Fundies and sport

[Paisley]

My small fundy school always had sports -- for a few years there weren't enough guys for a soccer team so the soccer team was co-ed. We had girls' volleyball for a few years too, but our team was horrible. Me, I mostly was a cheerleader.

I remember reading some of Teri Maxwell's material a few years ago. She was giving examples on how to choose appropriate homeschool material, and she mentioned a family who had chosen not to participate in sports. Therefore, they wanted to make sure that none of their school workbooks mentioned any kind of organized sports. I felt bad for those kids.

At HAC, we would hear sermons about the evils of girls playing sports and guys cheering them on. But there was a girls' gym night, and a sand pit for co-ed volleyball games. I remember once, though, during the Week of Cleaning (when every girl who had employment through the college had to come back a week early and work for a whole week scouring the college and do various other jobs around campus for no pay), our group was taken outside to tear down an old shed. One of my friends grumpily and correctly remarked, "Oh. So I can't play basketball, but I can tear down a shed."

[EmilyKing]

(05-09-2012 12:56 AM)Paisley Wrote:  My small fundy school always had sports -- for a few years there weren't enough guys for a soccer team so the soccer team was co-ed. We had girls' volleyball for a few years too, but our team was horrible. Me, I mostly was a cheerleader.

I remember reading some of Teri Maxwell's material a few years ago. She was giving examples on how to choose appropriate homeschool material, and she mentioned a family who had chosen not to participate in sports. Therefore, they wanted to make sure that none of their school workbooks mentioned any kind of organized sports. I felt bad for those kids.

At HAC, we would hear sermons about the evils of girls playing sports and guys cheering them on. But there was a girls' gym night, and a sand pit for co-ed volleyball games. I remember once, though, during the Week of Cleaning (when every girl who had employment through the college had to come back a week early and work for a whole week scouring the college and do various other jobs around campus for no pay), our group was taken outside to tear down an old shed. One of my friends grumpily and correctly remarked, "Oh. So I can't play basketball, but I can tear down a shed."

You went to HAC too? What years? I was there between 2005 and Jan 2010!

I never understood week of cleaning. I worked off-campus at Americall and still had to go, so why didn't the males have to come clean?

[C_Fresh]

(05-09-2012 07:15 AM)EmilyKing Wrote:  I never understood week of cleaning. I worked off-campus at Americall and still had to go, so why didn't the males have to come clean?

Because all good fundies know that cleaning is wimmenz wurk.

[EmilyKing]

(05-09-2012 07:57 AM)C_Fresh Wrote:  

(05-09-2012 07:15 AM)EmilyKing Wrote:  I never understood week of cleaning. I worked off-campus at Americall and still had to go, so why didn't the males have to come clean?

Because all good fundies know that cleaning is wimmenz wurk.

Ick. I hated that. I enjoy what I do at work (aircraft maintenance) more than housework. Housework is so incredibly boring and repetitive.

[elfdream]

Anyone remember these "If you let me Play?" commercials?

[Paisley]

(05-09-2012 07:15 AM)EmilyKing Wrote:  You went to HAC too? What years? I was there between 2005 and Jan 2010!

I never understood week of cleaning. I worked off-campus at Americall and still had to go, so why didn't the males have to come clean?

Emily -- I'll PM you about when I was there. Slightly before you, though. One year, my friends and I knocked down and killed (sarcasm) a couple of girls to get to be in the group that cleaned the chapel during the week of cleaning. The whole week we did the easy work of cleaning the chapel in the air conditioning while everyone else slaved away cleaning the rest of the non air-conditioned college. Har har.
And I worked at Americall, too. Worst. Job. Ever. I do have mad phone skills, now, though. Whenever I've worked anywhere else and I have to answer the phone, I can keep the conversation going and sound professional like nobody's business.