First week of school and I already have an issue with the gym teacher at the primary school our girls attend. If we ever shared a cup of tea and spoke about teachers and the education system here in Canada you’ll leave thinking..”this fella really dislikes teachers!”

Let’s just say I expect a little more from teachers. Don’t get we wrong, I appreciated all they did for me and what they’re doing for my girls… BUT! (we’ll leave this for another time)

Yesterday I overheard our eldest daughter saying to Caron that  her gym teacher (BTW our other girls said the same thing as well) said to the class that she’ll need new gym shoes. NEW GYM shoes.. we just spent over $60 each on Nike Shox for them. Supposedly, since the shoes they currently have were worn outside they would not be permitted in the gym. So Mr Teacher expects us to go out and purchase new shoes specifically for gym..to run around after a ball!

We’re talking about a gym where the floor is the very same as the entire school… same as the classroom they spend most of their time in, the lunch room where they have lunch, library etc. I would be less critical if the gym had some special floor that needed to be protected… but it’s the same floor as the rest of the school.

Where do teachers get the power to tell us that we need to go purchase new shoes for our girls after we’ve already done so? Last time I checked I didn’t get a summer off with pay…nor Christmas , Easter and Spring break. Maybe they have the coins, but we don’t!