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Jun. 23rd, 2005 09:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charliesmumI've been reading Charlie this book called "The Math Wiz". It's about a boy who is really good at math, but terrible during "PE" i.e., Physical education, Sport, or Gym class. In the book he is upset because he is always picked last when choosing up teams (and I can't help but wonder if there is a class all Gym teachers go to where they learn how to be as insensitive and cruel as possible)
I liked the book because it was about a boy who was good at maths like Charlie, but always got picked last in gym class. I have no idea if Charlie has suffered that humiliation yet, but I know I have, and it got me to thinking.
When I got to high school, I finally found a large group of friends, and it turned out they, too, had suffered the humiliation of standing all alone in the gym, waiting until the last team captain rolled his or her eyes and said "I guess I'll take (insert name here). My college friends were comprised of the same sort of people, and that helped me get over the trauma that had been Gym Class grade school through junior high.
Since people on flists are also comprised of a bunch of people who share similar interests, I was curious as to how many of you had the same sort of experience - were you chosen last? First? Don't remember and don't care to? So, I did a poll. (I love polls)
[Poll #518569]
I liked the book because it was about a boy who was good at maths like Charlie, but always got picked last in gym class. I have no idea if Charlie has suffered that humiliation yet, but I know I have, and it got me to thinking.
When I got to high school, I finally found a large group of friends, and it turned out they, too, had suffered the humiliation of standing all alone in the gym, waiting until the last team captain rolled his or her eyes and said "I guess I'll take (insert name here). My college friends were comprised of the same sort of people, and that helped me get over the trauma that had been Gym Class grade school through junior high.
Since people on flists are also comprised of a bunch of people who share similar interests, I was curious as to how many of you had the same sort of experience - were you chosen last? First? Don't remember and don't care to? So, I did a poll. (I love polls)
[Poll #518569]
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on 2005-06-23 10:13 pm (UTC)For example, in grade school gym, I was always picked last and I was no good at any sports. It pissed me off, because I knew the reason I was no good was because I never got picked.
In Junior high, I was on the basketball team, and I was good and I liked playing, but the team had this INSANE dynamic where you passed the ball to the person you liked the best instead of the one that was in the best position to score. What the FUCK??? needless to say, we never had any great winning streaks and our coaches ended up crying a lot. Anyway, I played forward, and I NEVER missed a basket. If you got the ball to me, I could almost guarantee you two points. But no one passed me the ball because I wasn't popular. Made probably 4 baskets in one whole season. Most fucked up B-ball team EVER. When people tell me how sports taught them teamwork, I think, "Are you SURE about that? Are you sure you just didn't learn not to see people you don't like?"
Jr. High gym I mostly don't remember except that we did a unit on dance, and I faked an ulcer so I wouldn't have to do it.
High school gym, I wasn't really paying attention. I know that I learned that I'm prone to shin splints and that I'm better at sprinting-type things than endurance-type things. I sucked at arcery but I liked it anyway. What was really educational about high school gym was that my partner was Bouasavahn, a girl from Laos who didn't speak any English at all. Not one cotton-picking word. It was an education in non-verbal communication!