I know it’s unbelievable. Especially when it’s Joey I’m talking about here. Hyperactive, cannot-sit-still and love-to-jump-around Joey.
She hates PE lessons.
I LOVE PE lessons as a kid. I love being out in the open, running and playing ball games. It’s a good break from the monotonous lessons in the classroom and a time to have some fun with my classmates. Apparently, Joey doesn’t think so and almost dreads every PE lesson she has. Some mornings, she would ask me, “Mummy, can you write a letter to my PE teacher that I cannot go for PE today because my arm hurts?”
Since when did your arm start hurting, babe? No, I will not. Go sweat it out in the sun, run a few rounds and feel healthier I say!
And another day, she told me that she skipped PE lesson – Told the teacher that she had a tummy ache. And the teacher just let her sit by the side to read her own storybook (Duh???) Even though it might be true, it still felt weird because I was the kind who would have carried on with my favorite PE lesson even IF I had stomachache. So, the crux of the problem seems to be that she dislikes running. Like seriously?! Every time I bring the girls out, I had to shout, ‘Stop running!’ a million times, and now she tells me that she dislikes running??!
Of course, after a prep talk with Joey, she now no longer skips PE lessons at her own whim and fancy. It’s a subject, just like another other subjects in school and should not be skipped!
School has uncovered interesting facts about my girl. Isn’t that lovely?