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Math was always hard for me. But what I HATED was gym class. I still remember the gym teacher. She would divide the class into two teams to play against each other, and she ALWAYS put all the good athletes together on one team. The "losers" team always got crushed.

I, of course, was always put on the loser team (I'm the kid who was always picked last when kids were picking who was going to be on their team). One day after we got crushed by the good athletes, the gym teacher started yelling at us for being so bad at sports.

I lost my temper.

"Of COURSE the score is always lopsided!" I screamed. "You always put all the GOOD athletes on one team!"

"Oh, and you think *you* could do better?" she sneered.

"Yes!" I answered.

For some reason she decided to show me up. She told me to divide the class into teams. So I did, as fairly as I could. Then we played a game between the two teams.

The final score differed by ONE point between the two teams.

She never said a damned word to me again.

Gym teachers are scum.

#Gym #GymClass #GymTeachers #ElementarySchool #Bullies

Gym Class by alexandriabrangwin on DeviantArt

Not a good day for me (and I can blame myself for that 🙄), but we had a fun time canoeing instead of gym.
#water #outdoors #pupils #school #gymclass #canoeing
#ravenswoud #friesland #netherlands
Sub to my yt for longer vids #vr #basketball #gymclass
Mans rlly dropped the ball Sub to my yt for longer vids #vr #basketball #gymclass

Was not expecting to solve a ~30 year old personal mystery today, but one of the two albums my elementary school Gym teacher used to make us dance to was definitely “Popcorn with Hot Butter”. Which has the versions of‘Popcorn’, ‘Apache’ and ‘Pipeline’ that have been living in my head these last several decades. The other one was a bunch of square dance calls. I have no hope of recognizing those out in the wild.

I would love to know the story behind why those two albums.

#Synth #Moog #SquareDance #HotButter #GymClass #MysterySolved

6 Things I Wish My Gym Teachers Had Done Differently | Lydia Schoch

Enabling children to engage in more frequent and more team-based activity will benefit the development of their attention, planning, and self-control, particularly at grades 3 and 4. #Recess #GymClass #Sports #ADHD #NICHDImpact
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34240519
Amount and type of physical activity as predictors of growth in executive functions, attentional control, and social self-control across 4 years of elementary school - PubMed

This paper used a nationally representative sample of children from the United States to examine the extent to which physical activity and sports participation may promote growth in children's executive functions (EFs), attention, and social self-control over time. Using data from the ECLS-K:2011 (N …

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Shorts and jeans as options for gym class should be a human right.

#HumanRights #shorts #jeans #JeanShorts (implied as a combo option) #GymClass #PhysEd