Gender separated phys. education school classes

[Pyannyplayer]

No coed classes for me either. I had the icky uniforms - made of POLYESTER! HELLO?! No wicking technology on those things - just nice and hot whether you were moving or not. I purposely put PE as last thing in the day in both junior high and high school, so I could go home and shower.

I had two women PE teachers who never did anything with us, just watched. They were, uhm, rather overweight (I can say that because, well, I used to be!). While I was growing up, girls were supposed to take Home Ec and be looking to get that MRS degree. The only sports offered for girls were track and basketball....period. My mother even thinks it's weird that I actually ENJOY getting out and either cycling, running, hiking, whatever. In her eyes, I should be home, cooking and cleaning. Bleh.

Yup, glad things change!

Lorie

[sarahspins]

We had coed classes.. never separated... just separate locker rooms.

We were also not required to shower.. however there were 4 private showers (with locks) that were ONLY available to use if you had your period.. you had to ask for the keys and yes the teachers did keep track... and if you didn't fall right on that perfect 28 day schedule they would tell you that you couldn't use a private shower because obviously it "wasn't your time of the month" - it was stupid, since I'm sure many of you know 28 days isn't how it works for everyone

I rarely showered after gym anyways though - there was usually not enough time.. the 5 minutes they gave us was barely enough time to get back to the locker rooms, change, and go use the toilet if you had to, nevermind shower.

[OakLeaf]

Our gym suits were navy blue with pin stripes. Snazzy.

[GLC1968]

We had gym uniforms in junior high/middle school. They were double thick cotton T's with light blue on one side and dark red on the other. And twill elastic waist shorts in light blue. They were issued to us and we were required to keep them clean. I remember that double sided t's were so fricken HOT because they were so thick! We'd have to go back into the locker room and flip them inside out depending on which team you were on.

Oh, and you could tell when someone's parents weren't paying attention to the laundry because if you washed them in anything but cold, the red would bleed through to the blue and you'd have a mottled purplely colored jersey that didn't match either team!

[sfa]

This is bad, but I have absolutely no recollection if our gym classes were separated by gender or not. I went to an all-girls high school so that wasn't an issue, and I know in grade school we were all in one class together but I don't remember junior high. Probably blocking it. I can remember having to change for gym, a million girls in a tiny restroom (and I never had the cool bag to carry my clothes in--the plastic bags with drawstrings were the cool ones and mine never had drawstrings), and I remember playing kickball and soccer and flag football and softball and capture the flag. And I remember interacting with Carrie and Kirsten and Laurie and Diana but I don't remember any boys out there with us at all, but if they weren't there, where were they? It was a tiny school with limited facilities and limited money so I doubt they could afford two gym teachers and I know we were all scheduled for gym class at the same time, so I think the classes must have been together and I just completely ignored the boys.

Sarah

[7rider]

Starting in 6th grade (I think) to 8th, we had seperate gym classes. I attended a VERY small Catholic school, with no p.e. facilities. So, once a week, we were all (the 3 classes) bussed to the local YMCA. For 6 weeks, the girls were in the pool, taking swimming lessons, and the boys were in the gym, doing gymnastics, playing basketball, and what-have-you. Then, after the time, we's swap - girls in the gym, boys in the pool. Gawd...I hated every moment of it. I don't recall ANY p.e. in high school. I was on the girl's basketball team, but I was awful. I hated to move my body.

[HillSlugger]

I remember being gender separated as early as grade school.

[bmccasland]

I was at K-mart this morning while running errands and saw thing that looked very much like Five-One's link to the ugly blue gym suit - for sale! Now maybe if one was drunk, the model was skinny, and your glasses were rose tinted, you might think "that's cute!" But NOO!!! I think some of this retro stuff is going a bit far.

[sundial]

They still sell those?? LOL!!