[Sportsandrec] clueless coaches

[Bill Kociaba]

Hay Ricky,
Its very different now but I think in Jody's and my era our parents just 
trusted that the teachers knew best.  In my case, I was in a school that had 
special accomadations for blind students so I am sure it was assumed by my 
parents that that meant in every class.

Bill Kociaba
CRUISEONE
Bill at Ycruise.com
954 227 7772 or Toll Free 877 227 7775
7600 Wiles Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33067
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TNABA" <tnaba at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] clueless coaches


> One of the sad things about this whole situation is that most parents do 
> not even know what is going on with their child in PE class. I am always 
> amazed that a parent has no clue as to whether their child is involved in 
> an adaptive physical education class or are they trailing the wall on the 
> out side walls of the gym and or sitting in the bleachers doing nothing 
> Dearing a critical class. That student doesn't relate to the parents 
> because they just soon forget the situation. I think parents should get 
> more involved in this type of situation as well.
>
> Ricky Jones
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 9, 2012, at 1:52 PM, <jody at thewhitehats.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> I had a good friend who was a brittle diabetic.  His gym teacher's idea 
>> of
>> toughing him up was to have him run laps until he calapsed and ended up 
>> in
>> the emergency room in shock.
>>
>> Really, I look back and see how irresponsible some of these teachers 
>> were.
>> Even having kids go outside in shorts and short sleeved shirts in 
>> November
>> up north was so irresponsible.  If a parent sent their kid out to play in
>> freezing weather in shorts and short sleeves they would be charged with
>> child abuse!
>>
>> Some of the adaptive PE they come up with now a days isn't any better. 
>> The
>> totally blind girl I mentioned who came in second place in her division 
>> in
>> the judo tournament described PE in school.  The teacher had her sit in a
>> chair and do arm exercises.  We joked about it all the time in class. 
>> Those
>> are the exercises for an 80 year old cardiac patient, not a healthy 12 
>> year
>> old blind girl.
>>
>> Oh don't get me started!  Actually I had so much faith in the public 
>> school
>> system we homeschooled our daughter.  She got her diploma at 16.  She
>> started judo at 18 months of age but gave it up at 8.  Not to say she 
>> didn't
>> learn anything.  She is married to a black belt in karate so now she 
>> loves
>> kick boxing.
>>
>> Our son did get his black belt.  He started judo at 11.  He came home 
>> from
>> school complaining a bully made him kiss a tree in order to be allowed to
>> pass him.  Well, it didn't take long before that boy ended up eating 
>> grass
>> and leaving our son alone.  Our son had a great tai-otoshi, he could even 
>> do
>> it and make it look like the other guy tripped.
>>
>> We just moved to a small farm with 5 acres.  I am in heaven here.  Tom 
>> and I
>> were just out in the barn and we found our mats.  We can put them out in 
>> the
>> grass and play to our hearts content and with complete privacy except for
>> our neighbor's horse.
>>
>> When we practice we have to leave the dogs inside because they think we 
>> are
>> puppy wrestling and they want to join in.
>>
>> Between the farm and working out I hope to loose some of the weight I 
>> have
>> put on over the last few years.  I was almost to my goal when my mother 
>> in
>> law came to stay with us.  She loves junk food. It wasn't her fault, it 
>> was
>> my fault for not having any will power.  I am determined now to get to my
>> goal.  The Zone diet works best for us.
>>
>> JODY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> JODY
>>
>>
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