Kids scream out the numbers like bloody murder, counting down to the end of the inane static stretches exercises they perform every PE session as a 'warmup' routine - it doesn't take a pedagogical expert to gauge their level of enthusiasm. They walk around while holding the spastic stretching poses, fool around, talk to each other, and basically does everything lackadaisically.
I too wish for the torture to end, even though I am only observing the lesson. I hide behind my clipboard, pretending to be furiously writing insightful observation notes when my HOD walks around. Some things that I wrote
- "No momentum at start of class - should have settled all admin first"
- "Students without uniform just asked to sit down"
- "IS PE JUST A SET OF ROUTINES WITHOUT CONTENT!?!?!"
I cannot stand seeing class after class do these silly things day in and out. I never want to help my co-teacher (poor her, she's a contract teacher going into NIE in July who doesn't know better) for fear of showing implicit consent for this sorry scene. I don't care if I'm being seen as lazy or not showing initiative in helping out with the class - I simply can't condone this and every strand of my moral fibre resist the compulsion to be an accomplice to such atrocities.
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