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John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad - Confession time.
I was in the handicapped gym class in early grade school.
They pulled us out of normal class thirty minutes before gym to give us one on one instruction on whatever activity the rest of the kids would be doing that day.
It was mostly an anti-bullying measure.
Teach us the activity so we didn’t completely embarrass ourselves.
It was me & two kids with Down syndrome.
It was embarrassing.
The worst part came when the regular class arrived early. They had to stand outside & wait for our instruction to end. Then we would file out & they would harass us as we walked past.
I had great strength and stamina but zero coordination.
(Years later we found out I’m in the top 0.1% for depth perception. My brain was getting overwhelmed by extra information.)
So the Presidential Fitness Test was a big deal. The top kids got their picture taken and hung on the wall outside the gym.
I thought I had a real shot. It was strength and conditioning. Not hand eye coordination.
One mile run.
Pull ups, sit ups, push ups.
Flexibility.
Shuttle run.