Monday, January 28, 2008

Boxing in Schools

In the Herald Sun, Les Twentyman is advocating that we introduce boxing into schools. The aim is to reduce some of the anti-social behaviour and giving boys in particular an outlet for their energy. The article is here:
 
Les is a social welfare worker, well-known in Victoria. Personally, I have no objection to boxing in schools. However, before going all out I would like to see the evidence that it works. I seem to recall boxers are good at getting into to trouble just as much as other people, e.g. Mike Tyson! This is a job for super crunchers (statisticians).
 
Bronwyn Pike (the education minister) might give a tentative go ahead (by turning a blind eye to it) but you can be sure that after the first letter to the paper complaining about a blood nose it will be instantly banned.

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