Slap Fu

I asked the boy how his day at school was.
' Me and bob had a dead arm fight and then me and jack arm wrestled.'
'No I mean, how was the class bit- where you learnt stuff?'
'OK.'
'What did you do?'
'Usual.'
'Like what?'
'Can't remember.'
'So you didn't learn anything?'
'Yes we did.'
'If you can't remember, then you didn't learn it.'
'Oh, we had IT.'
'That's good, what did you do?'
'Me and Dick are way ahead and the supply teacher let us play games.'
'Did you have a GOOD day?'
'Yeah it was great. I invented a new martial art. It's called Slap Fu. You put one hand behind your back and wave your arms about and score points if you manage to slap someone in the face.'
'Oh.'

Playground

People complain a lot about the quality of schools these days but I challenge them to compare their kids' schools unfavourably against this one we spotted while walking towards Ewood Park yesterday. Man those kids must be tough.

On the other hand maybe this is the sort of thing we need to redress the balance in a world of health and safety regs and risk assessments. My favourite part of the playground is the concrete protuberances. I hope they won a design award.