An accident occurred at South Middle School at the beginning of this month. Kiki Riedel and I had interviewed Mr. Gebhardt and Mr. Ptacek about their opinions on what happened. The tragic incident was a complete accident. It had occurred in the weight room when the South Middle teacher was trying to teach a student how to breathe correctly. The teacher had sat on his stomach while he had his mouth and nose closed. The student had passed out and the teacher did not know. The teacher soon stood up and the student rolled off the bench and hit his head causing an injury.
As Mr Gebhardt and Mr Ptacek said they don´t really know what happened so it’s hard to have an opinion on what actually occurred in that weight room. They said it´s hard to know what happened because the situation could have multiple reasons behind it. Teachers who work in physical education should have a lot of knowledge about the safety and health of students.
There are many different types of education that are needed to work in physical education including movement courses, training in CPR and first aid, and exercise science. And overall just knowledge of movement and health. The weight room has many different rules, the main rule is safety, as Mr Ptacek said ¨well you have a lot of kids in there so safety is important. So, we talk about how to properly put the weights on the bar to avoid the weights falling on the kids around. I also emphasize spotting someone correctly so that the weight they are lifting is not falling on the kids chest if they are benching or falling back when they are cleaning or squatting. I emphasize those things to try to keep the safety of the students assured.¨
Overall there could have been many different reasons why this happened. For privacy reasons we did not go into much detail. Due to posts and journals we have read, we decided to take on the decision to talk to our physical education teachers to ask them about why this happened or possible reasons this happened. We know that at Southeast of Saline our safety and health is prioritized by the teachers we have. In our weight room we have many rules that keep us safe and great teachers who emphasize those rules because they are passionate about their jobs and our safety.
