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Tipline: Are Pedometers
in School a Good Idea?
WGRZ-TV [Buffalo, NY], by Jeff Preval
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Posted By:PeoplesRepublikNY, 1/11/2013 6:16:56 PM
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| Pedometers track your physical activity, by measuring the steps you take each day. Now, they´re being used in several local schools to track the physical activity of students. Should schools require students to wear them? Several parents tell 2 On Your Side that they´re refusing to have their kids wear them and a prominent local attorney says they´re onto something. [Snip] The program, which originates from the U.S. Department of Education
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No doubt this Big Brother program is courtesy of Moochelle Obama and reflects the gtowing intrusions in our privacy by Obamacare. Four Buffalo-area school districts are implementing the program, and it´s being funded by $230,000 to $725,000 of YOUR taxpayer dollars.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Rafter, 1/11/2013 6:29:29 PM (No. 9111569)
I don´t think pedometers should be allowed to stalk our kids in school.
This is just outrageous.
We have so many tragic reports of abuse, of attacks, of molestations in schools...
Let´s get these filthy pedometers away from our kids as soon as possible!
Save the chillrun!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 1/11/2013 6:37:21 PM (No. 9111583)
Good grief, why not install a camera in everyone`s forehead after birth so Big Brother can follow us from cradle to grave. It`s important to know who is and who isn`t consuming a 17 oz soda. /s
One thing for sure, our govn has too much time on its hands. That`s why it needs to get smaller. The Founders had it right. The best govn is limited govn.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
markinalpine, 1/11/2013 6:38:33 PM (No. 9111585)
Good imitation of the Gilda Radner SNL character, #1.
Never mind!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rafter, 1/11/2013 6:39:50 PM (No. 9111587)
Sorry... but I forgot to add the "s/o"...
Bush´s fault... s/o
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
balogreene, 1/11/2013 6:44:59 PM (No. 9111596)
Sorry, it´s no one´s business how much a student walks. I have a pedometer, I´m supposed to walk 10,000 steps a day (1 mile) according to all the health sites. I have a desk job, I have things to do at home once I get there. I also have a bad back, and can´t walk much without extreme pain. But, my doctor refuses to give me pain killers that work. So, I just don´t walk. I admit, when I was a kid, I could have done better, but maybe that mile a day takes away from study time, and the child will flunk a class.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Topic Thunder, 1/11/2013 6:49:00 PM (No. 9111601)
It´s a great idea! I would connect the unit to a cattle prod and if the lazy twinkie-gorged tater tot doesn´t move fast enough - WHAM! Some bureaucrat in central control rams 50,000 volts up the kid´s keester!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
mitzi, 1/11/2013 6:56:42 PM (No. 9111610)
Doesn´t that discriminate against the handicapped? Some of them are unable to participate and I´m sure it their egos will take a hit.
It will make them feel like outsiders. /s
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
thewarden, 1/11/2013 6:59:30 PM (No. 9111616)
Read the comments of the sheep after the article... wow. Idiots all.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
lilo, 1/11/2013 7:55:13 PM (No. 9111671)
It doesn´t say anything about food consumption in the story, but several of the commenters mentioned they had a food diary to fill out as well, indicating how many servings of veggies each student ate during the day. Just plain creepy.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/11/2013 8:05:55 PM (No. 9111684)
My boys probably walked a mile before breakfast! They never sat down !
They wore out the tires on their bikes, wore the wheels off their scooters, wore their shoes out in less than a month.
Very fit and healthy, and loved being outdoors.
Of course, I allowed no TV during the week.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
saguni, 1/12/2013 9:30:52 AM (No. 9112345)
When I read the title and blurb, I thought, "Wow, what a quick way to justify eliminating Phys Ed...the pedometers show the kiddies get enough exercise running between classes."
Alas, it is not so innocent, they are supposed to confess what they eat along with the pedometer showing how they walk it off.
Oh, and...yeah, right! the form "doesn´t record" the children´s name or SS#...the teacher can write it down when they turn it in!
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