[Sportsandrec] clueless coaches

Mon Jul 9 22:02:15 UTC 2012

Yes Bill I think you are right. My mom made sure my adaptations were met as 
long as I let her know they were not being taken care of. That was my down 
fall as I did not really relay to her what was going on in gym during middle 
and high school. When i played football she made sure they provided me with 
a helmet that had an extra cradle in them to make sure my head did not get 
jarred to much. I was lucky to have her having my back. Everyone has someone 
watching out for them though, I hope.

Ricky Jones
Tennessee Association of Blind Athletes
1081 Zophi Street, Nashville TN 37216
Email:      tnaba at bellsouth.net
Phone:     615-390-4178
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Kociaba" <williamkociaba at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] clueless coaches

> 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
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> From: "TNABA" <tnaba at bellsouth.net>
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> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 4:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] clueless coaches
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>
>> 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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