Ughhhh I hate gym

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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Hi everyone!

It is currently day three of gym class and I’m really, really hating it.

I’m relatively athletic and do martial arts 4-5 times a week, so it’s not that I can’t do the material. It’s mostly the people…

Day One:
I knew this guy from a few classes, and he always jokingly made fun of me, but it wasn’t really a big deal. I walked into gym class and I saw he was in it, but didn’t think much about it until he started with the jokes again. But this time he had a lot of his friends with him and they caught on. It wasn’t awful teasing or anything, just annoying. I brushed it off and just tried to stay off his radar.

Day Two:
We’re playing basketball. I suck at basketball (or basically any sport where objects are flying at my face) but hey, I tried. So a few minutes into the game, the same guy starts SCREAMING at me to make passes and baskets–like no one else, just ME. Then I caught the ball, but dropped it, and he started FREAKING OUT and got everyone else on our team yelling at me…we didn’t even lose a point or anything and we still had the ball so it wasn’t a big deal but wow…I tried laughing it off but from then on everyone started blaming stuff on me, like “oh if Ella was better we would have made that basket” and “Ella, you were DEFINITELY the MVP of the day.”

Day Three:
Dodgeball day! Again, I wasn’t the best, but I wasn’t the worst either.
I end up being the last player on my side (great) and seven guys crowd me out and one smashes me in the face with a dodgeball. Everyone starts laughing.
It stung really badly and my eyes were all bloodshot, but literally EVERYONE was laughing at me.
So then we go back to basketball (WHY???) and everyone makes a point to brusquely tell me whatever I’m doing wrong, no matter how innocent a mistake it is. No one checked to make sure my face was okay. I wanted to leave.

We FINALLY get out of gym and I grabbed my backpack–and then I realized that someone stole $60 from my backpack while I was in gym.

I’ve had rough day…has anyone gone through a similar experience? Any tips on how to deal with people like them? I don’t want to turn into the class joke, but I wonder if it’s too late, since I seem to be their only target.

Thank you for any responses!

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I’m so sorry your classmates are horrible. Honestly, I don’t know how your state deals with bullying, but NJ here is pretty harsh, and I’m sure some of those classmates could get in trouble. I’d talk to the teacher and the next time someone bothers you, ignore them, and if they keep on doing it, tell them to stuff it and leave you alone. High school is a tough time, especially socially. Do you know anyone in the class? Strength in numbers usually helps.

Also, I’ve had someone steal 30 dollars from me during gym as well. I was devastated. Do you have a locker to keep stuff in? That’ll keep it safer.

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@EmZoWe Thanks so much for your response!!
I’ll definitely consider that…and yeah I know like one other girl, so I’ll try to befriend her hahaha!
Yes, I’m looking into getting a gym lock too. Apparently there’s been a lot of things stolen from that locker room, so I guess it’s in my best interest. :slight_smile:

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Next time they make fun of you in basketball, “accidentally” hit them in the face.

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Ugh same. My gym class just started too. Your reasons for hating gym are more substantial than mine. The only thing about mine is that I feel harassed by the gym teacher (no one be alarmed at this, it’s probably just me not knowing how to handle the situation). I hope you make some friends in your class and that it improves for you! Maybe tell your teacher or gc about the bullying?

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switch classes

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Talk to your coaches about it. Why did you have $60 in your backpack, though? That’s a lot of money to be carrying on you.