Elektrostal Grammar School. Gymnasium No. 6, modeling lesson, Author Dmitry Makeev (CC BY-SA 4.0 International).
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Most of us remember gym class – the awkward uniforms, the pungent locker rooms, the embarrassment of the showers, the sting of chlorine in the pool.
For six year olds, gym class is less about competition than activities which increase balance, flexibility, coordination, and strength. Gym class is about cartwheels and backward rolls; about jumping rope, and learning to walk a balance beam; about building confidence.
Unfortunately, the students of Springboro, OH gym teacher, John Austin Hopkins were exposed to much more. Hopkins has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for gross sexual imposition on 27 first grade girls during gym class [1]. Continue reading
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