[ SECRET POST #3481 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3481 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[person of interest]


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[Red/Red 2]


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[Evoland 2]


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07. [SPOILERS for Oxenfree]
[WARNING for suicide]



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08. [WARNING for real people death?]

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Comments

Re: "Trophy for participation"

[(Anonymous)]

We all got "well done" stickers at my school. Of course we didn't have competitive sports. The philosophy was that you can have competitive sports or you can have keep fit activities, and since the aim behind PE classes was to keep everyone fit and healthy then we were allowed to individually choose whatever keep fit activity we wanted but score keeping was not allowed in order to prevent cliques and bullying. It worked, pretty much everyone was in good shape all the way to graduation. It caused a few parents brains to meltdown though, they just could not conceive of PE without competitive sports or of having the aim of keeping fit through enjoyment instead of forcing everyone to play a game whether we liked it or not even if it was counterproductive to the aim of fitness and enjoyment.

Re: "Trophy for participation"

[(Anonymous)]

That seems like it could be a good idea in elementary school. Some kids will act like a PE class soccer game is a matter of life and death, and relentlessly bully anyone who makes a mistake or isn't fast enough. Which probably puts kids off physical activities if they think it's always a competition and they're going to be bullied for not doing well. Considering how much of a problem obesity in children is, it's probably better to have athletic activities that everyone can enjoy, at least some of the time.

Re: "Trophy for participation"

[(Anonymous)]

Some kids will act like a PE class soccer game is a matter of life and death, and relentlessly bully anyone who makes a mistake or isn't fast enough. Which probably puts kids off physical activities if they think it's always a competition and they're going to be bullied for not doing well.

You've just described what PE was like for me throughout much of my time in school, and one of the many reasons why it was one of my least favorite classes.

I also lived in towns that took sports VERY seriously in general, so...yeah. I have much respect for athletics/sports on a general level, in the sense that it's a great way to stay fit and healthy, and if friends are hanging out and playing a game together, absolutely that can be fun. And at its best, sports can teach good sportsmanship and teamwork.

But on a personal level, a lot of the attitudes I encountered with sports have killed my own potential interest in it.

Re: "Trophy for participation"

[(Anonymous)]

I think part of the problem is who teaches these classes. In my experience, gym teachers in elementary grades actually seem to be in it because they like teaching physical education to kids. As you go up in grades, though, the gym teachers are just coaches who only grudgingly teach gym class because that's the price they pay to have a job being a team coach. They want to groom the promising students and have no shits to give for everyone else, even though the other kids are the ones who actually *need* some help with getting exercise. I had a gymnastic class in high school where I didn't learn a single thing the entire semester, didn't improve my gymnastics ability at all, and the only one-on-one time I had with the instructor was when he tried to give me detention for forgetting my gym clothes to change into (another student stepped in and loaned me some spare clothes). Otherwise, he spent all of his time working with the kids who already had gymnastic skills.

Re: "Trophy for participation"

[(Anonymous)]

I'm 45. PE in my school system was elaborate try-outs for varsity sports. Left me with a very screwed up idea about physical fitness.