"We need to get rid of all that baby stuff!" Naps to be banned in preschool!

[Analog]

Time May Be Up for Naps in Pre-K Class

By Nancy Trejos
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 15, 2004; Page A01


After lunch and snacks, alphabet and story times, the lights go off. Sixteen tiny bodies sprawl on a sea of red foam mats, the sounds of classical piano coaxing them to sleep.



And there they stay, tucked under Spider-Man and Powerpuff Girls blankets, until teacher Chantay Wynn switches on the lights 45 minutes later. "Come on, get up," Wynn chides 4-year-old Steven Dieu, lifting him from his mat. "Open your eyes."

It's a daily ritual for the pre-kindergarten students at Hoffman-Boston Elementary School in Arlington, as it is at countless schools across the country. But in the increasingly urgent world of public education, is it a luxury that 4-year-olds no longer can afford?

By asking that question, a few leaders of Washington area school systems have begun to challenge one of the pillars of the early school experience: afternoon naps.

"Nap time needs to go away," Prince George's County schools chief André J. Hornsby said during a recent meeting with Maryland legislators. "We need to get rid of all the baby school stuff they used to do."


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[AFB]

WTF ? What is wrong with naps for preschool ?

 

[Chumpman]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
WTF ? What is wrong with naps for preschool ?

 

[Azraele]

Nothing wrong with preschool naps.

 

Hell, I know I used to dig that sh!t when I was in preschool.

 

[AvesPKS]

Well there's your problem right there. This is an idea coming out of PG County...they're so busy trying to get the students not to kill each other or bring guns to school that they have no time to devote to credible educational programming.

 

[Shockwave]

Hell, I napped in Pre-K, I napped in K, I napped in HS, I napped in college and if I can sneak one in at nap at work.
Naps > all

 

[eakers]

i think kids that small NEED naps.

 

[Bulk Beef]

I think they should bring naptime in to the workplace.

 

[PliotronX]

Yeah, lets abolish the ability to go home after school. Then let's lock the school up nice and tight so every student is safe. Then let's impose uniforms and make them orange colored jumpsuits so we can spot any outsiders right away. Let's have armed guards to protect them from harm. Delinquent students will be put into a special room that is dark and secluded. Males and females will be seperated to prevent riff raff. Students that consistently show disrespect for the rules and signs of violence towards student body and staff will wear a straight jacket and spend time studying in a room padded from ceiling to floor. Parents will not be allowed on to the school premises.

Last but not least, if a student is caught smoking or with weapons or objects not fit under "acceptable school usage" terms, they shall be turned over to a "real" prison.

 

[T2T III]

Some politician has way **too** much time on their hands to be tackling the issue of naps in pre-school. Maybe, the politician should just take a nap with their extra time. Sheesh.

 

[DougK62]

Moron politicians. Hello - the kids are only FOUR.

 

[RossMAN]

Pre-school is a joke.

I started Kindergarten at age 5 and look at how I turned out

 

[brunswickite]

Originally posted by: PliotronX
Yeah, lets abolish the ability to go home after school. Then let's lock the school up nice and tight so every student is safe. Then let's impose uniforms and make them orange colored jumpsuits so we can spot any outsiders right away. Let's have armed guards to protect them from harm. Delinquent students will be put into a special room that is dark and secluded. Males and females will be seperated to prevent riff raff. Students that consistently show disrespect for the rules and signs of violence towards student body and staff will wear a straight jacket and spend time studying in a room padded from ceiling to floor. Parents will not be allowed on to the school premises.

Last but not least, if a student is caught smoking or with weapons or objects not fit under "acceptable school usage" terms, they shall be turned over to a "real" prison.

wtf are you talking about....

 

[waggy]

sheesh. first they stop recess now they want to stop naps? wtf is wrong with administration? kids need breaks. 4 year olds need naps! sheesh!

a few years ago the schools canceled recess's for all grades but kindergarten. it lasted about 4 years until the school board was blooded with hate mail and proof that what they were doing was far worse then a few skinned knees or such. The school board figured it would keep kids safer and they can use the extra time to learn more.

Christ. put someone who knows something about kids in charge.

 

[Vich]

"We need to get rid of all the baby school stuff they used to do."

THEY ARE STILL BABIES !

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Man a nap sounds good right about now...

 

[jhu]

hell, i still nap in med school

 

[SWScorch]

I propose that they institute naptime in college... lord knows I need it

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: SWScorch
I propose that they institute naptime in college... lord knows I need it

Seconded.

 

[prvteye2003]

Pre-K here is only half a day anyway. They can takes naps when they get home. But, I do agree that kids that age need naps.

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Pre-school is a joke.

I started Kindergarten at age 5 and look at how I turned out

Heh, heh. And look at me, I didn't go to no stinkin' preschool. I learned everything I need from cruising the neighborhood in my Big Wheel

 

[ElFenix]

i never slept during nap time in preschool anyway

 

[Buttzilla]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Hell, I napped in Pre-K, I napped in K, I napped in HS, I napped in college and if I can sneak one in at nap at work.
Naps > all

hahhaa so true!

 

[Eli]

WTF is wrong with naps in preschool?