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I would be leery of getting information verified by "a friend's husband" and thinking that a "B" in PE is related to athletic ability. You are not there in the classroom and your information is second and third hand.

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Your kid really needs to work hard to not get an A in PE.

Any able bodied kid who earns a B in PE should get grounded and have their electronics taken away by their parents.

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There is a PE teacher at TJ that gives graded written tests.[/quote]

Since you are obviously not me (the OP) can you verify that I'm not crazy? There is a problem PE teacher that everyone knows about?[/quote]

The one I know gives written tests on the history of ultimate frizbee and the rules of competitive badminton.  I don't know if she had a miscarriage but I do know she seems to think PE should have "rigor" instead of just being a class where kids can take a breath in the middle of an otherwise intense day.

A lot of the teachers are intense.

In my opinion the worst offenders are the Spanish department.

One price of advice to anyone thinking of coming here.  Think long and hard about taking Spanish at TJ.  My kid has a few years of Spanish under his belt so he continued with it and Spanish is his second hardest class and it is expected to only get harder.  So many TJ kids only take the minimum 3 years of language because of the "rigor" of Spanish.

Language is not an honors class and I wonder if this is an attempt to turn it into an honors class or an attempt to reduce their class size.[/quote]

Here's the thing, my kid is also in Spanish and it's a total beast of a class. He hates it, but he likes the teacher. He's actually good and a nice person. He's reached out several times to help keep me in the loop. I found that very helpful despite my kids struggles.

The PE teacher is not that person. She makes something my kid loves awful. It takes an extra special teacher to make an athlete hate PE. I'm confident no one enjoys her version of PE. [/quote]

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