• @yeather@lemmy.ca
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    175 months ago

    There’s usually a dance section included in PE instruction, mostly to break up hard physical activity snd allow kids to have fun. The type of dancing depends on the school and the state, we did salsa dancing in Florida.

    • @Zron@lemmy.world
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      185 months ago

      “Allow the kids to have fun”

      Should have told that to my PE teacher in grade school. I’ve never been good at dancing, and I got pulled aside multiple times in front of the class because I just couldn’t follow some of the dances we were supposed to do. These weren’t for competitions or anything, just as an activity.

      That’s when I learned that not all bullies are children.

    • Chetzemoka
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      75 months ago

      You’re younger than I am. For my generation, it was all square dancing.

      • @JaymesRS
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        65 months ago

        Same. I lived in Minnesota and Indiana and did Square Dancing in both.

      • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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        35 months ago

        I’m over 60, growing up in SoCal we had Square Dancing and the Maypole but also the Mexican Hat Dance, plus Tinikling, the Filipino one with two poles. Oh, and I think a bit of Hula.

        (Later as a teacher I taught my 2nd graders some Russian dancing I had learned from my ballet teacher, because little kids are bouncy and kicky and we could do it inside when it rained.)