Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
Well, I guess I am one of those "random older people." We had enforced showering in middle school and HS, with individual showers, at least here in MA. Same thing in Miami when I moved there. The teacher stood outside the shower area and checked us off and we all tried to lie, by saying we had our period. Somehow, that excused you from a shower . I rarely sweated in gym, since I was so uncoordinated. But, after I flunked the President's Physical Fitness test (yes, I did), I got put in what was euphemistically called "Flab Lab." It was there that I discovered I was good at endurance things (we had to jog around the gym/locker room for 20 minutes to pass the test to get out of this class). I think it was the first time I actually sweat, and I was happy to shower.
My kids had to change for gym, but no showers.
And the things we did in Flab Lab had nothing to do with the stupid skills on the President's test, like shooting a basketball.
HA, HA Part of our PE grade was based on taking a shower!! We had an large open shower. If you were having your period you took a "half" shower, meaning you kept your knickers on. The instructor stood at the entrance to the shower and you called out full or half as you went in and she marked it in her book.

I always find campground showers interesting, last summer's bike tour half of the showers took tokens that you had to get from the host and half took quarters. Sometimes, I just take two water bottles full of hot water into the stall and take a water bottle shower. I am not one who has to have clean hair when touring two bottles works just fine.