PE - Could you cope?

[Attero]

I was reading up on the article on the BBC website about PE and how it has changed and should be reverted back to it's old ways.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11814633

 

It just made me think... how did you all of you cope with it?

 

 

For me, I found every bit humiliating.

I have no co-ordination skills with my own body (I can't catch and I can't throw or kick in the direction that I would like the ball to go).

I couldn't climb a rope.

I froze up too quickly in cold weather.

I have a fear of destroyed appearance - such as loss of teeth so I got freaked out everytime something came near my face at insane speeds (which they did - quite often).

 

My biggest problem was that I was put in the class with the schools (which consisted of 1600 students) top PE students. So I was constantly shouted at by "fellow" team members. I just never had motivation or confidence to do anything right.

 

So I wasn't the top PE student - I was the top PE loser.

 

The thing I could do best was play Rounders and do Sprints (I was always quite a fast runner).

 

In the end, I just had to turn round and tell the PE teachers where to shove their PE lessons.

 

How did you find it?

[adnanshah247]

captain of football team from years 7-9. captain of cricket team from year 10-12.

[supra_aero]

Thing I hated the most was the showers.

 

And what was worse is one of the gym teachers threatened to play a "shower game" .

 

If he caught you leaving the changing room with dry hair he'd line you up with the other boys he caught (was boys school) to have a private intimate shower with him!!! And he showered butt naked!!

 

What a paedo!! He'd never get away with that now. Used to scare the crap out of me. I hated the showers most as don't like showering with other men (no surprise) especially in communal showers!!!

 

What a bast*rd he was. Gonna google him now actually see whats happened to him.

[Attero]

Thing I hated the most was the showers.

 

And what was worse is one of the gym teachers threatened to play a "shower game" .

 

If he caught you leaving the changing room with dry hair he'd line you up with the other boys he caught (was boys school) to have a private intimate shower with him!!! And he showered butt naked!!

 

What a paedo!! He'd never get away with that now. Used to scare the crap out of me. I hated the showers most as don't like showering with other men (no surprise) especially in communal showers!!!

 

What a bast*rd he was. Gonna google him now actually see whats happened to him.

 

Keep us updated.

[evinX]

I was chubby at school and always had bloody tight clothes with made me feel stupid, and to top it of my teacher was really horrible to me that really did break the confidence ( i got my own back on him on facebook a few years later..haa ha HA!) but i had a horrible time when it came to pe. lol

[Safely Insured]

It is character building, something kids of today need as much of as possible.

 

I'll never forget the olds days of being screamed at to keep running on cross country or being made to complete the course with a 3 inch bit of skin flapping from my knee after falling on a flint..

 

I wouldn't change these memories for the world.

 

All children shoulld be doing PE, and if they are not they should have a damn good excuse as to why.

 

Ollie

[supra_aero]

Keep us updated.

 

Can't find the guy on the website - gutted. He's fled!

[jonathanc]

I thought you meant Premature Ejaculation when I first saw the title

[Matt H]

Thing I hated the most was the showers.

 

Yeah that,

 

I wasn't a fan of jumping in the showers either. In fact, I tried to avoid it at all costs unless I was covered in dirt. Strange however, because now I wouldn't think twice about getting my kit off in public

[Abz]

I loved PE, that and Science were the only 2 subjects which loved and would always look forward too each week!

 

Without bragging, I became quite good at sports, played football for Millwall, Basketball for Leopards. I was in my school team for Cricket, Badminton, Table Tennis, Gymnastics, Tennis and not to mention Football. Did the cross country runs, sprints and also other events at the large School Vs School events. I then went on to do Karate, then Boxing, followed by Kick Boxing and now starting Wing Chun.

 

I think that PE helped me build my character, my confidence and strengths.

 

It is vital everyone does it, I know a lot of guys and mainly girls in my school who hated doing PE! I just couldn't get my head round why they would hate it! It was so enjoyable plus you have this competition edge which pushed you further each time. This is something which needs investment and I agree, without this we will continue to grow as an overweight nation. When I was younger you didn't get too many fat kids, just a few but now you see loads!

 

When I was working in Paris recently I noticed I didn't even spot one fat person!

[Attero]

I loved PE, that and Science were the only 2 subjects which loved and would always look forward too each week!

 

Without bragging, I became quite good at sports, played football for Millwall, Basketball for Leopards. I was in my school team for Cricket, Badminton, Table Tennis, Gymnastics, Tennis and not to mention Football. Did the cross country runs, sprints and also other events at the large School Vs School events. I then went on to do Karate, then Boxing, followed by Kick Boxing and now starting Wing Chun.

 

I think that PE helped me build my character, my confidence and strengths.

 

It is vital everyone does it, I know a lot of guys and mainly girls in my school who hated doing PE! I just couldn't get my head round why they would hate it! It was so enjoyable plus you have this competition edge which pushed you further each time. This is something which needs investment and I agree, without this we will continue to grow as an overweight nation. When I was younger you didn't get too many fat kids, just a few but now you see loads!

 

When I was working in Paris recently I noticed I didn't even spot one fat person!

 

I blame that on the fast food restaurants nowadays though. They seem to be a priority over home-made meals. I think home education would solve this problem.

[Ian W]

Absolutely loved PE (not premature ejaculation btw). Ended up doing it right up to and including sixth year by doing 'module' and 'higher grade'

 

Was the highlight of my day to be honest. Only slightly embarrassing part was when my teacher consistently used me as an example of what to do i.e. "now Ian should be good at golf because of his long levers...." oooh err

[Chris Wilson]

It is character building, something kids of today need as much of as possible.

 

I'll never forget the olds days of being screamed at to keep running on cross country or being made to complete the course with a 3 inch bit of skin flapping from my knee after falling on a flint..

 

I wouldn't change these memories for the world.

 

All children shoulld be doing PE, and if they are not they should have a damn good excuse as to why.

 

Ollie

 

Ollie, you should take on the unions and sort out this terrible "can't be seen to be a loser" mentality omnipresent in Slopton in the Slush schools these days, good on you

 

Many things that would reduce modern kids and adults to tears and tantrums I can honestly say wash over me, in a large part due to the competitive aspects of school. If you weren't a good loser, or pragmatic, whilst maintaining a stiff upper lip in fear of a beating, you were fair game for a hard time.

[Chris Wilson]

Can't find the guy on the website - gutted. He's fled!

 

 

I read this as you miss him, lots

[Abz]

I blame that on the fast food restaurants nowadays though. They seem to be a priority over home-made meals. I think home education would solve this problem.

Very true, another thing which is lacking!

 

Nowadays the parents of the working family have to work extra hard to give a decent living for the family which means both parents don't get to spend much time with the kids. Then you have the parents who live on the dole but the only interaction they have with the kids is when they sit in front of the telly while eating dinner and watching X-Factor.

 

I remember as a kid, me and pops along with my little brother would go to Sunday market or have a kick about in the park.

We would go out to Zoo's and he would take us to his leather factory or when he had his restaurant we would hang about with him.

[Attero]

Then you have the parents who live on the dole but the only interaction they have with the kids is when they sit in front of the telly while eating dinner and watching X-Factor.

 

Or when they are on Jeremy Kyle, going "the reason why I don't interact with you is because I'm not your real father!!!".

 

Audience: :shock::shock:

[Abz]

Or when they are on Jeremy Kyle, going "the reason why I don't interact with you is because I'm not your real father!!!".

 

Audience: :shock::shock:

[Swampy442]

I was never good at sport but I enjoyed PE, and our little tin pot school in Suffolk had good teachers too

[peter richards]

loved it i ticked iam rooney , but i was better looking than him in my youth , football was my main sport in school 1st team goalkeeper all through , had trials with a few clubs in my last year , but apprenticeship was the way to go .but liked all sport , the more the better

[Digsy]

PE bored the cr*p out of me.

 

Yeah, I was not especially good at anything and I detest team sports. I hated the emphasis on football because right back then I just hated it as a passtime or interest. Much to my own embarrasment I was excused from cross country running because I was asthmatic. Yes, I did try it - twice. My PE teacher was fabulously supportive. "The only way to beat this is to keep pushing yourself". Riiiight...

 

Mind you we had one or two activities which I enjoyed immensely. One was "Pirates" in which we got every single piece of gym equipment out and played an elaborate game of tag during which you were forbidden to touch the floor, and the other was "Unihock" which was an (unintentionally) extremely violent version of ice hockey played in the gym with large plastic sticks.

 

Having said that I believe that competitiveness should be taught in schools. I was rubbish at sports and knew it, but that just made me try harder elsewhere.

[Ian C]

...and the other was "Unihock" which was an (unintentionally) extremely violent version of ice hockey played in the gym with large plastic sticks.

 

OMG LoonyHockey, I used to play that

 

Having said that I believe that competitiveness should be taught in schools.

 

I'm more competitive than you

[The-Plethora]

I used to enjoy it, it's basically the same as after school when you had a kick around with your mates. The only bad thing is getting a football into the back of the leg on a freezing cold day on a bare leg, otherwise known as "a stinger".

 

I don't think I am that competative in nature but I think it does help, these days competition seems to have died out and the kids are given rewards for participation and such so they don't feel bad...hmmm.

[Charlotte]

It just wouldn't work. They'd be loads of people 'unable' to do various activities with letters from home for ailments and so you'd have half a class. And I suspect the teachers would have very little power to force the kids to do anything.

 

I remember refusing to play hockey when I was at school (because I don't like doing what I'm told and I'd been hit quite badly with the ball the previous day) and the PE teacher made me get changed and unchanged out of my kit for the duration of the lesson. I was only about 8. It did teach me to hate that particular teacher though.

[tbourner]

I didn't feel humiliated or bullied or anything (well, apart from by the other kids, but that was normal), I just refused to do stuff unless it was interesting. I liked javellin and long jump and stuff, just hated team sports especially rugby.

I remember in a footy game once I kept saying I didn't want to play and kept being told I had no choice, so I just stood there. At one point I watched another player come towards me with the ball, went past me about 2 feet away and ended up scoring. I got shouted at a lot for that but I did tell them I didn't want to play so it's their own stupid fault.

[Animal]

I hated it. I was the sickly, asthmatic, useless un-co-ordinated tubby fuck who nobody wanted on their side. The only time I had fun was when I got to ride my trials bike over parts of the assault course during an open day. I'd much rather have been riding around the local quarry or sat in front on my Vic 20.