By Encarnacion Pyle
The Columbus Dispatch 

Program aims to build endurance, self-esteem among girls

 

November 6, 2016



COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At first glance, it looked like an ordinary game of freeze tag.

But in reality, the seven girls running around the Ohio School for the Deaf were learning a valuable lesson about bullying — all while getting in some heart-pumping exercise.

During the first version of the game, two girls gleefully playing the roles of bullies chased three others around the gym. Meanwhile, two onlookers ignored the chaos and did jumping jacks.

But for the second round, the bystanders were allowed to stop exercising whenever one of the bullied girls got tagged out so they could run over and u...



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