Rainy-day recess - a conspiracy theory

For years, I have insisted that we are conditioned to hate rain. Years ago, something popped into my head from the years of my life as a mental prisoner to our schools. I remembered how children in elementary school responded to the announcement of rainy-day recesses.


If it rained heavily enough, we would hear an announcement just before the start of recess. They would tell us that we would have recess indoors. All the children would react negatively. They wanted to go outside to play.

There's something else I have remembered. We had windows. Children knew when it was raining. They still wanted to go outside.

Think about this for a moment. We were told repeatedly that we could only enjoy the outdoors if the weather was dry enough. How do you think this influences the opinions of children? It seems clear to me. Children will develop a dislike of rain under these conditions.

It's a conspiracy. We are indoctrinating impressionable children with anti-rain values. It's not just the schools. Take a look at television and movies. They frequently use terms like "pleasant" and "lousy" to force viewers to associate those terms to certain conditions. If viewers fail to accept these terms, they will not be able to understand or enjoy what they are seeing.

Am I going too far? You're right. This is not actually a conspiracy. The schools have nothing to gain from convincing children to hate the rain. More than likely, they are worried about such things as catching a cold (which is not actually caused by cold) or children struggling to properly warm up when returning to class. Similarly, I don't believe that the studios are trying to manipulate us. They are merely reflecting how people act in the real world.

Although there is no conspiracy, my initial concern is still valid. When you are not allowed to enjoy the rain and are bombarded with pro-sun and anti-rain sentiments, our opinions can certainly be altered. It's not intentional, but we are definitely being conditioned to prefer warm and sunny weather over cool, damp, and refreshing.

I'm not saying that we would all prefer rain if we weren't subjected to all of this anti-rain nonsense. More than likely, most people would still prefer warm and sunny. After all, there has to be a reason that those are the opinions that became dominant. What I am saying is that more people would enjoy rainy days, and most people would at least be more tolerant of damp conditions if they formed their opinions free from outside influence.