I was a sickly kid, and we didn’t know until 16 that it was related to an autoimmune disorder - so was my weight, as I was heavy. Renal insufficiency was making me hold water, and my blood pressure was typically in the 260’s/150’s, even with meds.
I had a few PE teachers who understood that the fault wasn’t mine, but for two of my high school years I had a teacher who dumped on me, even though I was written out of PE officially due to my health concerns. My Junior year she failed me, somehow, despite numerous doctor’s letters to the point that in Senior year, I was forced to attend PE but without participating. Nor could I do other classwork.
Woman was a cvnt. I was thrilled to leave.
However, for the brief period where I was able after dropping more than 110# of water weight, I did exercise. I was just happy that I could.
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.