I remember the Presidential Physical Fitness test. I forget exactly what we had to do (this was in the ‘70s for me: ’71-’76 elementary school and ‘77-’79 middle) but I think it included pull ups, 50 yard dash, a longer distance run (like 600 yards?) the softball throw (in elementary school but not middle), the shuttle run, pull ups (girls had to do chin ups or be timed for how long the could keep their chin over the bar), the broad jump and sit ups. Basically the PE teacher assigned you a percentile from your result and a lot of the kids who were out of shape got shamed by the test (while the jocks always got an award after the test concluded) and most of us just tried to avoid being singled out by coming in last or getting a low percentile by not doing a pull up or having a slow dash time etc. A lot of kids would even skip school on the day they were testing some parts of the test to avoid it and these were the kids who would join band class in high school to avoid PE (In FL you had to take 2 years of PE in high school unless you were in the band for some odd reason). I guess the point was to promote physical fitness but it seemed to just turn some kids off from PE permanently and I am sure some insecure kids were scarred for life.
pickleball back in the days! seemed like they just popped up everywhere here in Central Ohio. More cities are building dedicated pickleball courts and/or putting lines down on top of tennis courts. I know the sport was created back in 60’s, never expected to see it in an old comic rerun.
TampaFanatic1 over 2 years ago
I remember the Presidential Physical Fitness test. I forget exactly what we had to do (this was in the ‘70s for me: ’71-’76 elementary school and ‘77-’79 middle) but I think it included pull ups, 50 yard dash, a longer distance run (like 600 yards?) the softball throw (in elementary school but not middle), the shuttle run, pull ups (girls had to do chin ups or be timed for how long the could keep their chin over the bar), the broad jump and sit ups. Basically the PE teacher assigned you a percentile from your result and a lot of the kids who were out of shape got shamed by the test (while the jocks always got an award after the test concluded) and most of us just tried to avoid being singled out by coming in last or getting a low percentile by not doing a pull up or having a slow dash time etc. A lot of kids would even skip school on the day they were testing some parts of the test to avoid it and these were the kids who would join band class in high school to avoid PE (In FL you had to take 2 years of PE in high school unless you were in the band for some odd reason). I guess the point was to promote physical fitness but it seemed to just turn some kids off from PE permanently and I am sure some insecure kids were scarred for life.
Ellis97 over 2 years ago
Pickleball? Never heard of it.
esarde over 2 years ago
The JFKs
198.23.5.11 over 2 years ago
“Two minutes to play and we’re losing by seven points,Grabowski!”
“Lemme in there,Coach,lemme in there!”
“Okay,get in the football game, Grabowski!”
“Who wants to get in the game,you big ninny?I want to go to the powder room!”HE PUSHED ME!HE PUSHED ME!!
Alan Seus—-LAUGH-IN.
gmu328 over 2 years ago
pickleball back in the days! seemed like they just popped up everywhere here in Central Ohio. More cities are building dedicated pickleball courts and/or putting lines down on top of tennis courts. I know the sport was created back in 60’s, never expected to see it in an old comic rerun.