I think i'm going to fail gym... But I am medically prohibted from doing it.

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<p>I am a senior and the only class i think im going to fail is gym. See, I had brain surgery last year and I am prohibted from doing any physical acvity do to the surgery. I used to take ballet and softball so I’m not happy about it at atll!</p>

<p>anyway the 1st two quaters my teacher gave me a 100 becuase he knew i couldnt do anything. mid year our school switches gym teachers and she wants me to do 9 PAGE PAPERS! It’s punishment!! I have to do more than the kids who particpate.</p>

<p>So, I just hung out at the library for the past month and now i’m afarid that she will fail me and i wont graduate… Any suggestions on how i should talk to her??</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Have you checked with your disability office? When I was excused from gym due to some bone issues I didn’t have to do anything extra.</p>

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<p>Twomules is right you need to contact the disability office.</p>

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<p>Look into this ASAP. You should have at least shown up for the gym class even if it meant sitting there and working on your boring papers. By not showing up, you basically skipped the classes. Have your parents call and request a meeting with the gym teacher for all of you to sit down and discuss the matter. Perhaps a compromise can be met—shorter and fewer papers with a promise that you will attend each and every gym class from now until the end of the year. You could show responsibility by offering to make up some of the gym classes by going there during study hall.</p>

<p>If the meeting with all of you doesn’t go well and a reasonable compromise can’t be met, then contact the disability office or the principal.</p>

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<p>Agree with all of the above. My kids had medical issues that affected their ability to participate in sports & physical activities. We worked with the school to make things OK for them. Work with your folks & the school–NOW!</p>

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<p>Since you’re unable to participate in activity, do the written work in order to pass the class. Some teachers/school administrators have difficulty justifying ‘giving’ points/credits when they aren’t earned. That’s their prerogative; as it’s not really punishment. The time for negotiating a shorter paper may have passed. Nine pages may be your key to graduating! My suggestion is to suck it up and be honest with the teacher asap. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Why didn’t you work on the papers during the time period you would otherwise have been in gym? It seems like a fairly reasonable expectation.</p>

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<p>swimcatsmom - that’s what I was thinking. Just because you can’t physically participate in gym class doesn’t mean there isn’t something to learn about physical education. I’m sure there are kids in gym class that would love to write a nine-page paper instead of daily participation.</p>

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<p>allthough it’s no justification I have a learning disability in math so i was going to my math teacher for help during that period and i was sometimes going to the libarary to work on it.</p>

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<p>So, fischey, you say that since you have a medical disability, you should be given a pass for a requirement. Everyone else must go to gym, but you don’t have to. But your teacher has already explained to you that in lieu of physical activity you have to write a paper.</p>

<p>Why do you think you’re entitled to just skip a requirement, rather than satisfying it some other way? Why did you just ignore this and do nothing either to write the paper or come to some other agreement about requirements when you first learned about it?</p>

<p>I advise you to write the paper. I don’t see what learning disabilities in math have to do with anything.</p>

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<p>You blew off the class. You can’t skip one class continuously and not have it backfire on you. Write the papers and show up to gym class.</p>

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<p>[sarcasm]Because it’s just physical education. It’s not like it’s an important class or anything [/sarcasm]</p>

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<p>Back when I was in junior high school I had to write a paper every time I missed a gym class. My mother used to schedule all my orthodontist appointments during gym time. It’s the reason I know the history of various sports. It was actually kind of interesting and I am not sorry to have learned what I did.</p>

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<p>Write a crappy paper, get a C-, move on. If you’re any good at writing actual papers you should be able to generate crap very quickly.</p>

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<p>Or actually put some effort into it and maybe even learn something… why does PE * not matter*?</p>

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<p>How many of these 9 page papers do you need to write? 1 per semester? 1 per week?</p>

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<p>Why the sarcasm? Why the sanctimonious attitude towards the OP? It is just gym, which in most cases involves changing in and out of shorts and playing some fairly disorganized volleyball or a made up gym class sport. If there is any book learning involved then the OP should participate. If it is just running around and screaming then writing papers is a BS substitute, but a lot of high school is bs so you either suck it up and do the papers or bring your lawyer to a conference with the gym teacher.</p>

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<p>And only 65% of Americans are overweight and 31% of Americans are obese. But don’t worry… Gym, PE, etc isn’t that important…</p>

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<p>No, it’s not. A year after I graduated my school’s gym programs got gutted too. Would’ve been much nicer to have 50 min free time a day, can definitely tell you that.</p>

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<p>What hops-scout said… </p>

<p>For the OP, who couldn’t participate physically, I think it’s totally fair to expect something compared to the time involved as an alternative. You can’t do 45 minutes/day physically, then you do something instead. You don’t just lounge on the bleachers watching your friends work out.</p>