Keeping children safe?

[awa355]

Drove past the local playground today. ( It was on my way, alright??, no smartarse comments thanks,)

There was a school visit at the ground. About 20 or so children playing there.

All wearing Hi Viz vests. What the hell were the vests supposed to protect the kids against?

I wonder when some bright spark will think of making safety helmets, knee/elbow pads etc compulsory for the swings, slides etc.

Banning playgrounds all together is probably just around the corner. ?

[Stirts]

I wonder when some bright spark will think of making safety helmets, knee/elbow pads etc compulsory for the swings, slides etc.

No, they will just take the swings and slides away.

"Here's your playground kiddies, now go out and have some fun. But no gymnastics, bullrush, tiggy-touch and the likes hmmmmmkay"

[yungatart]

Yep, I noticed a bunch of primary school kids out for a walk with their teachers one day last week..all wearing hi vis, including the teachers.
It has become so commonplace, it no longer stands out!

[pzkpfw]

If one of them makes a break for freedom, it's supposed to be easier to spot them and return them to the collective.

[Woodman]

The amount of adults on their morning/afternoon/evening stroll wearing hivis vests around here makes me want to drive up on the footpath and run the fuckers over.

Cocks.

[James Deuce]

Can't be done. They invent lots of ways to do stuff to themselves.

[Subike]

So slowly the government has got us into uniforms.
""Look"" go the tourist, ""those are newszealanders ,you can tell them because of their orange uniforms""

The other replies, "yes it is their socialist government, like communism, must conform to the party


Train the children well, and they will do everything you tell them to do without complaining

[Virago]

A sign of the times unfortunately.

It's a two-fold thing. Firstly, if there's busy roads in the vicinity, the staff will invariably get the blame if little Johnny decides to jump in front of truck. Hi Vis is all about mitigating culpability.

Secondly (as has been mentioned), it makes the kids easier to spot and keep track of.

I'm aware of one instance in Dunedin where a primary school class was taken on a bush walk. One little shit-head decided to slip away and hide in the bush. He was noted as missing within minutes, but couldn't be found. Around three hours later, with police and search-and-rescue on the ground and a chopper in the air, he proudly came out on his own.

The shit-head's mother was outraged at the school's incompetence. She demanded that the "staff responsible" be sacked, while the shit-head stood and grinned beside her.

That's the sort of crap that teachers have to deal with today. If putting the kids in hi-vis when leaving the school grounds makes their job easier, it's just fine with me.

[awa355]

A sign of the times unfortunately.



The shit-head's mother was outraged at the school's incompetence. She demanded that the "staff responsible" be sacked, while the shit-head stood and grinned beside her.

That's the sort of crap that teachers have to deal with today. If putting the kids in hi-vis when leaving the school grounds makes their job easier, it's just fine with me.

He wasn't a shit head. He was simply expressing his 'Individuality" , and interacting with a challenging resourceful way.

That he needed a good kick up the arse, is beside the point. Not!!.

There is no way on Gods earth, I would be a school teacher in todays world.

Lolly scrambles are out now. The clowns on the xmas float parades this year have to hand the lollies to the kids. At least. there will be no more children throwing themselves under the floats, trying to retrieve the lollies. ?

[XxKiTtiExX]

No, they will just take the swings and slides away.

"Here's your playground kiddies, now go out and have some fun. But no gymnastics, bullrush, tiggy-touch and the likes hmmmmmkay"

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[Oakie]

it no longer stands out!

and yet

Yep, I noticed a bunch of primary school kids out for a walk ....all wearing hi vis

I think you contradict yourself ma'am. But it's OK. I chuckle whenever I read someone saying "I noticed" followed by some variation on how hi-viz doesn't work.

[FJRider]

Either the kid's wear High-vis gear as they walk on school events ... or it's on a bus the 100 meters to the playground.

But the parents wont mind paying the extra to keep their kids safe ... right ... ???

[scumdog]

He wasn't a shit head. He was simply expressing his 'Individuality" , and interacting with a challenging resourceful way.

That he needed a good kick up the arse, is beside the point. Not!!.

?

And his scone-doer mother also need a good kick!

[Road kill]

My grand kids living in Oz go to school each day wearing Hi viz,a floppy hat and sunglasses.

After half a coke or fanta,a straight jacket an handcuffs wouldn't go amiss either.

Bugger being a teacher now days,,much respect

[caseye]

Sorry Ken, but letting our kids be dressed up like flares so a teacher can't miss em is total BS.
No way should this be happening and no way should that spawns mother be allowed to have any more kids.
PC gone wrong, too fuc...g late.
Won't be long and NZ will be off all tourist destinations, locals are all wearing hi viz and snarling on the ends of their leads.