12452 Wrote:
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> Just found out from my son that they don't shower
> after gym class in middle school, like really?
> When I was in school it was mandatory, and
> according to my daughter the boys all stink after
> gym and waft it around the halls, why did they
> stop mandatory group showers in school? Personally
> I blame all the kids who complain about having to
> bear it all when everyone has the same stuff you
> do, they go complain to a teacher and then other
> kids get in trouble, they only times anyone from
> my school got bullied was when you got a boner and
> that was just making fun of it turtling in the
> cold water not because anyone though he was gay.
> We need to band together and make mandatory
> showers in middle school and high school the norm
> again.
My kids say the same thing - no one showers in high school or middle school. Doesn't matter how stinky or sweaty they get.
Who cares. Showering is over-rated anyway.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/06/i-stopped-showering-and-life-continued/486314/