P.E. Stands for Partial Exertion

2 days a week I Have gym class. Everyone wears their special gym uniform made of light fabrics. I love these days simply because the uniform involves shorts instead of the usual jeans in 35 degrees. At home we wear special clothes for gym too, but we only wear them for gym class, not all day as is the case here. In Canada we even have showers, you can shower and put on clean clothing so you smell/feel good for the next class. Unfortunately, here, they don't seem to understand the purpose of having different clothes for gym. You have to wear the same sweaty uniform all day, and people sweat a LOT in the blistering sun. Some days when we go downstairs and outside for P.E. we do some stretching and a walking lap around the tennis court but mostly the guys run for the soccer ball on the field. Boys and girls do gym separately, the guys are left to themselves to make teams and play soccer. The girls play tennis if it isn't particularly hot that day (maybe once a month?) or just sit in one of the shade tents and talk. Luckily only a few of the guys actually run during soccer so I'm not expected to work too hard. It is still much too hot to even play lazy soccer. When the block is over we go back to our classroom and turn all of the fans on full but the Spanish teacher always turns them off when she comes in and complains about how cold it is. I'm not sure whats wrong with her.