is very important to exercise your body and your mind
in order to have a healthy and successful life
Also the adaptation to these new childhood life is going to
be hard for us as adults, we don’t know what is going on out there in the minds
of the new young generation. I think a leader, meaning a coach will be good
influence for the children. Is always good to know that there’s somebody
teaching and showing the children good ways to survive and to be a better
person.
I remember when I as a kid I had a free time similar to
recces but in my country we used to call it “Recreational Time” sometimes we
had a coach and I think when you have somebody guiding you, you become more
efficient, because you are focus and you always want to win any game or any
competition given by the coach, it becomes challenging. You always want the
best of you and you will get it if you have someone to push you in the right direction.
When we didn’t have a coach the situation was totally
different, when you are a kid and you have a lot of same age students around
you many things can happen. For example, I remember one occasion when we were
plying ide and sick without any supervision, the place was huge and one of my friends
got lost, we were looking for hours until we decided to call his parents. They
called the cops and they found him 2 miles away from us in a stranger neighborhood,
it was really scary and one of the worst days only because we didn’t have an
adult guiding us.