Game Off by JAK's guest mom blogger from Racine, Carol Rogers Do I have gym today? I want to play basketball again! Can we play Mr. Fox? I love gym! I forgot my gym shoes. I didn't know I had gym today. Everyday when I go to work I hear comments similar to these. I'm a gym teacher. Kids often rank gym class as one of their favorites, right up there with recess and nachos for lunch! Having fun is a huge bonus to my job, but it's really about physically educating children. There are always obstacles in education and one obstacle that I face is my students have gym once every 3 days. Not only is it not often enough (save that for another time),it also means that they do not have gym on the same day every week. This 3-day rotation is directly related to the second obstacle: "Oops, I forgot my gym shoes". Whether it's warm or cold, I rarely have a class where everyone is wearing tennis shoes. And this presents the third obstacle; students are not allowed to ...