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Let me guess, you're one of those who thinks your opinion is more meaningful than mine because (maybe) you have?
God forbid people share their opinions on this site and certain others don't like them.
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Second, going off of what I just said, I don't think such young kids need to learn "coping mechanisms" in school. I don't think it's appropriate because teachers are not therapists or mental health experts or life coaches, and I don't think it's one size fits all. So, I think it is a waste of time.
And your professional qualifications are? Teachers are professionals, who need to take numerous social and behavioral science courses. Principals/Asst. Principals even more, and don't forget, there are specialists at the district level. Your intuitions do not supplement that training, does it?
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I think every kid has separate personal issues and personality quirks, if they have any issues at all at their ages, and each kid needs special attention or techniques to cope with them if necessary. Yoga does not work for everyone. Some people find that type of more spiritual relaxation complete BS. Some kids will not magically de-stress from a school yoga session. You act as if this yoga is a blanket solution for everyone.
Have you ever done any kind of yoga? Have any university training in social sciences? Worked with students of elementary age? Made any policy based on expert opinion? Seen outcomes of programs? Measured those outcomes?
If so, please advise how that experience impacted your opinion expressed above.
How do you think Christianity became the number 1 religion? It sure wasn't out of love.
The idea that Christianity was spread by force is, for the most part, inaccurate and silly. Spaniards did it in Central America but that's the rare exception. Europe became Christian through... preaching.
And your professional qualifications are? Teachers are professionals, who need to take numerous social and behavioral science courses. Principals/Asst. Principals even more, and don't forget, there are specialists at the district level. Your intuitions do not supplement that training, does it?
Have you ever done any kind of yoga? Have any university training in social sciences? Worked with students of elementary age? Made any policy based on expert opinion? Seen outcomes of programs? Measured those outcomes?
If so, please advise how that experience impacted your opinion expressed above.
Oh, give it a rest. I have an opinion, and you have a different one. I don't need to post my qualifications and I frankly don't care about yours or anyone else's. Get over it.
I have made my point and given sufficient reasons why I feel that way, and given alternate options (that already exist) for those intensely stressed out and emotionally troubled elementary kids.
Perhaps you should learn what the phrase "I think" means, and any variation - "I don't think," "I believe," "in my opinion." Every part of my post that you quoted was me expressing an opinion. You are not going to change it or bully me into thinking I could be wrong just because there are some "professionals" out there (and btw, no teachers are NOT mental health professionals unless they have dual degrees) who think yoga in schools is necessary and works. I don't doubt that there are also some professionals out there, teachers and parents, too, who think that it is NOT.
Schools around the nation are adding yoga programs, which have proven to help reduce students’ stress and anxiety levels. But one Georgia district found the reaction to its lessons anything but calm.
Bullard Elementary School in Kennesaw decided to make changes to its yoga classes after Christian parents complained about the Hindu origins of the exercises.
“No prayer in schools. Some don’t even say the pledge, yet they’re pushing ideology on our students,” mother Susan Jaramillo told 11Alive. “Some of those things are religious practices that we don’t want our children doing in our schools.”
The school hasn’t cancelled yoga; however, principal Patrice Moore sent a letter of apology to parents and vowed to tweak the program.
Yoga can also help children with anger issues, bullying or anxiety over school work, Crawford said.
More control from the religious community. I'm assuming that parents would rather have their kids hooked on over the counter drugs because it's worked so very well for their parents.
I am one for not having any religious teaching in schools but this isn't teaching kids about religion either.
Yes, beware the evil yoga.
Watch out for that "music of the devil" - rock and roll, too.
I guess they'll want to ban dancing next, like in "Footloose".
The lunatic fringe Christians make normal, everyday Christians look so backward and unsophisticated.
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I'm a Deist, and usually disagree with fundamentalist Christians, but I have to support them in this case. If there is any religious content in that Yoga class it needs to be removed. Remember, the separation between Church and State?? The reason that we don't like prayer in school?? The reason why evolution has to be taught and not that literal interpretation of Genesis? The same principle says that you can't have Hinduism as an official course, other than in a comparative religion class.
Healing crystals? Whatever you believe about that stuff, peddling them at school is seriously messed up.
I can't even stand it when people sell their stupid band chocolate or whatever other nonsense they want to make us buy.
I know what you mean, healing crystals are almost as crazy as the story about a zombie Jewish carpenter born to a virgin mother that was murdered by his own father because he was pissed off about someone eating fruit from his favorite tree.
Location: In a little house on the prairie - literally
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Originally Posted by JerseyGirl415
Oh, give it a rest. I have an opinion, and you have a different one. I don't need to post my qualifications and I frankly don't care about yours or anyone else's. Get over it.
I have made my point and given sufficient reasons why I feel that way, and given alternate options (that already exist) for those intensely stressed out and emotionally troubled elementary kids.
Perhaps you should learn what the phrase "I think" means, and any variation - "I don't think," "I believe," "in my opinion." Every part of my post that you quoted was me expressing an opinion. You are not going to change it or bully me into thinking I could be wrong just because there are some "professionals" out there (and btw, no teachers are NOT mental health professionals unless they have dual degrees) who think yoga in schools is necessary and works. I don't doubt that there are also some professionals out there, teachers and parents, too, who think that it is NOT.
Exactly, you "think" and it's your "opinion". Your feeling, your intuition.
Everyone can have opinions, however, there is only one set of facts. You have presented none, which I expected. As such, policy directives based on opinion are worthless and should never be considered. Based on factual evidence, you bet.
BTW, is yoga necessary? Absolutely not. However, there is evidence that it is a useful tool. Why take it out of the tool box?
Watch out for that "music of the devil" - rock and roll, too.
I guess they'll want to ban dancing next, like in "Footloose".
The lunatic fringe Christians make normal, everyday Christians look so backward and unsophisticated.
As opposed to those lunatic fringe folks that want to ban:
Coal
Oil
Fracking
Natural Gas
Strip Mining
Whale Hunting
Lumber yards
Hunting
Free Speech
The Right to Bear Arms
Christianity
Rich People
The Sanctity of Marriage
Eating Meat
Voting Cards
Capitalism
Cops
I know what you mean, healing crystals are almost as crazy as the story about a zombie Jewish carpenter born to a virgin mother that was murdered by his own father because he was pissed off about someone eating fruit from his favorite tree.
It's rather more complicated and subtle than that.
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