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In Black Mountain, North Carolina, there is a school called Owen Middle School. There is a pool there, and at the beginning and end of the school year, students may swim laps in PE class. This may seem nice, but it is not as good as it seems. The students who do not bring their swimsuits, for whatever reason (even if it cannot be avoided), are forced to run laps back and forth across the pool parking lot, nonstop, for the time that people are swimming. Some people may think that that is approiate for physical education, but the ones who have experienced it believe otherwise. Some people can not run for that long for health issues, or for something else. It is not fair to the students. Already, in just a few days (and this is just going from what I know, there have been more incidents), one person has almost fainted from the heat. Coach Roger
In Black Mountain, North Carolina, there is a school called Owen Middle School. There is a pool there, and at the beginning and end of the school year, students may swim laps in PE class. This may seem nice, but it is not as good as it seems. The students who do not bring their swimsuits, for whatever reason (even if it cannot be avoided), are forced to run laps back and forth across the pool parking lot, nonstop, for the time that people are swimming. Some people may think that that is approiate for physical education, but the ones who have experienced it believe otherwise. Some people can not run for that long for health issues, or for something else. It is not fair to the students. Already, in just a few days (and this is just going from what I know, there have been more incidents), one person has almost fainted from the heat. Coach Roger Schnepp (pronounced Snap), one of the PE teachers, did not let the girl stop until the very last minute. Also, just today, two girls had forgotten their lunch money earlier. You cannot run for over an hour without the necessary energy that comes from food. By the end of the class, one of them was shaking badly, and they were both crying. I know them both quite well. They are very strong, and it takes a lot to make those two girls cry. Once again, they were not allowed to stop, except this time, they had to continue running to the end of the class, even though it was obvious that they were about to collapse. And also the same as last time, the coach just laughed. Whenever he makes students do things that he knows they don't like, like things that cause pain, he always laughs. He enjoys torturing children. Of course, he isn't the only one. The principal never comes into the gym, which is a bit suspicious, since she goes and checks in on all of the other classes. Therefore, the him and the other PE teachers, Melissa Frizsell and Chris Brown, are welcome to do as they please. Most of the time (when they aren't torturing kids), they, the physical education and HEALTH teachers, stand around, telling kids what to do and eating CANDY. In their offices, they have bags of candy just sitting around in case they run out. Many feel that this is a violation of student rights, and should be changed.

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Edit by wolfeh: And I one day did not eat. I was forsed to run and was VERY close to passing out. When my blood suger drops, I have a high precentage of faniting! What did the coches do? NOTHING AT ALL! The coch was forceing me to get back in the running line when I sat down. Even thou it was in my reccord that I could pass out, and a very good friend of mine, Kane(I still cant thank him enough) stud up for me. The girl in the paragrafe above is my best friend, and I love her very much. I was sick the day this happned, but if I was there I would have been by her side.

what ever you do repost this...please....something needs to be done!!
domokun