A parent posted on the r/Pokemon channel on Reddit that a school had their child and the other children in their class sign an agreement that allowed them to play withPokemoncards. This school not only allows the kids to have the cards, but they also have rules for the kids to follow to promote them to play and trade fairly with one another.
“The Pokemon Agreement” includes rules like onlyplaying with their Pokemon cards duringrecess which is most likely just to keep them focused in the class, pretty standard of any teacher’s general class rules. “NO STEALING POKEMON CARDS!!!” is number one, getting the big no-no out of the way first. The agreement continues on into specific details: “Only trade GX for GX and EX for EX unless the other person is fine trading whatever.” A rule like this shows that the school administrator or teacher that wrote this is knowledgeable in thePokemon Trading Card Game, maybe even having played it themselves.
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“Make Fair Trades!!” is next, to emphasize the importance of negotiating with their classmates and competitors fairly. Even 5 and 6 year-olds can try to get one over on each other to obtain the card they really want to have. “Don’t play by GX or EX rules unless you want to.” Due to the rules of Pokemon-GX, if a GX Pokemon get knocked out, the victor would get to claim two prize cards. This rule is possibly set to either simplify the game for young kids and kids that may not know the GX rules or just keep the peace. No child would want to lose their most prized cards.
The last rule on the list in the event of a child losing cards due to misplacing them or other nefarious reasons is just another way for the teacher to try keep maintain peace and keep a child calm in case it happens. Children can get fussy when they lose their belongings.
An agreement like this with all the untidy handwriting in the black spaces of the page is heartwarming. The comments under the post are filled with people reminiscing on days when they would get in trouble with having the cards at school. Back whenPokemon cards first became popular, they were seen as a contentious item for kids to have in the eyes of teachers, school administrations, and some parents.
The world has come a long way in terms of howPokemoncards are viewed in society to the point where they’ve now becomehighly sought-after collectiblesthat can go for thousands of dollars.
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