Progress

Over the year my physical ed. journey hasn't been the greatest, i believe that i was progressing in the beginning of the year then I started not caring as much for my physical health and just stopped trying even but I think it also got worse because of my skin condition and my ankle. I think throughout my Physical ed learning progress I've only worn my gym strip about 20% of the time maybe even less, it is not because i am lazy or forgot, i just have a severe insecurities about myself and i don't feel comfortable changing and being in shorts and t shirts i enjoy wearing sweaters and pants, and i wouldn't think of that as being a gym strip. If i had to give my self a letter grade of the overall progress i would give myself a C- because I have been participating lightly, I've never skipped any classes other than missing them to go to appointments (but i don't really consider that as skipping), i try to bring a good attitude and charisma to whatever activity we do even if i don't like it. and i also try my hardest to feel comfortable enough to change (it doesn't always work though). I think if i would ever grade my activity outside of school i would give it a B, I feel way more comfortable doing exercise independently because i don't have to worry about people looking at me and saying bad things like "shes so lazy, wow i can do way more than her, fat ass" and i can control myself. when i am doing fitness in school i feel like i have to do as much as everyone else is doing or else i will fail. when I'm at home i don't feel that way and i feel like i have much more room to exercise the way i please. I am trying to participate more now that the year is almost over and I think i should really make the best of it because i will be very busy during the summer.

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During PE this year, how have you shown you are prepared and willing to participate 
in a variety of activities?  On what days have you participated to your best effort and 
why?  What days have been a struggle for you and why?
during this PE term I've tried to improve on bring my gym strip in more often, and I've participated more in fitness than i have last semester. I try to put more effort in on fitness days because I feel like I can get more out of it than on regular gym days. I have the most struggle when my eczema gets bad. Its a big struggle because I have to limit the amount of effort I put in so that it doesn't get worse.

How do you contribute to the overall success of the class?  What kind of attitude do you bring and why?  How do you interact with other students in our class?
I sometimes encourage my friends to try harder in gym. I think I bring a positive attitude, I can make my friends smile and laugh, I really enjoy being in this class because I made so many friends no, and I have a pretty great teacher. I think I've made friends with mostly all grade 8's and im really proud of that.
Describe your participation during fitness days - have you been able to push yourself
physically?  What types of fitness activities do you enjoy the most?  What fitness
goals do you have for the rest of the year? 
I think my participation in fitness has improved now that my eczema is curing a little. I've pushed myself a little further i am now able to run 5:4 in the beep test while before i could only run till 4:7. For this semester i would like to run in the beep test till atleast level 6. I would also like to push myself a little more further on fitness days
What improvements would you like to make in PE by the end of the year?  What are
you the most proud of so far?
I would like to improve on wearing my gym strip more often. I am proud of the fact that I have grown a little more stronger i guess, i can also control my breathing while running

During PE this year, how have you shown you are prepared and willing to participate 
in a variety of activities?  On what days have you participated to your best effort and 
why?  What days have been a struggle for you and why?
During this year I don't think I showed I was prepared, because I didn't bring my gym strip to every class. 
But I do think I was prepared even without my gym strip because I always stretch before fitness that way I wouldn't hurt my ankles very much. I have participated in mostly all activities even if I was hurt or if my skin had been breaking out, I would try to do the best of my abilities or I would use the bicycle to try to get the exercise I was missing. I have participated the most when I wasn't hurt or when I didn't have bad skin because then I could push myself without worrying about sweating or going slower for my foot, I remember once i was red, sweating, and puffing from the pond run. I was very proud of myself then because I had reached the limit from which I could handle and that where I was trying to get at. The most struggling days for me was when my skin broke out because i had to go easy on myself so that I wouldn't have to sweat, which would have made it worse and really irritating.
 How do you contribute to the overall success of the class?  What kind of attitude do you bring and why?  How do you interact with other students in our class?
I think I bring a positive attitude, I think I can make people smile or laugh. I sometimes encourage my classmates/friends to push themselves.I really enjoy being in the class because I made so many friends now that they are not just friends i see in class but friends i see outside of class and I really like that. In the beginning of school I was pretty shy and didn't want to talk to many people but now I think I've made friends with mostly all grade 8's not grade 9's though.
 Describe your participation during fitness days - have you been able to push yourself 
physically?  What types of fitness activities do you enjoy the most?  What fitness 
goals do you have for the rest of the year? 
I think I try my hardest when I can (when I'm not injured or breaking out.)I will even do it without my gym strip even if what I wear makes me feel warm while fitness. I don't stop until i feel like I am not able to breath anymore. I think my favorite fitness activities would have to be the pond run, the community run, and the hill run. My fitness goal is to try harder when i am hurt, but I also want to try to bring my gym strip to every class.
 What does "leadership" mean to you?  Who are the best leaders in our class - why?
To me leadership means developing through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience. They inspire classmates into higher levels of teamwork, and effort. it is the ability to influence others towards a specific goal or course of action. I think Katherine was a good leader to me because she is always encouraging me to push harder in fitness classes, and she has never stopped participating in fitness even if shes hurt.
What improvements would you like to make in PE by the end of the year? 
I would like to get higher than a 6 on the beep test. I would also like to bring my gym strip to every class.
Finally, what letter grade A, B, C+, C, C- (gulp) best represents the effort you just described? 
I think i should recieve a C+ or C overall because i've lacked in participating and effort.