Question for parents of teenagers

[DJBod129]

I graduated in 2000, played football for 4 years... Took a shower exactly 0 times after football. I preferred to go home and take a long, relaxing shower after practice. :shrug:

+1 to not showering after PE because you have all of 1 or 2 minutes to change and get to your next class

 

[fat x nub]

At the high school i went to the freshman were thrown in a room with 4 walls and nothign else. That room was a oor off of the weight room which was located under the varsity lockeroom. The room had no showers or anything. If a freshman laid foot in the varsity locker room he would have gotten flammed and haze. If he even thought about taking a shower...he would be in there for a long long long time (would take his clothes and towel probably). When i played freshman football nobody and i mean NOBODY took a shower

 

[farmbrewernw]

I graduated highschool in 2001 and we took showers after practices and even after PE but yeah I think it's one of the follow the pack sorts of things, I just didn't like feeling all cruddy. The women never took a shower though, I think because our PE teacher was a lesbian.

 

[fat x nub]

All the varsity kids take showers....probably 90% of them. Not one freshman took a shower...ever

 

[gjg130]

I graduated High School in 2002 and most people that actually practiced hard showered after practice. Almost everyone showered after wrestling practice because you never knew what got on you during the time you were rolling around on the mat. I wouldn't want that stuff sitting on me any longer than it has too.

But as far as P.E we never really had time to do so but since I was in sports I never had to take P.E. I guess if I going to put my clean cloths on after practice I would shower but that is me. And our High School cleaned the shower everyday because they would complain about the mildew in them because we would us them to lose weight for wrestling.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

Guys that age think they are supposed to look like guys in pornos with a 10 incher and 8 pack abs.

Wait not everyone looks like that? Just me? weird.....

 

[Beards Brews]

This is reason number one I jumped at the opportunity to teach 12th grade and ditch 9th grade, which I taught last year. They smelled so bad it could make the paint bubble. I got tired of supporting febreeze and lysol.

This year my classroom doesn't stink so badly. Give him time, he'll grow out of it (unless he becomes a rock-n-roller, then it'll be 28 before he starts cleaning up):rockin:

 

[Donasay]

I graduated High School in 2002 and most people that actually practiced hard showered after practice. Almost everyone showered after wrestling practice because you never knew what got on you during the time you were rolling around on the mat. I wouldn't want that stuff sitting on me any longer than it has too.

But as far as P.E we never really had time to do so but since I was in sports I never had to take P.E. I guess if I going to put my clean cloths on after practice I would shower but that is me. And our High School cleaned the shower everyday because they would complain about the mildew in them because we would us them to lose weight for wrestling.

Yea, it was the wrestling thing that did it for me too, they could bleach those mats all they wanted, but for some reason they still would harbor the dreaded worm. There were a couple of guys on the team who didn't wash their stuff every day, and still more guys who wore their wrestling shoes outside the gym, or into the bathroom, in addition to the STANK I am sure those things just compounded the problem... All the more reason to wash it off asap.

 

[BoxofRain]

Showers are required in the H.S. I teach at. That being said, I'd be willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that the older kids shower and that this is an issue with self consciousness among the freshmen.

 

[mmb]

When I graduated in '96, after 4 years of swimming, track and cross country, everyone took showers after practice and it was odd to see someone wearing shower shorts. After gym, more often than not the guys in sports would take showers and the others wouldn't.

 

[billtzk]

Showers were required after PE and sports when I was in HS. Some people routinely skipped it, but most guys showered. It was just an open tiled room full of shower heads running full blast for the last five minutes at the end of the hour. A quick and perfunctory rinse was the order of the day. There was not a lot of horsing around, then a quick towel and slip back into your clothes half wet since there wasn't time to waste before next class.

The dorm showers when I went to college were also big open tiled rooms full of shower heads. There being no schedule, you might or might not be showering at the same time as others. I never noticed anyone in the dorm acting self-conscious though. The hard part for me was adjusting to the toilet stalls that had no doors. You get used to it eventually.

 

[AnOldUR]

The hard part for me was adjusting to the toilet stalls that had no doors. You get used to it eventually.

Forgot about that. No problem with the showers, but taking a dump is another thing. Never could get use to sitting next to another guy taking a crap.

Anyone mention boot camp? No way to go 12 weeks without getting in that gang shower.

 

[Kilgore_Trout]

Forgot about that. No problem with the showers, but taking a dump is another thing. Never could get use to sitting next to another guy taking a crap.

Anyone mention boot camp? No way to go 12 weeks without getting in that gang shower.

We had one un-covered toilet in our high school gym locker room. The art room was adjacent, so it was the closest bathroom for the teacher.

Every day of my sophmore year the art teacher would come in and take a huge dump, in front of a whole class full of changing kids

 

[MgMt_Home_Brew]

We had one un-covered toilet in our high school gym locker room. The art room was adjacent, so it was the closest bathroom for the teacher.

Every day of my sophmore year the art teacher would come in and take a huge dump, in front of a whole class full of changing kids

HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Jester369]

Class of 87 - showers were pretty much mandatory after PE class, and appropriate time was given. The kids that didn't want to shower were considered the odd ones. I really dislike the way we are programmed to feel that our bodies are nasty and should be covered at all times. I'm not saying I want to see a 400 lb dude walking down the sidewalk in the buff, but at the same time you shouldn't feel bad taking a shower in a locker room.

 

[Germey]

Class of 87 - showers were pretty much mandatory after PE class, and appropriate time was given. The kids that didn't want to shower were considered the odd ones. I really dislike the way we are programmed to feel that our bodies are nasty and should be covered at all times. I'm not saying I want to see a 400 lb dude walking down the sidewalk in the buff, but at the same time you shouldn't feel bad taking a shower in a locker room.

And we all thank our lucky stars that you are not of the puritan persuasion

 

[Jester369]

And we all thank our lucky stars that you are not of the puritan persuasion

Or, more importantly, that Red is not of the puritan persuasion!

 

[flyboy]

Back when I was in highschool, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, coach ding us a dimerit if we tried to ditch a shower after practice. He explained to us that if we wanted to catch the girl, we had to smell the part. Not just look the part. Now, the coaches don't dare do anything like that. All they need is one kid saying "Coach looked at me" and that poor teacher is hauled before the school board and black listed even after they've proven themselves innocent. They're only option is to let the kids smell like a wet dog after chasing a pig or have them choke on the frumes from their spray on crap.

 

[Brandon O]

Graduated in 99 from high school.

Even in junior high if you didn't take a shower you were considered a pansy.
I don't know if showers were mandatory, but if someone didn't take a shower everyone assumed it was because they had something to be embarrased about.

 

[jgln]

I'd try but these days I barely have time to meet up with my family and friends, besided do you really want to hang out with some old guy?

First, let me apologize to all for getting off topic. Not sure how to PM yet.

Too funny, after work that night (after posting) we took our dog to the local vet to get her stitches removed for her tail that needed to be cut off a while back. They also took off the cone she wore to stop her from biting at it. Just as I was about to go to bed at 11pm the dog went crazy whining, crying and going in circles after her tail, wouldn't stop. Turns out she opened the wound and it was bleeding and hurting her like hell. Long story, but next thing I knew we were on our way to Wilmington DE to the on-call vet. I was in the back trying to restrain a biting crying dog with blood all over me. She wasn't biting too hard, just trying to let me know she hurt bad and wanted me to let her go. She would lick my hand after each bite. She is such a good dog. We never been to this vet and got a little lost. Point is next thing I knew after talking about you being so close in Newark here I was in Wilmington at 1am. Didn't get to bed until 3:30.

 

[McKBrew]

My sons are between the ages of 11-13. We make them shower every evening esp on school nights. Let me tell you how much of a fricken hassle it is to get them to do it, even though they have done the same thing every night for the last 3 years or so. Even so, occasionally one slips by and with three of them sleeping in the same room, I walk in some mornings to wake them up and swear I'm in the cattle barns at the fair. When I was a teenager, we had one bathroom at home so I would wake up a bit early and walk to school just to shower.

 

[dataz722]

Wow, I hope she is ok. Which vet? It may have been the same one that I had to take my cat to. He broke his leg at like 1 am.

 

[jgln]

Wow, I hope she is ok. Which vet? It may have been the same one that I had to take my cat to. He broke his leg at like 1 am.

Windcrest. I remember seeing a lot of DuPont buildings around. She is fine and back to being her normal self except when she bumps her tail on something and cries out again. I'm glad she is not holding a grudge for me being so rough with her trying to restrain her all that time. Young Lab/chow mix. This is the third time she got stitched up. Should have been healed by now but we are back at square one. This time they used dissolving stitches so hopefully that will help. This time the cone stays on longer and we keep it just in case. Vet should have waited a week or so after removing the stitches before taking the cone off. Next time we KEEP the cone just in case.

 

[Ego Archive]

You know, now that I have been thinking about this for a bit, I'm not absolutely sure I would take a shower at school if I was going now. That is even though I shower 4-5 times a week at the gym.

Thinking back, we all took showers after PE, and practice. The shower was just the tiled section with a half wall, and a bunch of nozzles on the far wall.

Back when I was in school the worst thing you were looking at was (the possibility of) a bit of razzing, or a towel snapping you. With the advent of camera phones that have the ability to upload video, and what I have seen of kids getting web harassment, and e-stalking, I don't know.

 

[jgln]

You know, now that I have been thinking about this for a bit, I'm not absolutely sure I would take a shower at school if I was going now. That is even though I shower 4-5 times a week at the gym.

Thinking back, we all took showers after PE, and practice. The shower was just the tiled section with a half wall, and a bunch of nozzles on the far wall.

Back when I was in school the worst thing you were looking at was (the possibility of) a bit of razzing, or a towel snapping you. With the advent of camera phones that have the ability to upload video, and what I have seen of kids getting web harassment, and e-stalking, I don't know.

That is a very good point about the camera phones. Hopefully this will catch on though in the womens locker rooms.

 

[Germey]

Back when I was in school the worst thing you were looking at was (the possibility of) a bit of razzing, or a towel snapping you. With the advent of camera phones that have the ability to upload video, and what I have seen of kids getting web harassment, and e-stalking, I don't know.

Wow, dude....
All this time I've has this little mental sneer going on... "silly kids today"
I never even thought of that. But, now that you say it, it so totally would happen. Before you were even dressed, every other kid would be watching the video of it on their iPhoneberrything and blogging comments about the pimple on your ass.