A Gym Uniform For P.E. Class
- Thread starter Jazzy1
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Guys wore blue and gold - s/s shirt and shorts with name of the school on both
Girls had a one piece (same style as OP) that was more yellow than gold. No school name.
You could tell some parents preferred using A LOT of bleach due to color fading.
We had PE five days a week. It was only optional for seniors. What schools could require that in 2025? Punishment for misbehavior was running laps on the track for the entire period. Probably be a lawsuit over that today.
Girls had a one piece (same style as OP) that was more yellow than gold. No school name.
You could tell some parents preferred using A LOT of bleach due to color fading.
We had PE five days a week. It was only optional for seniors. What schools could require that in 2025? Punishment for misbehavior was running laps on the track for the entire period. Probably be a lawsuit over that today.
OneEyedDiva
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- New Jersey
Yep...we wore those. Same color as the picture you posted Jazzy.
jujube
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We had the most hideous gym suits. They were a horrible green in a sort of broadcloth that wrinkled badly. One-piece, cap sleeves, rather wide cuffed legs. Guaranteed to fit no one except those favored few who were destined to go through life charmed.
Gym was 5-days a week (except that we didn't have to "dress-out" on Fridays because we had folk or ballroom dancing on Fridays. Gym was required for two years. If you really loved torture, there was an elective third year.
Gym was 5-days a week (except that we didn't have to "dress-out" on Fridays because we had folk or ballroom dancing on Fridays. Gym was required for two years. If you really loved torture, there was an elective third year.
Lewkat
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- New Jersey, USA
Ours were blue with elastic around the thigh area. Ugly.
Muskrat
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- Mainly arizona
Ahhhhhhh…my nemesis the gym suit. A two piece blue thing that remained the same for 4 grades. Mandatory. No exceptions.
By the time I finished my junior year I had all needed credits to graduate…except 1/4 credit of PE. My gym suit bottoms had blown out and we were poor, so I did not replace and instead wore shorts. My teacher refused to grade me above a failing because of the gym suit. I appealed to the principal…who explained that without that 1/4 credit of PE I would not graduate…and I would not get the credit without the suit. So no longer having purpose in going to high school..I left. I never graduated or received a diploma.
My mother was adamant that I start directly to college…so I did. All my few friends still attending high school…
By the time I finished my junior year I had all needed credits to graduate…except 1/4 credit of PE. My gym suit bottoms had blown out and we were poor, so I did not replace and instead wore shorts. My teacher refused to grade me above a failing because of the gym suit. I appealed to the principal…who explained that without that 1/4 credit of PE I would not graduate…and I would not get the credit without the suit. So no longer having purpose in going to high school..I left. I never graduated or received a diploma.
My mother was adamant that I start directly to college…so I did. All my few friends still attending high school…
Aunt Bea
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We had a T-shirt and shorts in the school colors with the school logo.
We had to purchase them and there were always a few kids that had to improvise.
IMO all school supplies and meals should be included in the school budget/taxes to give every kid an equal shot.
We had to purchase them and there were always a few kids that had to improvise.
IMO all school supplies and meals should be included in the school budget/taxes to give every kid an equal shot.
hawkdon
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- Liberty MO
nope....
Trade
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We had to wear blue shorts and a white T shirt. Some of the guys would keep the same clothes in their lockers for weeks and weeks before they took them home to wash them and they got pretty ripe, especially the T-shirts which would sometimes get to the point where they were kind of off white in color with a lot of wrinkles. There's something about the smell of fermented sweat. This was in central Florida after all. I was guilty of that on more than one occasion.