Winthrop University - Tatler Yearbook (Rock Hill, SC)

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Another non mauor opunuon about physucal educatuon us that ut us easy and all PEMs do us play Actually the Physucal Educatuon curruculurn us duffucult and tume consumun Also beung a PEM unvolves puttung up wuth a lot of junk ln any mauor besudes PE one can take fuve courses and get fufteen hours credut In PE one can take eught courses and get fufteen hours credut and stay un class all the tume Also PEMs are under a great deal of departmental pressure pressure to conform pressure to be on a team pressure to run for a class offuce pressure to look professuonal and pressure to be a teacher PEMs have to take an unbeluevable amount of PE courses and they are all taught by women Also the classes are composed of nothung but gurls fWell there are a few boys now but the department needs morey square dance partners are gurls cha cha partners are gurls waltz partners are gurls what a drag' However even wuth the burden of an unfaur along wuth beung a PEM the PEMs are a closer knut and happuer group than any other on campus There are several reasons for thus For one thung PEMs are always busy workung together doung somethung projects classes nught follues or sellung candy Also PEMs share common unterests un partucupatuon un and sup portung varuous teams Because thus group of people us so closely knut and so pressured to conformuty most people wont guve a PEM credut for beung a unuque person Underneath the muscular loud exteruor us a sensutuve person sensutuve to the needs of the mentally handucapped physucally handucapped socually handucapped and even Ordunary Joe Guve the PEMs a break for they are people too wuth real feelungs real emotuons and a hot date for Saturday nught by a PEM . . . . . . ' u I - 9' stereotype and other disadvantages that go

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How many people really know what it is like to be a PEM ithat's Physical Education Majorj? Most people think they knowg and a typical Winthrop pastime is sitting around fantasizing about those jocks who live at Peabody gym. Unfortunately, but inescapably, Winthrop PEMs have been labeled with a stereotype that will remain with them until they graduate. This stereotype is taught to freshmen at orientation and each freshman dreads the thought of having a PEM for a roommate. The stereotype is true to some extent and justly earned by the actions and appearance of some PEMs, but many of the supposed character- istics are greatly exaggerated and unfairly assigned to everyone who chooses Physical Education as their major course of study. A typical PEM in the eyes of a non-major possesses the following qualities: she has a masculine physique, she has short hair, she walks like a plow boy, she wears green shorts all the time-even in sub-zero weather, she wears high class tennis shoes and golf socks, she is uncommonly bored in class and out, she is intellectually inferior fall brawn and no brainsi, she is always full of energy, and she likes to run for class offices. What ll? like ilu Be Pem

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rdctice Teaching i an orientation, moving off campus, a strange town, getting to know your landlady, getting up at 6:30, meeting the principal, hiding your jitters when you are introduced to the teachers, going to that first class, putting 90 faces with 90 names, a seating chart, calling the roll, writing on the blackboard, observing, teaching a little, homeroom, writing excuses, having great lessons spoiled by a class meeting, seeing raised hands, answering trivial questions, answering not so trivial questions, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch 5 days a week, the teachers' lounge, hearing the teachers gossip, student apathy, teaching a lot, grading papers, putting up bulletin boards, missing your W.C. friends, a student's smiling face, the high cost of groceries, discussing student problems, getting teaching hints, turning classes over to the real teacher. Saying goodbye, packing again, receiving an S ................. Mary Moore Senior