How to get out of Gym. Lulz

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Well, My schedule has changed because of the simester change. This is giving me the dreadded Gym. It is a major change in my schooling and I need a way out. I can take Marching Band, but only next year. I also need two P.E credits or I fail. I've skipped gym for the past week by going to the guidance councler.
How do I convince my Councler to let me have a schedule change!?!?

I don't know how you could convince your counselor to let you change your schedule. I hated gym so much I failed it twice, which just made it worse because I then had to take it two more times to pass, so I would suggest just going ahead and getting it over with.

I never much minded gym except the semester that I had it first period. Physical activity at 8am makes me vomit. A lot. I guess it was a good way to get out of a day of class though.

I just stopped showing up It was last thing in the afternoon so I went home early. I did this for every PE lesson for two years. And the crazy thing is that when I used to go to PE lessons I got rubbish school reports for them, but after I stopped showing up I started to get much more positive reports. They said things like "She is making strong progress this term." It must have been because the teacher hadn't got a clue who I was or that I never showed up, so he decided to keep it as vague and generally positive as possible. It did make me laugh though.

Come down with asthma. And joint problems.

I have both. It helped me get out of some of the more ridiculous activities like intramural basketball. *rolls eyes*

Did you mention this to your parents? I wonder if you could get a medical excuse from P.E. I would think to get a medical waiver, you would have to get your parents to back you up.

It will be hard sell if you're in a public school. They like everyone to have P.E., no matter what.

In my school in Melbourne (Australia) PE covered all sporting activity. I did OK - except when we had gymnastics! I did all I could to avoid it when they went to stuff I was scared of. I believe now that the reason I was scared was because I was subconciously aware of my late developing dexterity (ie I couldn't ride a bicycle until I was nearly a teenager) and consequently getting hurt. So I went the medical excuse at short notice - faking headaches and other injuries as well as "forgetting" my gear. This was one of the lies I used to do that I didn't get away with a lot - sometimes it worked.

I agree with Tortuga about telling your parents. I also agree with Britanny about opening up completely about your concerns with your counsellor.

or u could say your get up and go, just got up and went. or exercise is against your religion.

It's all about dodgeball

Sometimes there are ways to take PE as a correspondance course, at least here in Canada. That's what I did. If they had made me take it I would have just skipped it and gone somewhere else! I doub that they would have noticed at the beginning, because nobody knew who I was. Either that or tell your counsellor that a doctor or pysch person said that it wouldn't be good/safe for you to take PE with the personal challenges you have.

You could break something
A few years ago i broke my big toe by stumbling on some stairs.
Took me 3 days to find out, so little did it hurt.
But i didn't have to go to gym for 6 months
And i got to keep my shoes on inside everywere on doctors orders

I just don't go. They TRIED sticking my in special ed phys ed, I have not showed up once so far, I go to study halls, to the library, to other teachers to make up work, ect.