I went through that crap in gym too. I liked most stuff, but couldn't do anything in an inverted position because I would pass out. I told the gym teacher a billion times I could not do a handstand. She forced me to do it; I collapsed and had to be taken out on a stretcher because I hurt my back. Grrrrr.
And a lot of parents are all for zero-tolerance ... until their own kid gets caught in it.
A world of truth there.
I really wish I had the time and energy to fight the system each and every time it has been ridiculous, but there is only so much a single person can do. There have been so many battles over the years with the school system, and I have another 4 years to go. Ugh.
Huh, I never needed a note to say, "Can't, not gonna." Of course, it wasn't like the PE teacher was going to frogmarch me around the track. A Gandhi-esque bout of lump-on-the-groundness seemed to work.
Mostly I bowed out of things that involved flinging myself around. They brought out gymnastics equipment and expected a bunch of lumps to cavort on the stuff, whereas all I saw were broken bones in my future.
Oh, and swimming in high school.
I was very lucky wrt gym. K-8 all of my gym teachers were wonderful about letting me participate as much as I felt comfortable, without ever questioning me. In highschool, I had another study period.
A Gandhi-esque
I believe you mean Ganjhi.
Maybe he'd been smoking the ganjhi.
Now when I experience inappropriate giggling when someone mentions Gandhi it is all P-C's fault. Or I could blame it on the ganjhi. Either way much explaining will have to follow.
Hey, hivemind. I'm doing tshirts for my BFF's son's charity walk. I've designed a "superman" theme, but I can't find a royal blue tshirt on zazzle or cafepress. Any other sites where you can create your own stuff?
Thanks!
FYI, I got an email from Emily, and her school is now blocking b.org. She said to let you all know.
back to work
Home-schooling is legal; bashing in the head of a school administrator for acting like a Barney Fife in a low-budget women-behind-bars flick probably isn't. I'm just trying to stay out of jail, here.
Good call then with the home schooling!!!!
