tickling experiments

[tommytickler]

i have a friend thats a teacher and i got her to maybe do a tickling experiment for her class, can anyone make up a phony simple experiment complete with charts and stuff? that would be great, i'll post the results in a few months if it works

 

[ontheverge]

As a teacher, as well as a concerned citizen, I beg you to reconsider your decision to do this. The ethical, moral, and legal implications are staggering. Also, there are always students who have issues related to being touched, or are being abused. To provoke the child's fear in a school setting would be extremely damaging.

Thanks for listening.

 

[tommytickler]

it's not what you think, the teacher i talked to has been doing this for years, but she is just planning on recording (writing down) some results this time. when she teaches the 5 senses, and she does thouch, she has them guess what is being brushed on their foot- feather, cottonball. balloon etc. and this time she is just going to ask "did that not tickle, tickle a little or tickle a lot" she has been doing this to show sensitivity of the feet for years, she has discussed teh issue of kids being comfortable with being touched etc, and always makes this an optional thing. i hope this clears some things up. thanks