Comments on: The Gym Teacher

By: Thea

Thea — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:09:32 +0000

Um, discrimination in school athletic program based on gender is ILLEGAL (Title IX). That includes having different resources and programs. He sounds like an sexist, racist, misogynistic asshole. D:<

By: tasmia

tasmia — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:35:19 +0000

I really think you should have said something, getting in trouble be damned. Your voice is the most powerful tool to combat sexism.
Definitely talk to a person of authority.

By: Maddi

Maddi — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 02:57:10 +0000

This reminds me of elementary school. Fat, older gym teacher insisted that
a) girls that scored points in floor hockey got more points, because who would actually let a girl score?
and
b) homeruns in kickball:
for guys, the backboard of a basketball hoop.
for girls, the entire upper half of the wall.

I hated gym because of him, but the thought of him is what keeps me in the weightroom afterschool. Gotta prove him wrong.

By: A

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:25:14 +0000

@ Tea — that’s awful! More information please?

By: kathy

kathy — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:59:41 +0000

oh my gosh, i have an asshole teacher too, only not as extreme.
when me and my friend joke around before he calls attendance, he looks at us like “really? these silly idiotic teenage girls, talking about boys again” or something. granted, when me and my friend are talking, we usually have stupid conversations about boys, mainly because we just had a sugary lunch (oh, the wonderful public school system) and we’re tired and stressed.
but theres this one time in gym class that i cant stop thinking about-
the class was playing floor hockey, and me and my friend wanted to be on the purple team, because the purple team goalie was really good. when we got purple sticks, my friend was like “yes!!!” and we high fived (its our cheesy thing we do)the gymj teacher gave us a bored look and said “oh, so you girls are happy because the purple sticks match w/ your outfits,right?”
i could not believe it.
the first thing to do that came to mind was to roll my eyes and say sarcastically “yeah. cuz girls are just superficial.”
i wish i had verbally bitten his head off now, but then i was too tired and shocked to think of any arguments.
i agree with you, your gym teacher was being an asshole, and you deserve to be on that climbing wall as much as any boy there, argh, im pissed at him now, and i dont even know him!!

By: KS

KS — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:39:03 +0000

disturbing…

By: k

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:42:58 +0000

oh man, that’s awful. sorry to hear that! try + take action if you can.

ALSO, I LOVE THAT THERE IS A PHOTO OF DEAN WINCHESTER IN THIS POST.

By: sammy

sammy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:32:35 +0000

Send your administration the link to this post

By: O'Phylia

O'Phylia — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:31:25 +0000

*tries to hold anger in*
Is talking to him completely out? If not, try to be respectful while letting him know that you aren’t happy with him. It’s possible, I promise.
Otherwise, do what others have said earlier. Talk to his superiors and if that doesn’t work, make a petition for something you want changed. For instance, having that climbing wall for everyone.

By: rebareis

rebareis — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:23:14 +0000

Ugh people like that make me want to throw up. Luckily I go to an all girls school and my gym teacher is a woman (a lesbian too, so she and I could talk feminist). Anyway, this is clearly going to run into Title IX and I think as long as you talk to an administrator about it you can get it fixed… Not because schools really care these days but they don’t want to mess with the legal crap.