Negative memories of gym class may impact adults' lifestyle

Reuters ^ | 9/3/18 | Cheryl Platzman Weinstock

[Gene Eric]

further pussification of a once resilient society

but of course without the purveyors of pussification, there would likely be hardly any. So what to do when one gives a damn about the Country — become “MAGA”, become a “White Supremist”, or simply play Dodge Ball?

[Gene Eric]

No question PE can be brutal when one is “irregular”. And reasonable efforts should be made to ensure non-abusive involvement of any attending student. But the standard by which academic, physical, and intellectual excellence is determined shouldn’t suffer the irregularities”, especially the “voluntary irregularities”, being force upon today’s students and families.

Thanks for sharing, btw.

[Lazamataz]

I have never gotten over myself.

Over anything.

Ever.

[rxh4n1]

Shirts and skins flag football in 40 degree weather.

[Alberta's Child]

Memories of high school gym that had long-lasting effects on me:

BAD — We played dodge ball frequently, which wasn’t a problem except the occasional time when we were misbehaving and the gym teacher made us play with a tennis ball. I think I still have some welts on my body from that one, since one of my classmates in gym that year was a pitcher on the baseball team.

GOOD — We played floor hockey frequently, too. I hated hockey at the time but I got stuck playing goalie once and did phenomenally well. It made me pretty popular among the jocks in my graduating class who were impressed that I was willing to get peppered with a hockey ball while wearing minimal protective gear. It was also the first step in turning me into a huge hockey fan.

[Spok]

Did the survey include girls gym classes that included not only boys, but sick twisted boys?

[maddog55]

I kept looking at the girls phys ed teacher in highschool on the other side of the gym curtain. She was hot at the time. She said if I kept it up I’d get detention, I said that was point. Unfortunately I didn’t get detention.

[maddog55]

To follow up..about 30 years later the wife and I went back home to visit family. We’re in the grocery store and this overweight ugly woman in tight leather shorts says Hi to the wife and talks for a few. As we walked away I said who the F’ was that. She said your hot gym teacher.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember those days and not fondly. As a result I do not care about any sports at all. I believe the gym class caused my first mitral valve problems. Now have an artificial one.

Only good thing I can remember about gym was when I was sick and out for a few days. When I went back the class had broken up into basketball teams. As I had no team to go on the coach had me do Trampoline! I loved it and got good at it.

[jmacusa]

Same in my school Dodge ball made you think fast on your feet, that’s for sure.

[rellic]

I remember all my PE classes well for 7th to 11th grade.
it was extremely competitive.
I could run a five minute mile bare foot, my parents couldn’t afford Adidas in the early 70’sand I didn’t make enough doing news paper delivery and mowing yards to pay also.
I played with Varsity Football team off season.
They liked cross country runners because we were quick and had endurance.
I was ejected from PE school sports because I did not like people picking on me.
Cheat at baseball, basketball, Flag football, soccer when the coach or referee wasn’t looking and I got even, Times 10 you paid for being an a$$hole cheat.
I sent many people to the nurses offices after they cheated and was ejected from PE, or suspected from school.
I’m not a big guy, just average.
I still have a scar on my back from a coach pulling me off a Brown belt Karate kid that had just royally kicked my ass,
then laughed about it, and I got him off his feet.
I got a weeks suspension for that one.
Boomer era school was way different than today.
We fought.