One final fat humiliation I hope

rabid24 · September 11, 2007

Yeah, I hated Junior High. My gym teacher made all of us line up and get weighed (guys and girls together). Then they would yell out our weight to the other gym teacher in the back of the room so they could record it in their notes. This was only slightly more embarressing than when my high school gym teacher used the fat calipers on our lower stomach to see what our fat percentage was. Yep. Fun fun! I'll never forget the feeling of her hands grabbing all my fat in that strangely aggressive manner.

WASaBubbleButt · September 11, 2007

Yeah, I hated Junior High. My gym teacher made all of us line up and get weighed (guys and girls together). Then they would yell out our weight to the other gym teacher in the back of the room so they could record it in their notes. This was only slightly more embarressing than when my high school gym teacher used the fat calipers on our lower stomach to see what our fat percentage was. Yep. Fun fun! I'll never forget the feeling of her hands grabbing all my fat in that strangely aggressive manner.

Honestly, that kind of behavior should be reported to Child Protection Services. I don't know why parents allowed that to happen. I guess it was just the way things were then.

How stupid are teachers sometimes??

justbeginning · September 12, 2007

OMG fat calipers? It's almost as if they strive to make it as humiliating as possible. You have to wonder about these teachers, they should know better. I didn't worry about fat calipers, they weren't even invented when I was in junior high! It doesn't seem as if they are as bad in school these days, at least I didn't hear that from my kids. Other kids, that's another story. My poor daughter had kids in the neighborhood harassing her about her weight, they even spray painted in the road in our neighborhood that she was a cow. I think I was more infuriated and devastated than she was. Thank goodness that is over now and she is starting college! Deb

rabid24 · September 12, 2007

Other kids, that's another story. My poor daughter had kids in the neighborhood harassing her about her weight, they even spray painted in the road in our neighborhood that she was a cow. I think I was more infuriated and devastated than she was. Thank goodness that is over now and she is starting college! Deb

That's AWFUL! Kids can be so cruel. I got some crap for being overweight in high school, but it wasn't too bad from the kids I went to school with. I was friends with "popular" kids. I guess that kept me safe. I do remember standing on a street with a bunch of my friends once and some older girls drove by and yelled out the window "Hey girl in the brown coat (me), YOU'RE FAT!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA". That bothered me, and my friends had to stand there and act like it didn't happen. My weight was something we didn't talk about. And not to mention, it was a completely pointless statment. Kind of like I said about the guys I work with. It's like they have to tell me I'm fat or I wouldn't have known.

Yes, the fat calipers were humiliating. I think they partially did stuff like that to shame us into losing weight. I guess kids aren't the only ones who can be cruel.