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It’s Unity Day


No, really.

At my kids’ school. Here’s the description for this year from a note I received:

This year’s games are based on the television show “Survivor.” Embrace the theme, be creative, and most of all, have fun with it! When explaining the games to the students, please emphasize teamwork and sportsmanship.

I’ll try to not recall how I used to be involved in theater and can remember being told to pretend I’m a piece of bacon sizzling in a frying pan and that I needed to “embrace the frying pan.”

From the note home from the school:

Dear Parents,

Your child will be participating in “Unity Games,” an experience planned by the physical education department. These games will provide students with an opportunity to participate in a fun atmosphere on an even playing field. most of the activities require students to work together to solve a problem and don’t depend on the student’s ability to be the strongest or the fastest to be successful.

Maybe they should have invited supporters from the Clinton and Obama campaigns and the DNC.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:06 am June 2nd, 2008 in Barack Obama, Education, Hillary Clinton 

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8 Responses to “It’s Unity Day”

  1. 1 Kyle Kutuchief on June 2nd, 2008 10:00 am

    Jill,

    Good post. I think a game of dodgeball or kick-the-can might help get out some of the stresses of the primary. I’d also like to do the giant parachute if possible because that was always one of my favorites.

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on June 2nd, 2008 10:04 am

    That is great! Yes! The parachute – and you make different colors of the parachute run in or hold it down etc. Love it. lol

    We could make Clinton, Dean and Obama go under and have everyone else hold the parachute down over them until…when, until when exactly? :)

  3. 3 Lynda ONeal on June 2nd, 2008 10:18 am

    Well, don’t hold the chute too tightly for more than two minutes, or brain damage….no, wait………this is a whole new vista: politicomedical commentary.

  4. 4 Jill Miller Zimon on June 2nd, 2008 10:21 am

    Are you going to comment on Ted Kennedy today, other than wishing him luck. Eek – six hours of brain surgery!

  5. 5 Lynda ONeal on June 2nd, 2008 10:43 am

    My thoughts and prayers are with him. I haven’t always agreed with Sen. Kennedy, but I worked for both of his brother’s campaigns.There’s nothing cute or edgy to be said about a glioma. No matter wher it is, it’s a helluva problem. he will, however, have the best of medical care. My only wish is that everyone could access this quality of care.

  6. 6 Rich on June 2nd, 2008 11:45 am

    I wish the Senator well…my son went through similar surgery last year and one can’t imagine how much uncertainty and fear such a diagnosis results in. In this part of the world(Cleveland/Akron), we are very fortunate to have access to some of the best medical care in the world.

  7. 7 Ben K on June 2nd, 2008 1:01 pm

    I am surprised they are even doing anything like this at a school, because some kids have to win and some have to lose. I didnt think they did stuff like that anymore.

    “Unity Games?”

  8. 8 Jill Miller Zimon on June 2nd, 2008 1:09 pm

    Hi Ben – oh, there is plenty of winning and losing all year long. My kids have been in this district for nine years now and I’ve volunteered all over the place in both the elem. and middle school.

    Here’s an essay I wrote that was just published that specifically talks about my interaction with a child re: winning and losing while we were writing a classroom newsletter.

    Don’t worry – winning and losing is very much alive. Unity Day is a day that accommodates many of us who don’t think in those terms, though. And there are a lot of us. Two of my three kids have never thought about “winning and losing” while my youngest? Well, let’s just say that he still has a hard time accepting that CandyLand is a game of pure luck.

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