All work and no play? Says who?

Our educational system might be back-assward. They might not be the first to produce MIT students and Harvard grads, but there is one thing that they do right. Or - at least back in MY day they did right. That's have nap time, art or music time, and PLAY time.

Driving by my old elementary school I see the rusted bones of what was once a colorful jungle of metal -- monkey bars and slides and swings and those big round things that we climbed on. You know - like a half-ball sticking up out of the ground. The thing that always resulted in a broken arm by some sociopath-to-be Johnny who wanted to prove his immortalization by walking across the top of the 1/2" bar with "look no hands!" all while hollering out some girls name and saying dirty things and dancing and singing some song his big brother "always jams" - you know him. BAM. Right to the ground on his arm... haha. Sorry. Sometimes you've just gotta laugh.

So there it is - the playground. Then I drive through the "old" park and the "new" park looking at both the dilapidated, dangerous items and then the new, safety-first, playground fun things.

Play Time.

Think about it. What if every business had a play ground. Sure...some have gyms where you can work out. Racketball courts. yadda yadda yadda. But what if we had ADULT-sized See-Saws, swing-sets, jungle-gym bars, and those big animals on springs that let you bounce and swing around in circles!!? Can you see it?

Why do kids get to have all the fun?

It's really not fair. And it's not reasonable. If there were playgrounds for grown-ups, how many of you would go?? So how hard could it be to come up with some designs for adult-sized kids? Does anyone agree? Anyone interested in designing a playground? Or, a "Team-building Area for Executives."

If you are, give me a shout. I'm serious about playtime, now.