I've read about some places doing this before, and it seems like an interesting idea. Maybe they'd feel more comfortable and be ready to learn more? Would it help for gym? Thoughts?
In countries like South Africa and new zealand attending school barefoot is often encouraged and in some instances compulsory. I think this is a great attitude and should be copied throughout the world especially in the case of primary schools where the feet are still developing.
In my own experience I was only really barefoot in PE
@GLITTER Lol, dirty skanks? We're talking about kids. And I don't see the problem with dirty feet if they're barefoot; seems easier to clean and healthier.
@SW-User We did for marching band once to focus on how we were moving our toes, etc. and practice doing that better. Also, many people wore flip flops often, so just took them off to practice marching when it was allowed. (If shoes were required, they'd just change into them and go back to sandals for the rest of the day if there was school, so a lot of us didn't wear socks anyway.) As for gym, one year it included swimming, so obviously we were barefoot for that, but I've read a lot about schools doing other parts of physical education barefoot.
