Lazy Days Ahead, But Physical Education First

The year is winding down and jobs are streaming in daily.  Teachers are taking this time to put in their “sick days” before it is lost for the year, so as a substitute, jobs are endless.  Since it is at the end of the year, I figure I go out on a limb and expand my horizons by going to different schools in the area. 

Girls’ P.E. at Light High School sounds good to me. 

Upon arriving, I was told the classes were not only girls but co-ed instead and I breathe a sigh of relief.  Luckily, since I was in charge of a “female” class, another teacher took care of the duties of opening the girls’ locker room, announcing the girls to certain classes, and opening up the gym for me.  All I had to do was “park my behind on a chair” and look out for the kids. 

If you don’t know already, P.E. can be a waste of time.  A normal class period lasts about an hour and it take kids about 10 minutes at the beginning and the end of P.E. and only about 40 minutes or so are for P.E.-related activities.  It was made so much easier because the students were well-behaved and nice.  

Something of interest crossed my mind today.  It looks like handball is the “it” game of the year.  Every P.E. class had at least two games going at once and each group had a different color ball.  I assumed there was one customary blue ball, but I saw a sunny yellow, tennis court green, midnight black, and most suprising, a bright pink.  It was played mostly by the Hispanic male group of the school.  Interesting trend!

No bad stories this time, but probably some in the next few weeks with sunny days ahead and the feeling of laziness is in the air.