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thenewgreen · 4214 days ago · link · · parent · post: Reform physical education: Gym class shouldn’t require team sports.
We also played "smear the queer" without any knowledge of what " queer" was referring to. What ended up happening is that whoever had the ball would throw it intentionally to whomever they wanted "smeared". The problem arises when everyone dislikes the same person, who is usually the slowest or physically weakest or the "oddball". -not cool. This was playground stuff though and was never in a gym class. The kids playing didn't have to. Mean things happened. I have a good amount if guilt from my behavior in middle school as well as a good amount of emotional scars. It's a difficult time.