What is written about you does not have to be true. You have the power to be the opposite of labels that are false, speculative, lacking information and careful observation or a detailed explanation.
This is also true about you children. I recently found a report card issued when during my first year in high school. As I scrutinised it, I was taken aback that I got an E for my grade in Physical Education. I am at a lost.
How can a teen get E for this subject! What I have also found alarming is the teacher’s comment which said, NOT INTERESTED.
I am having a whole lot of issues with this. I am trying to remember what life was like for me back them. Trying to figure out what was going on with me. Wondering if the teacher tried to have a conversation with me as to why I had shown no interest. Was I referred to the guidance counsellor? Was my mother called in?
I was either a very depressed teenager or had a particularly good reason to have not shown interest in that subject. I have grown to learn that I was never a dunce, though I felt that way for much of my schooling years. I am saying, even if I failed the theory aspect of the subject, what about the physical part of the ‘physical’ education? You mean I moved about so poorly that I was unable to pick up even one point!
I really think that I could have been depressed, but I believe that I have found the real reason for me not to have shown any interest in participating in the class. I had only two uniforms and had to wear one Monday and Tuesday, the other Wednesday and Thursday. By Friday, the Monday-Tuesday one would have been washed and dried to be worn on this day. You see, I really could not participate in the physical education class at the expense of getting sweaty. I did not have at physical education gear. So, teacher, it was not a case of disinterest, I was being prudent.
Today, I have a whole collection of exercise equipment that I use from time to time. I am certified in Pilates and teach it twice a week as a subject at my educational institution. I have participated in several dances and have routinely attended dance classes. I love physical education. I also believe that I have always been interested in physical education.
What have you had the potential to do and not attempted because someone said you could not?
How have you labelled others without sufficient information?
What if we would spend more time connecting with individuals rather than just doing our jobs routinely?
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