Ah yes, PE...

[kengr]

Is school PE really the answer to “childhood obesity?”

I wasn't fat back then (in fact, from looking at the one pic I have, I was *skinny*) but I hated PE for similar reasons. Having "asthma" meant many PE activities were hell. And far too few gym teachers took more than a minor notice of the fact that I wasn't physically *capable* of keeping up with the other kids.

Given that until High School I was *walking* two miles to school (when I wasn't biking) and that the last half dozen blocks involved a 300 foot uphill climb, I wasn't "unfit". I just wasn't in shape for anything that involved running, or arm strength.

How many of you wish it was a punishable offense for gym teachers to show scorn for any pupil just because they "couldn't keep up" or were bad at an activity?

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[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kengr]

I wasn't that sedentary. Besides the hill on the way to school, there was the 500 foot slope from my house to the river. Where I played daily.

I was never *fast*. And as I said, my arm strength was pretty sad. But I wasn't "poorly conditioned". Heck, besides riding my bike all over town, I participated in a 20 mile walkathon once. With my only problem being a blister.

I daresay that if I'd been able to jog along at *my* pace I might have been capable of a marathon. Though I'd have had to alternate between walking and "running" a lot.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[mistresscayenne.livejournal.com]

While I was able to participate okay, I was always an odd egg. Ridicule and all were part and parcel to me. It is why all of my friend are full of such great character from the wild humanity that they have survived. To this day I have a hard time coping with my peers. I do not like them and they do not like me. My closest friends see that I don't cope all that well with day-to-day life in general. I feel deeply for all the people and kids that are different enough to be pushed to the side and trampled over.

Chrissy Michelle
Cayenne Photos!

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[mistresscayenne.livejournal.com]

Being from the mid-west and transported to california I was at a disadvantage. Not only were the schools better in Wisconsin, but I have a fairly high IQ. This put me at odds with my peers and the teachers, most of whom just thought I was craving too much attention. Some of the teachers saw a glimmer of brightness in me and suggested that I be bumped up a grade in school. I was all set to jump from second to forth, but my MOTHER wanted me to stay with my peers. What a miserable decision that turned out to be for me. So

Ace, and Shadow, it seems that we all belong to the same club that sees people for what they are on the inside.

Chrissy Michelle
Cayenne Photos!

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[mistresscayenne.livejournal.com]

I was a whole lot luckier than both of you. I have been fairly physically capable most of my life. But now being a female I am quickly losing strength and stamina. I do feel that gym teachers should be much more giving to those that have trouble. I think the major problems is the limited resources that plague our school systems around the nation.

Chrissy Michelle
Cayenne Photos!

[kengr]

Trust me, it's *not* resources. It's *attitude*. If you aren't good at sports and the "exercises" you aren't trying.

The undisguised *contempt* of the gym teachers is pretty obvious.

btw, that scene in Brooke - Naked in School in the locker room on monday? It's based on experience. Except they didn't piss on things. They just hid them. And the coach thought I was overreacting. Even when it was weekly or even daily occurence.

If I'd known then what I know now, I'd have demanded that he call the cops.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

My current abiding hatred for organized sports is a direct result of school PE. I was small, nearsighted, and unpopular. The "coach" would organize sports in such a way, like dodge ball, that those of us who were nerd, weak, or some other brand of reject, on one side and his athletic prodigies on the other and let them beat on us unmercifully. I now tend to look at athletes as low-brow scum who could be best used as experimental animals (as they already have the animal part down pat) or single-use mine detectors.

Yes, I know my feelings are unreasonable, uncharitable, and unworthy of anyone who calls himself human, but deep down, thats the way I feel. I thank "coaches" everywhere for their concern and tutelage, instilling me with a solid picture of my true worth and others with the idea that its a fine thing to beat on those different from themselves.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

How many of you wish it was a punishable offense for gym teachers to show scorn for any pupil just because they "couldn't keep up" or were bad at an activity?

PUNISHABLE BY HANGING (by their toes)!!!