Did you find physical education hard at school?(self.Blind)
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BlameableEmu5 points4y ago
My brother is VI that combined with autism meant he sat out of most PE lessons. However, his form (homeroom?) let him decide if he wanted to represent his form in the school wide sports day. He chose javelin and did it for 5 years straight for his form (a few 1st place of iirc). He was also pretty good at biking and cross country. He does struggle with following things like balls to catch/kick them.
the9thpawn_2 points4y ago
I have no depth perception so anything with flying objects wasn’t fun. Most years because I was in a class with an odd number of people I had to partner with my TA for badminton. Aside from my vision, I also have low muscle tone so that made gym harder. I was pretty good at dodgeball because I just assumed anything that was moving was directed at me. I also made the cross country team once and I had a guide with me I came in last though.
codeplaysleep2 points4y ago
It was a little isolating at times. There were things I could participate in, but there were many other times where the rest of the class would be doing some type of sportsball that I couldn't see to do, so I'd be doing laps or sitting out, instead.
CheeseEMan1 points4y ago
Very, I am a freshman in high school and it is kind of hell. The teacher is nice but kind of treats me like what my friends would describe as "retarded." Usually just saying "nice job" or whatever. We're currently swimming and I have to have some friends guide me and other stuff. I already get blind jokes every day (I'm just legally blind), but in that class I get them all the time. I sometimes have to go to the weight room in our school or sit out when we do activities that are impacted by my depth perception. It's kind of hard to detail in a post, but the point is that I feel like trash a lot of the time and don't always get to hang out with my friends
theawesomeaquarist2 points4y ago
My personal teacher just treats me like a reject as well like well done good errors he doesn't mean it
CheeseEMan1 points4y ago
Same here!
TheFake_VIP_yt1 points4y ago
PE was always hard for me back when I did it and I expected that. The lessons are very specifically paced to suit people without disabilities, so when the time came to discuss GCSEs, I was allowed to miss even the core PE that every student is supposed to do. For me at least, it didn't matter though: I'd been participating in b1 (that's completely blind) football for some years at that point and not long into 2017 my school would also get me involved in athletics outside of school, something I also really like doing now. I get my fair share of strength and conditioning and physical education in general, just not from the usual PE lessons.
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