tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post114409209362910890..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: PE Teachers Are Demons From HellKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144745700073430622006-04-11T09:55:00.000+01:002006-04-11T09:55:00.000+01:00SafeTinspector - 'fraid I have no idea.Stella - Th...<B>SafeTinspector</B> - 'fraid I have no idea.<BR/><BR/><B>Stella</B> - That's the thing I don't know - whether my experiences were commonplace, or unusual.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144709107641232662006-04-10T23:45:00.000+01:002006-04-10T23:45:00.000+01:00Maybe I'm weird but I enoyed PE at school? And th...Maybe I'm weird but I enoyed PE at school? And the PE teacher was one of my favourite teachers.Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636391376867869652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144528425878111832006-04-08T21:33:00.000+01:002006-04-08T21:33:00.000+01:00Kim:I nipped the SafeT head from an old Nintendo g...Kim:I nipped the SafeT head from an old Nintendo game. Bonus points if you know which one! The rest was built in Gimp.SafeTinspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270872012571601820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144398484883549412006-04-07T09:28:00.000+01:002006-04-07T09:28:00.000+01:00Asher - I'm not too bad with all sports, it's just...<B></B><BR/><BR/><B>Asher</B> - I'm not too bad with all sports, it's just those that I was forced to participate in at school - soccer, rugby and cricket that I absolutely despise<BR/><BR/><B>Rhonda</B> - I think it's very telling that you would rather have had a messed up knee than have to participate in PE. The people who force us as children to go through these humiliating rituals have a lot to answer for. We happily wrote notes for older children when they were at school if they didn't want to do PE, and will happily do the same for the younger ones if they want it<BR/><BR/><B>Charlie</B> - I'm genuinely pleased for you. I'd like to think that my experiences were the exception rather than the rule<BR/><BR/><B>SafeTinspector</B> - It is such a strange combination of "all guys in the shower together" along with macho-homophobic attitudes where everyone is terrified of getting the etiquette slightly wrong and being beaten up or teased for ever more.<BR/><BR/><B>St Jude</B> - I have huge long rants which I've subjected other people to, but I can't remember whether I've mentioned on this blog yet, about how school is all about conformity and teaching you to merge into the background by creating a fear of being noticed by teachers or other pupils. I'll check back through the blog and at some point will no doubt let rip.<BR/><BR/><B>Atilla</B> - there's few gym teachers in my experience that wouldn't benefit from a full frontal lobotomy<BR/><BR/><B>Admiral</B> - <I>nude</I> swimming? I guess it's another one of those things which you put up with as a kid because everyone else is, even though part of you knows something's not right, and it's only as an adult looking back can you really begin to see that things were truly out of order.<BR/><BR/>As for Blunt Cogs paraphenalia, the big problem is that most of the characters have been created using the South Park generator, which means there could be all sorts of copyright problems for merchandising. However, if I can find someone who could create a copyright-free character generator for everyone to build their cartoons with then I wouldn't hesitate setting up a CafePress online shop.<BR/><BR/>So when are you going to start joining in with comments and scripts?<BR/><BR/><B>Rhonda</B> - ah well, better a swimsuit model than a telekinetic psycho I guess.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144377755324492162006-04-07T03:42:00.000+01:002006-04-07T03:42:00.000+01:00Not to make light of the girl you mention, Rhonda,...<I>Not to make light of the girl you mention, Rhonda, but the poor thing does remind me of a movie called Carrie.</I><BR/><BR/>It really was almost that bad. She was treated terribly by her classmates. <BR/><BR/>After commenting about her, I googled her name, finding a professional model/actress/swimsuit calendar girl who shares the name and, I'll be damned, looks very familiar. I'm going to have to get my school yearbook and make a comparison.<BR/><BR/>If it is her, she's living the best form of revenge.Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04456231110149686584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144343807189760422006-04-06T18:16:00.000+01:002006-04-06T18:16:00.000+01:00So WHERE, exactly, do I purchase a set of BLUNT CO...So WHERE, exactly, do I purchase a set of BLUNT COGS coffee mugs???Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144343416181996692006-04-06T18:10:00.000+01:002006-04-06T18:10:00.000+01:00For some reason I will never understand, we high s...For some reason I will never understand, we high school boys had swim class once in a week in the nude. Week after week for four years. And of course I had the same embarrassments as you and all of the commentors.<BR/><BR/>I never told my Mom about it because she would have complained to the school. Can you imagine what my life would have been like after that?<BR/><BR/>Not to make light of the girl you mention, Rhonda, but the poor thing does remind me of a movie called <EM>Carrie</EM>.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144335881356959322006-04-06T16:04:00.000+01:002006-04-06T16:04:00.000+01:00Our gym teacher in elementary school was a real sa...Our gym teacher in elementary school was a real sadistic bastard. Crazy-mean, and scared the heck out of everybody. For years.<BR/><BR/>Turns out he had a brain tumor. Once he had that out, he was a real pussy-cat. LOLAttila the Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158308703617226652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144229147067156692006-04-05T10:25:00.000+01:002006-04-05T10:25:00.000+01:00When I was at school they still had corporal punis...When I was at school they still had corporal punishment. Why did the PE teachers gain so much satisfaction from the 'slipper'. I was the quiet one in the corner throughout my school years, most people didn't know that I existed. I never liked the team games, but by God I could run, medals the works. But if only they knew, I had to practise every night on the way home from school just to get there safely from the ones that had noticed me.St Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491046830905273699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144213588478233262006-04-05T06:06:00.000+01:002006-04-05T06:06:00.000+01:00Kim, the sports were different, but I had many sim...Kim, the sports were different, but I had many similar experiences in school.<BR/>ADHD and flabby, I couldn't keep track of what was going on and couldn't keep up in any case.<BR/>And showering with other boys...gods, I was homophobic and body-shamed. Didn't want anyone to see me naked, and didn't want anyone to think I'd seen <I>them</I> naked.<BR/><BR/>Foot:They really extolled the virtues of apartheid?!? I always figured apartheid was something they just did, like Jim Crow in the American south once was. Jim Crow was never really spoken about or officially educated into youths, it just was.SafeTinspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270872012571601820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144191307524058352006-04-04T23:55:00.000+01:002006-04-04T23:55:00.000+01:00Thanks for the link. As for my childhood after a g...Thanks for the link. As for my childhood after a good hard think mine was pretty good in fact almost famous five or hardy boys.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581443509630713090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144162518136478302006-04-04T15:55:00.000+01:002006-04-04T15:55:00.000+01:00Ah, I am grateful to have been spared P.E. from 9t...Ah, I am grateful to have been spared P.E. from 9th grade forward, due to a blown-out knee.<BR/><BR/>But I do remember the cruelty that went on in the girls' junior high locker room. There was a particularly scrawny, underdeveloped girl who was horribly teased. Entering that room must have been a terror for her. I remember one day, we dresed-down and were instructed to go straight to jogging upon leaving the lockeroom. That poor girl forgot to put on her shorts and jogged into the commons in her underwear - in full view of the entire student body. <BR/><BR/>Though I didn't participate in the ensuing ridicule, I've always felt guilty for doing nothing to put a stop to it.Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04456231110149686584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144159227973549732006-04-04T15:00:00.000+01:002006-04-04T15:00:00.000+01:00Growing up, I could never understand the fascinati...Growing up, I could never understand the fascination with sports. Especially seeing since engaging in these sports usually involved a fair bit of touching of men's butts and communal showering.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18435473760294052609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144141322892915032006-04-04T10:02:00.000+01:002006-04-04T10:02:00.000+01:00It's amazing how many incidences there are which y...It's amazing how many incidences there are which you accept as perfectly normal as a child and then when you look back with adult eyes, you suddenly go "did nobody ever question that person's behaviour?"Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144140666718438542006-04-04T09:51:00.000+01:002006-04-04T09:51:00.000+01:00I think someone should compile a book of all these...I think someone should compile a book of all these childhood "issues" and make it compulsory reading for all teachers, scout captains and authority figures who deal with kids. Its not your parents that "fuck you up" (as Phillip Larkin memorably said) - its teachers et al. who seem to leave the permanent scars.SheBahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01617001408244879648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1144137407642838992006-04-04T08:56:00.000+01:002006-04-04T08:56:00.000+01:00When I was at primary school, aged 11, our class w...When I was at primary school, aged 11, our class went off on the traditional 'veldtschool' week, which was a trip to the bush where we were taught camping skills, forced to trek through the blazing African heat without water, and in the evenings subject round the campfire to propaganda lectures extolling the virtues of apartheid. We were allowed to shower twice, in a communal outdoor facility, with all the teachers watching, and some of them took photos. At the time I didn't see any of this as abnormal, but rather as part of the natural misery of childhood. Looking back on this sadistic perversion, I can understand why I've always been averse to camping.Foot Eaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04706459658926034197noreply@blogger.com