PE Teachers
I heard a guy on NPR this morning who does voice imitations and he said something that made me smile (and wonder if other people had this experience).
He imitated his high school PE teacher who said, "Okay gentlemen, line up."
It struck me because I recall both my middle and high school PE teachers always calling us "ladies."
Is this a PE teacher thing? Was this your experience?
It made me smile.
He imitated his high school PE teacher who said, "Okay gentlemen, line up."
It struck me because I recall both my middle and high school PE teachers always calling us "ladies."
Is this a PE teacher thing? Was this your experience?
It made me smile.
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I see the stage was set for Melissa early in life. Perhaps, you should thank this teacher. ;)
I see the stage was set for Melissa early in life. Perhaps, you should thank this teacher. ;)
This was the seventies, and Coach Lyons was a product of his time - not ours. Every member of the football team responded to his orders with unquestioning and unhesitating obedience. He enjoyed absolute authority.
He had a way about him that was rough, crude, and appealing as hell to teenaged boys.
One story (that I can tell) about Coach Lyons:
At spring practice one day he got mad at some kid and told him that he didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. The kid protested "I do too know my ass from a hole in the ground." Coach Lyons was a little surprised that the player mouthed back, but he didn't pause.
"Okay," he said. And he walked over to a muddy patch on the field. He pushed his finger into the mud making a little pit about three inches deep and around like a quarter. "That's your ass." he said. Then he made another little pit right next to it with his finger again. "That's a hole in the ground", he explained. "Now," he turned to the player, "point to your ass." The kid bent down and pointed to the first hole in the ground.
He stood just inside the door with his hands on his hips.
"Now boys," spit, "Ah hear that you aren't using this equipment propahly. Playin' grabass an such instead of doin' what you're s'possed ta. That's gonna stop right now."
"This equipment costs a lot of money and I don't like to hear that you ain't usin' it right. So you're gonna start using it right."
"They tell me that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. I say that's bullshit. You jes' shove his head under the water and suck on his ass."
He spit one more time and walked out.
"Class...ClASS....CLASSS!!! SHUUUTTT UUPPP!"
or the from the infamous Ferris Bueller's Day Off(not to be shown to teenagers because it will give them the entirely wrong idea about what they should be doing during the school day):
"...anyone?...anyone?"
or even, substituting the name of the student du jour for "Bueller":
"Bueller?...Bueller...?...Bueller?...
So many serious discussions on this blog, and then PE is for laughs. Irked me a little. Disrespectful somehow.
- School Retiree
School Retiree
"Don't tippy-toe through that line!
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