mjhawkeye: Musings Of A Physical Education Major

Sunday, October 17, 2021

Musings Of A Physical Education Major

When I graduated from high school in 1964 I was clueless about all things in this life big and small and even smaller. Weren't we all? Regardless, I decided to go to South Dakota State University solely to play baseball. I lasted one semester. It wasn't the dificulty of the curriculum but the severity of the winter wind, snow and extreme sub-below zero temperatures. I spent the next semester at my home town junior college and then moved on to Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. My main intent in going there was not to study but play baseball and basketball. Sometime around my junior year I had to make a decision on what I wanted to do with my life. Hmmm! I'd never given it much thought. I was of the mindset that kids went to college to drink beer, meet girls and screw around. One day a fraternity brother started talking about teaching. And then like a lightening bolt it hit me. "Yeah, I think I'll become a teacher. A teacher of what I didn't know so I said to myself, "Self, why not Physical Education?" My responsibilites would be to put air in the balls and throw them out on the gym floor. The skilled part of my major, and this would be a blessing to mankind is, I could learned how to tape ankles with the best of them. (Over the years I became the king of ankle tapers but for some reason not many folks are in need of my services.)

It's interesting to me that in my twenty year journey in the field as a high school educator I never once taught/babysat a physical education class.

As I've grown older I've come to realize that being a P.E. Major has it's positives when dealing with the general public. Once they find out my chosen field I immediately give off an aura of low expectations. For example, let's say I'm in a car with some of my high school buddies and we get a flat tire. One of them might say, "MJ, would you change the tire?" Without missing a beat another guy would say, "I'm sure he can't do it. He's a physical education major." You cannot imagine the number of flat tires I've missed out on changing.

This morning I was thinking about the mandated vaccines that have come down the pike. Forget that last March Joe Biden said, "There will be zero vaxx mandates. No joke." Sad to say he misspoke.

So, being that I am and will always will be a Physical Education Major I asked myself a few questions for which I have no answer. Maybe you can fill in the blanks for me.

Why is it the general poplulation is faced with losing their jobs and being ostracized from society because the aren't getting vaccinated when:

1) Members of congress and their staffs are exempt.

2) Employees of the Center for Disease Control(CDC) don't have to be jabbed.

3) People who work for Pfizer also are not required to be 'you know what'.

4) Illegal immigrants get of scot free from being vaccinated, and are not tested for Covid and are being transporter to various communities around the country in the dead of night. Which brings up another subject. If illegals are incognito how is it the government can find out where they are so they can receive their government checks? ICE stated they have released over 16,000 Covid positive people into the U.S.

5) It's a well know fact that children, especially those under age 13, do not die from it unless you count the total of 60 who have and call it an epidemic. Why force the shots on kids, I ask?

6) There's a mask mandate in Washington D.C. Anyone over the age of 2 is required to wear a mask indoors. Biden and Jill were in a toney restaurant on Friday in D.C. What gives?