I was never a good student in gym. For me it was pure torture.

I had one similer to yours in 7th grade. I am a klutz so she zoomed in on me vowing to make me good at sports. She pushed me very hard too. At one point at 13 my knee got messed up. She didn't believe me though and kept forcing me to play even when I cried due to pain. My parents finally got me in to see a doctor & had serious knee problems. I even had a painful thing done of having fluid drawn off the knee. Picture a needle under your knee cap. (shiver).

I still laugh and smile today though when I remember my gym teachers SHOCKED face when I walked in on crutches and a huge knee brace on my knee. She rushed to me with her mouth hanging open. It was like she was cussing herself out to pushing me. She even said "I didn't believe you I'm so sorry." She felt bad.

I also had her in 8th grade too. She still pushed me but listened to my pain limits set by my doctor. She at times would act like she thought I was faking & put me to work after gym class too.

The thing you need to keep in mind is put yourslef in your gym teachers shoes. That means think of how it is for him.

He maybe not be happy being a gym teacher yet this is the only job he can get. If you are in a public school you may have 25-30 + kids in your class.

So here is this unhappy teacher having to keep 25 + kids in line (behaving & listening) plus he has certain goals set by the state that he MUST teach you. Like it or not by law he has to teach you this stuff.

he may not like it either. He may HATE basket ball yet he has to teach it maybe 6-8 times a day to a total of 150+ students?

Most kids also see PE or Gym as a time to slack off and rest from a boring school day. I know I use to use it for time to talk to my friends. This also ofcourse causes the teacher stress.

Most of all though teachers don't get paid a lot. He is probably a very unhappy. He's a person too and gets depressed.

Kids seem to forget that adults have feelings too. I had one teacher once mutter – "I can't wait to get home and sit back to enjoy a beer." lol

FYI, we have decided to switch the rules of badminton as you've suggested to the one set of 21. We believe this will definitely help to improve the game flow and encourage more participants to take part in the event. Thank you for your invaluable suggestion, and we wish you luck for the Games.

Please note: You may still submit applications for badminton till next Wednesday.

Cheers,
Pei Kee

I don't think there are many rules to badminton. I think there is probably a service line of some kind, but other than that, I think it's probably very basic.

But, even more so than rules, just completely clueless about techniques and strategies, and what not.

http://www.badminton-chronicles.com/badminton-history/philippine-badminton-history.php