How do i get out of gym class?

Question

I am not being lazy, but I just can't take gym anymore. Everyone is in their own cliques, so I have no friends there. Also, i am horrible at sports, and no one wants me on their team. Some people come out and say i suck, and i know everyone else is thinking the same thing. Please don't give me the garbage about finding a friend or sucking it up. I've sucked it up for 4 yrs, but today was the last straw. This may seem childish, but if you stood there with everyone criticizing you and blaming you for the team losing, you would know what i mean.

Answer 1

Think of it as good preparation for later life.

Answer 2

The most obvious reason is that gym classes helps one get fit. Another reason that gym classes may be better than music classes is that gym classes are less taxing on the brain. One works one's mind all day at school, gym classes would give the mind a break and work the body instead. Music classes do not offer any brain breaks. Though intellectual classes very often involve group work, gym class teaches team work and unity much more often. Many activities in gym class often involve groups of people. It allows students to learn team work and to improve their social skills. Students do learn these things in intellectual classes, but more so in gym.

Answer 3

I have had my own problems in gym, but I think instead of giving you advice, I'll tell you my story and then you can see if my strategy will work for you. I'm in eighth grade, by the way.

In sixth grade, I excelled at gym, which was mostly running at my school. I went to very small private Montessori schools up until seventh grade - I started going to a public middle school in seventh grade. I developed an anxiety disorder (well, that's what me and my family think it is) and I began throwing up before school every day (first period started at 7:30 AM). I had gym third period (from 9:15-10:00 AM) and trust me, it is very hard to focus on throwing a football if you feel like you are going to throw up!
Me and my family also found out that I had major peripheral vision problems. I am nearsighted as well, which I wear glasses for, so between the nausea and vision problems, gym was not an easy class! I was constantly unable to figure out what was going on during the games in gym class - I didn't know how to play volleyball or football and I couldn't see anything. Obviously, I was the target of a lot of frustration from my team, and I was frequently told I sucked and that I was the only reason my team was losing.
During the last two weeks of school or so, I suddenly became so sick every day that I was barely able to make it to study hall (fourth period) without having to call my parents to pick me up. My guidance counselor, exasperated after a year of me spending first period in her office because I was so sick, finally told my gym teacher about what was going on with me and I hadn't been just trying to get out of gym the whole year. He was actually very understanding, but he left before this year started.
In November, I told my current gym teacher about my illness. Even though I'm on medication, and I have gym fifth period (10:30-11:20 AM) instead of third, it can still be very hard. Up until late October or November, I'd had health, and the health teacher had already known about me. My gym teacher now lets me bring a water bottle to class, and tries to grade me accordingly, which helps a lot.

Good luck, and best wishes!
Lindsay

Answer 4

Things that have gotten people out of gym class:

1.Docotor's note
2.A note from a parent.guardian

Other options:
1.Sit on the bleachers and get a zero every day and fail the class

Also when I was younger i hated gym to.I occassionally was picked on and sometimes I dimply did not take part in activities.Also I had a great pe teacher one year.For the days i didn't particiapte he would send me in his office to clean and i got an A for that day(he wasn't angry he would just ask me if I would and I got credit for it).Maybe you could work something out with the pe teacher.

But you shouldnt let others keep you from doing what you have to do to pass.The pe teacher won't grade you on friendship but how well you do acticities or attempt to.

Answer 5

Hey. I also hate gym =[ It's not that
I'm bad in it; I'm actually okay at the current
sport we're playing. It's just annoying to have to
change, run, do warm-ups, and all that crap. And
I don't think that gym should count towards honor-roll
because it has nothing to do with academics. Even though
they say it's based on "effort", that's a total lie! Gym teachers only grade you well if you're an athlete, which some of us just aren't! Gym is unfair, in my opinion. If they're going to have gym, they shouldn't count it for anything.

Too bad you're not a girl.
When you're a girl, you can get at least one week per month off from gym. Like, if you're doing something totally obscure for a week, you can just claim you have your period that week and get a note from your mom.

But since you're a guy, you could fake an injury
once in a while (claim you twisted your ankle in the
hallway, claim you slammed your finger in your locker,
claim you bumped your head against the wall and feel
nauseous because of it, etc.) Be creative!

But those won't last you long. Only for a few
days. Try telling the gym teacher about the problems
you are having. Also, ask the guidance counselor
if there are any alternative classes for P.E. (be sure to explain to her in full detail about the issues you have been suffering).

Ultimately, SUCK IT UP. There are plenty of things
you may not want to do, but you're going to have to do them anyway. If you just dodge out and act like a baby now, you won't be prepared when you're an adult. Then, something bad is just going to smack you in the face and by then your mommy won't be there to write you a gym note. Just man up, get used to it. Gym is important for your health. Try working out and getting better at the sports you play.

Good luck!

Answer 6

I kinda know how you feel. Injuries always buy you some time.
Talking to your teacher or a guidence counselor would be a better way to go. Maybe you can explain and see about switching classes. Maybe you might be allowed to take something else in place og gym. You don't know until you try.

Answer 7

At the end of the Roman Empire young men would cut off a hand rather than be in the Army which was required of all Roman men. It did not have to be a hand it could be a foot. You know Mame themselves.
Gym class and sports teach you how to hold up your part and interact with others in a pressure situation. Personally, I did not get coordinated until I was almost 21.
The thing for you to understand is that boys and men recognize and respect effort and attitude. Some people call it heart. Do not forget that gym class is about attitude.
Your problem is that if you let these guys beat you it might follow you forward into life. No one likes a quitter. In the end quitters do not like quitters.
I suggest that you take advantage of your gym teacher. Ask him to help you with your skills and your attitude. Get him to help you. Finding solutions to problems is real life stuff that you will have to contend with until life is over.
Make a new plan that benefits you and do not let the bastards beat you. You can do It if you put your heart and soul into it. ATTITUDE IS THE ANSWER. Good luck.

Answer 8

Gym class isn't always kind to the sports challenged. A doctor's note saying that you can't participate because of a medical condition, I remember a couple of people who did that and just sat in a bench.

Answer 9

Good preparation for later on in life, Ace?
There's a difference between character building and being traumatized. I would go talk to your school councilor and if he or she doesn't totally suck maybe you could offer to do something as an alternative to gym class.

Answer 10

Go talk to your counselor they may have other electives to cover p.e.

Answer 11

its open to discussion there are basically several possible answers to the question...