{"id":3259,"date":"2014-06-23T05:13:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T10:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2020-07-25T18:58:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T23:58:28","slug":"playground-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=3259","title":{"rendered":"Playground Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As far too many American schools become obsessed with time-on-task, achievement, and beating the rest of the world in long division, play, recess, and even socializing over lunch fade into memory. Kids in schools lucky enough to still have art, drama, or music programs often have to wake before dawn to attend \u201czero period\u201d or stay at school until dark, followed by an obscene quantity of homework. Stress levels are up, childhood obesity increases, school shootings have become commonplace and somehow still, the Dickensian shopkeepers tyrannically shaping education policy wish to extend the school day, lengthen the school year, and speed up the conveyor belt they mistakenly confuse for a learning environment.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/swing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3277\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"swing\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/swing-283x300.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/swing-283x300.jpg 283w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/swing-967x1024.jpg 967w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/swing.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a>it is worth noting that many of the nations \u201cbeating\u201d the USA academically (as if learning were a zero-sum game of winners and losers), have\u00a0<i>more<\/i>\u00a0recess than the United States. K-12 schools in my second home of Australia have a 20-30 minute late<i>\u00a0\u201cmorning tea\u201d\u00a0<\/i>and an hour for lunch and recess &#8211; through graduation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My favorite school in the whole world is Spensley Street Primary School in Melbourne, Australia. It&#8217;s <em>my happy place<\/em>. Spensley Street is a joyful K-6 public school of approximately 300 students that for decades has been based on open education (the real kind, not the open-source software nonsense). Everywhere you look, kids are doing things, making things, singing, playing, performing\u2026 Every two years, 6th graders go camping and compose a musical that the entire school then performs in.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3278\" alt=\"P1070556 - 2014-06-12 at 19-33-09\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070556-2014-06-12-at-19-33-091-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070556-2014-06-12-at-19-33-091-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070556-2014-06-12-at-19-33-091.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>When the Australian government mandated standardized testing in\u00a0order to rank schools from A-F, the Spensley Street community politely and quietly said, \u201cNo thank you.\u201d They are not freedom fighters. Just parents and educators who know what is best for the children in their care. If you want your child tested, write a letter requesting it. Last year, I believe that 14% did.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A few years ago, the community built a spectacular garden-like playground, complete with working vegetable garden, and wood-fired pizza oven. It is on the playground where the real joy of childhood is in full bloom. One day, I walked around the garden, ball field, and school yard observing the plethora of joyful ways these lucky kids were allowed to be kids. A five year-old girl escorted me at intermittent intervals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Playground\u00a0<\/b>(likely the first\u00a0<i>and<\/i>\u00a0last public poem by Gary Stager)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3268\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"P1070557 - 2014-06-12 at 19-34-54\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070557-2014-06-12-at-19-34-541-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070557-2014-06-12-at-19-34-541-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070557-2014-06-12-at-19-34-541.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Eating<br \/>\nDrinking, shrieking<br \/>\nYelling, screaming, running<br \/>\nChasing<br \/>\nTagging<br \/>\nJumping<br \/>\nFalling<br \/>\nPicking flowers<br \/>\nTurning tree branches into magic wands<br \/>\nChatting<br \/>\nGossiping<br \/>\nPiggybacking<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3275\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"photo 5\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/photo-51-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/photo-51-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/photo-51.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Kicking<\/div>\n<div>Throwing<br \/>\nCatching<br \/>\nDodging<\/div>\n<div>Digging<br \/>\nFlopping on the ground (&#8220;because you&#8217;re supposed to&#8221;)<br \/>\nHolding hands<br \/>\nTrying on a cape<br \/>\nWearing funny glasses<br \/>\nStudying a leaf<br \/>\nCuddling a stuffed stingray<br \/>\nDriving an invisible car<br \/>\nShouting pow pow pow while waving an imaginary weapon<a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070561-2014-06-12-at-19-43-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3272\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"P1070561 - 2014-06-12 at 19-43-05\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070561-2014-06-12-at-19-43-05-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070561-2014-06-12-at-19-43-05-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070561-2014-06-12-at-19-43-05.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTickling a furby<br \/>\nTree climbing<br \/>\nSwinging<br \/>\nDressing like a fairy princess<br \/>\nMaking new friends<br \/>\nWrapping a scarf around your friend&#8217;s face<br \/>\nKicking a pal down a slide\u00a0Shooting hoops<br \/>\nHissing at classmates<br \/>\nSmooshing a flower into your hand and then licking the resulting pollen<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; Explaining to the visitor, that&#8217;s &#8220;my special talent.&#8221;<br \/>\nBouncing<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"P1070568 - 2014-06-12 at 19-44-51\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070568-2014-06-12-at-19-44-51-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Hiding under the stairs<\/div>\n<div>Tying your feet together and walking around &#8220;for no reason&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Wearing my shirt inside-out and backwards<\/div>\n<div>Discovering that your snack box is covered in pesto<br \/>\nSinging<br \/>\nHugging<br \/>\nLaughing<br \/>\nFaking tears<br \/>\nCleaning up litter<\/div>\n<div>Being &#8220;stealthy&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3269\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070558-2014-06-12-at-19-36-24.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3269 \" alt=\"&quot;Being stealthy&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070558-2014-06-12-at-19-36-24-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070558-2014-06-12-at-19-36-24-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1070558-2014-06-12-at-19-36-24.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Being stealthy&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As far too many American schools become obsessed with time-on-task, achievement, and beating the rest of the world in long division, play, recess, and even &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[747,510,1297,1299,667,1298],"class_list":["post-3259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","tag-childhood","tag-educational-leadership","tag-great-school","tag-joy","tag-play","tag-spensley-street-primary-school"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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