+37 P. E. was the best class in high school, amirite?

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

My PE class sucked. But I convinced my best friend to come to my PE class a few times cause he had free period during my PE class. Those classes were the best.

by Hairy-Bodybuilder 1 week ago

I can see that. I certainly wasn't popular but I had friends.

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

Then make friends in your PE class

by Rose44 1 week ago

Making friends is very difficult when you go to a very small school and the friend groups are long established since everyone has knows eachother since kindergarten. No group wants their dynamic changed after allllll those years. I did manage to make one though my sophomore and I was lucky to have someone who was already my friend junior year, but senior year was the hardest.

by Marques02 1 week ago

This ^ My sister and I went to a high school of 400 students total from 9th to 12th grade. I was lucky to have a relatively big group of about 7 friends so even when a member of 2 had a falling out I still had a decent number of friends. However, my sister only really had 2-3 friends and they all had a falling out, leaving my sister with only 1 friend, who she didn't have many classes with. She hated PE class bc of it until me and her ended up in the same one and tested our teacher WAAAAAY too much lol.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I didn't have much friends in school and spent half of it in a different class to what little friends I had. I loved PE, it felt like a much calmer environment than the classroom.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Was PE not just recess for y'all? Lol we basically just played whatever sports we wanted for the full period and got an A as long as we changed clothes 😂 this was middle school though I never took PE in high school

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Idk I feel like every tv show and movie that depicts gym always depicts it as the worst version it could possibly be.

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

It's written by usually very geeky writers

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I didn't like gym but I lived in a tiny town and the gym coach was on a power trip. We had to stay in front of him in a 1.5 mile jog and he wouldn't let me do weight lifting bc it's for the guys.

by Away_Purchase 1 week ago

Yeah, I was never a jock, but, uh, yes, I enjoyed a class that was literally all about playing.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This was me. 6th grade third period gym class was HELL. I absolutely dreaded that class and had maybe one friend and another girl who would stick up for me, which was sweet. I was awful at ant sports/games we played and those jackasses let me know it too. Picked last for everything and had one boy in particular who constantly bullied me.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Just get good if your unathletic your in the right place gym class is to make u better and more fit, a child standard for athletic skill is super low so you were probably either fat, super skinny, or just a lazy slob which in said cases above then gym class is right where you should be

by mccluresabryna 1 week ago

Just get good if you're unathletic Wow, such smart and insightful advice gym class is to make u better and more fit No, it's not. Gym class is mostly just making children play whatever games there are, mostly involving a ball. It's nothing about getting more fit. If that was true, healthy nutrition would also be taught, and instead of making everyone do the same thing the students would work out individually according to their bodies. Making people play dodgeball once a week is not making anyone significantly more fit. In fact, gym class is the reason many adult people dislike sports and think that they're bad at it, when in reality they were just bad at the sports from gym class. a child standard for athletic skill is super low so you were probably either fat, super skinny, or just a lazy slob which in said cases above then gym class is right where you should be Being bullied during it doesn't exactly fuel your motivation for gym class

by Mediocre-Positive559 1 week ago

They do teach healthy nutrition they taught us in my elementary school abt the food pyramid and plate and how a meal should be structured just not in gym class. In my gym class they taught us about aerobic fitness and the amount of exercise a person should get. They even told us the issues with being sedentary. Bro if a lil bullying causes you to give up personal fitness you are on fragile individual 💀

by mccluresabryna 1 week ago

Dude…we are talking about KIDS…this is when we were KIDS. wtf is wrong with you dude…you must have been a real asshole in school

by No_Chocolate 1 week ago

Bro…my point just went right over your head didn't it…I can see that you must have spent ALL of your time in PE class, because your lack of intelligence is showing…the vast majority of people don't play sports in their free time, so why would they want to play sports at school? You're acting like someone's enjoyment of the activity literally plays no part in this

by No_Chocolate 1 week ago

Just punctuate.

by Ruthie95 1 week ago

Honestly this is just a situational thing above all else, maybe your class had fun but a lot of people didn't.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Speak for yourself, a lot of people did have fun. Only uncompetitive people with a lack of ambition in life opted out of PE.

by Rose44 1 week ago

I don't really think that's true at all. Some people just don't enjoy the type of activities that you do in PE. It has nothing to do with lacking ambition in life lmao

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's not about being lazy…I don't see how you come to that conclusion. Personally, I refused to play any of the sports I didn't like in PE…because I didn't like them, and I saw no reason to participate because it's not a skill I'm every going to need

by No_Chocolate 1 week ago

What do you really win in said "competition"? Literally nothing. PE doesn't even count in GPA 🤪 If your only joy in life comes from being competitive at places where people spend minimal effort, are you really "ambitious"?

by Prior_Throat 1 week ago

Worst class for me. Would rather take calculus than PE. Most bullying occurred in PE. Lots of embarrassing situations. Even the coaches would embarrass you.

by Ok_Structure9918 1 week ago

Day 1 the coach says we're playing football for the first 4 weeks. I awkwardly tell the coach I don't know the rules. He tells me to just do what everyone else is doing. Proceed to get yelled at by everyone for doing something wrong throughout the entire 4 weeks. A true learning experience.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If it makes you feel better those actions were likely heavily influenced by your PE teacher not knowing the rules either. Football is an extremely rules complex sport due to three separately managed teams composing a side. Things like legal formations, adjustments, and all that can get quite technical. Your average viewer probably knows 5-10% of the rules. An extremely competent high school coach might know 30%-40%, and even NFL coaches have full staffs to assist. Most people would describe the entire rules system of football to more or less encapsulate the primary motives of offense and defense but in reality there are hundreds of caveats.

by Deckowmarielle 1 week ago

Yeah gym was for sure the highlight of the day

by CartographerAware 1 week ago

I think your opinion on PE depends if you're athletic or not. If you're not athletic, you're the worst at every game in front of all your peers. I loved PE, but I was athletic.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I was very uncoordinated, and I still liked it. Tbf I was fast and had good cardio though.

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

Yeah that was me in high school and even now as someone who lifts 6x a week i would still hate PE lol. I never played a sport in my life. Also, I hate kids in PE that take it too seriously or laugh at you if you mess up.

by EnvironmentalPlum409 1 week ago

Yeah, those guys were dorks lmao

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah I remember in fourth grade bowling, one guy was mad at me for messing up and accusing me of "rejecting it" when i was trying my best and he was in a bad mood after. when his friend asked him what happened and he told him about me, the friend literally made me apologize for not doing great. I remember in elementary school and 6th grade, kids were like this and a few times i had to try so hard to not cry. it sucked because im neurodivergent and i have bad confidence

by EnvironmentalPlum409 1 week ago

Damn what a Goober

by Anonymous 1 week ago

And being forced to have social interactions?

by Last_Split 1 week ago

I agree, PE is the best class. I hate just sitting in a desk wasting away so when I could run around and have fun with my friends, it was the best

by Mcclurealvina 1 week ago

OP has never watched Carrie

by Anonymous 1 week ago

"Plug it up! Plug it up!"

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

pe taught me pretty privilege is the root of society so, i guess that counts as something

by Anonymous 1 week ago

To each their own but not going to lie, you're coming off a little dramatic here. It's gym class, not a prison camp.

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

Bit dramatic there lad.

by hermistonmadiso 1 week ago

I'm 45, and was indeed in school during the 80s. I can personally attest that it was still alive when I graduated in '97, and I raised two kids that confirmed that it still existed up through 2020. I doubt it's changed since then.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It never existed in my school and I graduated in 2005.

by Informal_Feedback599 1 week ago

Sports=/=exercise. You can exercise without competing , and you can have sports that are mostly standing around trying not to die of boredom IE. cricket.

by Ruthie95 1 week ago

If you build relationship to some kind of movement/exercise/sports from a young age, there is every chance that it stays with you into adultery. Can confirm.... My wife was very much into sports as a kid and nowadays she loves being physically active when having sex with other men.

by Samsonrolfson 1 week ago

Should i worry? My gf played football. She bent the freekicks like Beckham. Does that mean she bents in front of other men now?

by eldred26 1 week ago

I'd definitely be worried if I were you... Unless you meant "adulthood" and not adultery.

by Samsonrolfson 1 week ago

Yeah just figured that out. My bad

by eldred26 1 week ago

adultery Hehe 🤭

by Mediocre-Positive559 1 week ago

I'm sorry mate English isn't my first language. Also i sucked at school haha.

by eldred26 1 week ago

Haha don't apologize I just found it funny

by Mediocre-Positive559 1 week ago

Would "adulthood" be correct?

by eldred26 1 week ago

I'm not a native speaker either, but I believe so

by Mediocre-Positive559 1 week ago

Yes, adulthood is correct

by jodyorn 1 week ago

Right but I think most people find exercise more fun when you're playing a game. So you're more apt to do it. I work out 4x a week and wish I could find a sport I liked because just working out is pretty boring.

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

I could've been more clear my bad. I enjoyed it and so did most of my peers, so I do think it's a popular opinion

by elwin47 1 week ago

I hated it in middle school. My teacher sucked, once we told her our friend was being bullied (kids were trying to hit her with the ball on purpose when that wasn't part of the game) and she literally just said "they're just jealous" and did nothing. Kids get way too mad if you're bad at a team sport. I hated dressing out, and so many girls sprayed perfume in there it made it hard for kids with asthma to breath. High school was fine though. I still hated dressing out but it was more chill. Our teacher didn't care at all. Once we had to match definitions on a midterm, someone's phone went off reading a word out loud, she just said "Guys don't use your phones" and ignored it. We just had to walk around the track once or twice and then do nothing.

by Witty-Addition9836 1 week ago

We had a class called advanced conditioning and we basically got to lift or do HIIT workouts every day. That was bad ass.

by Friendly-Belt 1 week ago

Nah, the worse part of PE in high school isn't any of the teachers, or students, or anything like that. Its the horrid smell of all the boys who didnt put on deodorant

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I've always found my terrible sense of smell to be a gift.

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

Lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The problem is that it is mostly athletics and not much other sports. There was also never enough time to get good at anything even for people that are actually fit overall. For example high bar gymnastics. If you were good from the start you got a good grade. If not you wouldn‘t get good after four lessons.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

They graded you on performance in gym class? They graded us on participation, which essentially meant they were grading us on whether or not we brought sweats and sneakers to class.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I hated having to play Ballsports in which I sucked absolute ass, while other classes did fitness and condition where I excelled. P.E. would be way better if it was more diverse throughout all the years of school and doesnt just consist of the same 3 boring sports like it was in my case. Sports can be very different and some are very good at one sport but suck at another sport. By offering a huge variety, it allows all people to suck and maybe even be great. This humbles those who were happy that they could play basketball last year because they have played it since they were a kid. P.E. was fun yeah, but I think its criticism is valid and it should be improved upon.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I liked ap chem, personally, and ap physics was also fun. In ap chem I got to see some pretty neat experiments, and in ap physics I got to build a trebuchet.

by Gabrielledicki 1 week ago

Nerd alert. Jk I'm sure that interest has taken you further in life than being passionate about athletics would've.

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

Uh no. I opted out of gym class after 8th grade.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Not an unpopular opinion if you ask me

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You clearly did not get to play Turkey Shoot then

by Sea-Revenue 1 week ago

You'd be correct. Idk what that is.

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

I only didn't like it because when I was in high school, they put my PE class during sixth period, which was after lunch, from about 12:35-1:25; I live in Southern California and it was miserable (I get other places are worse lol, but it's still hot). Not to mention, every Tuesday was early-out day, which meant we had to run the mile in PE. Our coach didn't like us pacing ourselves and hated that I'd walk-run-walk-run, but I literally could not run the whole thing. Other than that, it was fun.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I mean you could take your clothes home to wash them.

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

As everything, it depends on teacher a lot. But yeah you have way more forced interactions with classmates (fighting for ball in soccer, dodging in dodgeball...) in novel enviroments (most weeks different games), its obviously fun, if the people are atleast a bit good to deal with.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Except for swim class

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My PE teacher was old...way past retirement age...and had been a POW in the Korean War as well as ran in the Olympics. He was an absolute gentleman who had a lot of wisdom and manly advice to share. I loved PE and loved him. My older brother had dated his daughter so he always made me run or do double exercises but it was in good fun. The day he told me I was growing into a fine young man was a major day in my HS progress.

by izaiah90 1 week ago

i saw PE as just "highschool recess"

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I remember HS gym in Edmonton, Alberta like 1993-95... I was a pretty good athlete, so it was fun enough for me, but man, the levelling of bullying/ teasing I remember seeing to uncool, unathletic nerds sure did not look fun for them. There was some mean group activity at play, with a lot of laughs coming at others' expense. Has a lot changed in 30 years? Although back then, we did grades 10-12 in HS, and all grade 10's had to take gym, after that, it was optional.

by Top_South 1 week ago

I'm surprised to hear a lot of people didn't enjoy P.E.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This is true. I loved PE except in middle school where it was literally nothing but training where we were practicing to run the mile. High school PE was mostly team based and recreational which made it fun and less serious. I didn't have any friends in PE in highscool but the team based activities really helped us all bond and work together which allowed us to be more well acquainted and even friends to an extent. It was nice.

by Key_Role251 1 week ago

I just remember hella fights starting in PE. Where I went to school it stood for "Punch Everybody" lmao

by Trantowaniya 1 week ago

Crab soccer! 😜

by Valentineemard 1 week ago

Gym class was 100% better for me when it was literally just going to a gym. Something I only had access to for like the last year of my gym classes in high school. That year I was in the best shape of my entire life. Can't believe I wasted so much time just throwing balls around before that, and after it's just too easy to say I don't wanna go to the gym compared to being forced to do it for school plus I need a membership and share with the public

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Only class I got kicked out of. Also, only kid in the history of the school to get excluded from P.E and take history as a second option.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I preferred AG class and Drumline class myself

by Clairejast 1 week ago

They portray it as torture for nerds/fat kids because it's physical activities. P.E. itself is one of the most favored classes by kids.

by Otherwise-Wish 1 week ago

I'm also an uncoordinated closeted gay nerd. But I don't have friends so yeah I hate P.E.

by Josianne41 1 week ago

When it allows people to go at their own speeds with their exercise then it becomes enjoyable for all.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

P.E and art was by far the best classes.

by Rich-Resident 1 week ago

Um, no. For some of us it was humiliating and unnecessary. I was already active, I just hated doing the activities they wanted me to do. I don't like running.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah for some it may be. For me though it was bullies best time, hurling balls and could pretend it was not on purpose. In the younger classes one of the bullies was the teacher

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Did most people get to go outside during P.E.?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Nah, in other classes I could just do nothing and not look like a total dweeb…in PE I would literally refuse to play any team sports because they gave me so much anxiety that I would just freeze up. It resulting in me becoming that guy that NO ONE wants on their team, and they would let me know…so I just gave up. I would go up to my teacher every year at the start and plainly tell them I would not be participating, and I would explain the reason. They would sigh and try to convince me otherwise, but ultimately they accepted it

by No_Chocolate 1 week ago

Wait you played games? PE was always running and conditioning past 5th grade for me.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

People like that they're good at. This is no unpopular.

by Prior_Throat 1 week ago

P.E. sucked for anyone taking honors classes because it was mandatory but unweighted. When you're getting a 4.5 in all your other classes, that 4.0 in P.E. was frustrating.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm older than you. Back in my day, gym was essentially boot camp.

by chetemmerich 1 week ago

PE was extremely boring to me and the people there genuinely were awful where I went. Preferred the art based classes and programming.

by Aronaltenwerth 1 week ago

My favorite part of PE was if you had it during the winter, we would do snow things. Cross country skiing, snow fort building, etc. It was awesome.

by Jealous_Acadia_9468 1 week ago

As one of the shyest kids in my class I have to strongly disagree with this. I had to take PE for two years in high school. First year I was with my friends so it was great. The next year I was not so picking partners was excruciating.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

no it wasn't. it was all all about sports. i don't like sports. why couldn't we do karate?

by According_Jury3662 1 week ago

That's a sport dummy

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You probably had wrestling. Which is the superior martial art.

by Friendly-Belt 1 week ago

i like karate and kung fu

by According_Jury3662 1 week ago

Yeah, you probably went to High School with terrible athletes. I graduated from the same High School as Santana and Sinorice Moss.

by santino24 1 week ago

P.E. was the only class I didn't get an A in because I didn't want to change my clothes just to waste time in the gym for an hour. It was the worst and should be a requirement. I'd just study for my AP classes and dual enrollment classes instead.

by johnsisadore 1 week ago

Physical activity improves brain health and memory retention. You would have benefited more from having fun in PE and making friends rather than studying all the time.

by Rose44 1 week ago

Nerd alert

by Quick-Ad-4263 1 week ago

"It was the worst and should be a requirement". Uhh.. you mean "shouldn't be"? Yeah, that extra time studying did not go to good use lmao

by Rose44 1 week ago

I'll mention that to auto correct

by johnsisadore 1 week ago