Top Ten Worst Things About P. E./Gym Class

The Top Ten
Fitness Tests

I flunk each one with flying colors. I don't care because fitness tests are torture, and failing them is normal (in my point of view).

Yes. I take karate, and for the fitness test, I have to run a mile, do push-ups, sit-ups, and wall sits. It's torture! Not the push-ups or sit-ups, but the mile and wall sits.

This test is pure torture. I'm surprised I was able to do 20 pacers at school during gym class today.

Kids Who Take Sports Too Seriously

It's so annoying! Like, you're not even graded on how good you are at sports. In my school, P.E. is an easy A if you just wear a uniform, show up, and at least pretend to participate.

I hate the kids who take sports too seriously when a lot of us are only taking P.E. because it's required. P.E. stands for pointless exercise.

I hate their hypocritical personalities. When I don't participate, they yell at me to do something... ANYTHING! However, when I actually try to do something, they end up criticizing me for one teensy mistake and tell me to just not do anything. I could be so much more athletic without them.

Getting Hit in the Head with a Ball

I got hit in the face with a basketball that some moron chucked across the gym. It bent the frames of my glasses and hit me hard enough that my nose started bleeding. The coach did nothing, the kid laughed, and I got a low grade for sitting out the rest of class due to the horrible headache that followed.

It even knocked down my 4.0 GPA. That class ruined my life. It's required to graduate too.

Once, I got hit in the arm with a ball during football (soccer for Americans), and the teacher didn't see. People made fun of me, so I didn't tell anyone. Since P.E. was first period, I wandered around school with a broken arm, without a cast, and I had no idea.

Pushy P.E. Teachers

My P.E. teacher is a real jerk. She told us we still had to exercise in gym class after my friend and I did the blood drive. She said she had done it too, so we should be able to exercise, even though my gym teacher literally just watches us do everything.

When I was in high school:
Everyone: (running laps around the gym)
Several kids (including me): We're tired! (start walking)
Teacher: Come on, everyone, let's go!

My gym teacher is so mean. I asked if I could go to the nurse because my side hurt, and he said, "No, it's because you're out of shape." He's so out of shape himself.

Running

All we do is run. Run, run, run. Fridays are the worst. We have to run five laps in the blazing hot sun. It doesn't help that I have P.E. during the hottest time of the day. Yay.

It also doesn't help that some of the fastest kids are in my class, which makes everyone else look bad, especially me and some of my friends. We're actually average. It's just that everyone else is above average. For some reason, the P.E. teachers expect you to be above average.

I don't even try anymore. I just don't see the point. You'll be judged either way for being slow. Besides, I honestly don't care if people think I'm slow. I've got the A's in classes, you don't. Your loss for focusing on P.E. instead of real knowledge.

I could rant for thirty minutes straight about this, but I should probably just end it here. If you know me in real life, you'll know this is me. I am the #1 P.E. hater.

When You Get Put on a Really Bad Team

The type of people who are selfish, want the ball, and say, It's mine, it's mine! are the ones who get mad when you don't pass the ball.

I hate it so much when I get stuck on a team with people who think they're cool for not even trying.

When You Get Graded on How Good You are at Sports

Why would I need to know how to pass a football to be a successful human being? I understand learning grammar and basic math, but the stuff they teach us in gym is utterly pointless. We're not going to take notes while playing these sports. We're just trying not to pass out from the torment we're put through.

This is awful. Thankfully, I was graded just for being present in class. I would never be good at sports due to my low physique, and if they graded me on that, I would fail P.E.

Thankfully, all you have to do to get an A in my school is wear a uniform, show up to class every day, and at least pretend to participate.

Cuts and Bruises

My old school often made us do P.E. on harsh concrete in the summer, and someone ended up with a grazed elbow or knee nearly every time. I can remember being sent to the nurse at least six times because of that.

Bruises from getting tackled and knocked down in the hall weren't much better either.

That Anti-Period Teacher

Yes! Those stupid teachers who make you participate even when you have crazy cramps.

Mostly applies to female gym teachers based on my experience.

When You Forget Your P.E. Clothes and You Have to Wear the School's Clothes.

In high school, when we forgot our PE clothes, we had to sit out and got in trouble for forgetting.

The Newcomers

? Loud Whistles
? Getting Laughed at When You Fall
The Contenders
When Your Teachers Tell You to Run and They are Sitting Down Eating a Big Mac.

This, except my teacher is always on his phone. We are on black-colored turf, and he makes us play bocce ball, which is fun if it isn't too hot. It's over 100 degrees on this turf. If someone fainted due to the heat, which I almost did, he wouldn't have noticed.

When the Gym Teacher Measures Your Weight/Fat Percentage.

I remember back in September 2018 when my gym teacher measured everyone's height and weight and then told us to calculate our BMI on our phones or computers. I had a BMI of 16 or 17 (and still do to this day in 2022), and that made me feel very self-conscious.

What didn't help was the fact that my gym teacher told me I was "underweight" (even though a 16-17 BMI is healthy for a 12-year-old). I went home that day in tears over what my gym teacher said to me.

Because if there's one thing kids won't do, it's make fun of your weight...!

P.E. Teachers Who Mock Pupils for Not Understanding It
When You Exercise the Whole Period
When People Stand There and Let the Ball Hit the Ground Instead of Saying "I Got It" and Going for It

This mainly happens in volleyball.

I feel so bad because I'm terrible at volleyball. I just can't seem to hit the ball, and people get mad at me. LIKE WHAT THE HECK - I'M TRYING!

Failing If You Don't Change

I was late to P.E. because I was helping my literature teacher with some papers, and I forgot that it was P.E. I rushed down to the gymnasium without changing, and my teacher screamed at me and told me I failed because I didn't have the proper attire.

Being Bullied for Not Being Good at Sports

When I was in school doing Physical Education, we always did the sport I can't stand the most: football. Neither the teachers nor the kids picked me or my autistic friend for a good team. They put us on a team with people we didn't like.

The kids always put me in goal (which I hate), and every time I missed the ball, they raged at me. Sometimes they made me cry. My friend was also a goalie, and he got abused badly.

Not everyone can be really athletic. These bullies really ought to put themselves in the shoes of some of the poor kids who suffer from things like heart problems, bad asthma, or leg injuries they never fully recovered from. The list goes on.

When the P.E. Teacher is Fat and Tells You to Run Around the Gym
The Locker Room

Here I am, one of the few people who actually value privacy, forced to bathe with a bunch of naked guys...

Has anyone ever heard of deodorant? No? Well, that explains a lot.

Bring deodorant as always. Then, unleash it everywhere.

Constantly Screwing Up and Embarrassing Yourself

I am unathletic and don't care about sports, and this happens to me so much. P.E. is just a pointless class that only creates the risk for bullying.

Thankfully, I finished my P.E. credits last year, so I don't have to do it this year.

Why does everyone in the P.E. class hate me?

Getting a Low Grade for Not Showing Up One Time

My gym teacher was always late for class every day because I had that class first hour. Whenever I got to class, the locker room was locked. We had to wait in front of the door every morning for her to open it. Most of the time, she was just gossiping with the other teachers.

Once, I left my backpack in the locker room, and the teacher would not unlock the door.

Once this happened to me. It was a holiday, but there was school. I got a five. It was one class and it was a holiday, yet I still got a five.

Thankfully, my parents don't care about PE.

When People Ask You Why Do You Not Like Gym

My teacher lets me sit out in gym. I sit on the bench, and some people ask, Are you OK? Why don't you like gym? Why don't you play in gym?

Gym is torture! It's in the morning for my class. I'm in grade 4. A lot of people have to do it, but I don't have to. There are games, but sometimes it's things like Doctor Dodgeball and other stuff.

It's still torture, even if there are games like Octopus or tag. I hate tag.

Me:
It makes me lose what little bit of self-esteem I have left!

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