1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connor show podcast, School sports Trauma Waning, Christian, 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: My school sports trauma still gives me shivers today involves 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 1: forgetting my uniform. A new rule was brought in one 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: day when I forgot those students we thought it was 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: acceptable to turn up without their sports kit. From now 6 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: on would still do sports, but with their school uniform 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: worn inside out. That is cruel. There was nothing more 8 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: bounce and a half and where I checked school dress 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: with the pockets flapping like anophant wings and the size 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: tag there for all to see. I still hate missus 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: d for doing this. It only happened to me once, 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: and I never got my school sports outfit after that 13 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: because of what happened. You're still traumatized, Kathy, this is unbelievable. 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: My sports teacher, Christian, taught me how to swim by 15 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: attaching a long pole to the back of my trunks 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: and dragging me through the water. What No, that is 17 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: not a way to teach anyone to swear. He signs 18 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: off here it didn't work, of course it didn't. Some 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: of the course we've heard the last twenty minutes we 20 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: cannot put on air. I heard Jack saying him on 21 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: of them tell Christian story. But what like child, we 22 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: can't have that on air. We have some kind of 23 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: codes and practices on the show. All right, let's go 24 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: to the few calls we can't actually put to air. 25 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 1: And even some of these are questionable. No wonder our 26 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: generation drinks so much. He saw this trauma. Rebecca, good morning, 27 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: good morning, Hell you, I'm good. So let's go back 28 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: to school days and school sports. 29 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: What happened? 30 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 3: I think it was back in ninety one. We were 31 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 3: doing our sports down in the gym and one of 32 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 3: the we were running around and one of the kids 33 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 3: hurt himself and he said to the teacher, I've put 34 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 3: my leg, you know, truly saw. She said, suck it 35 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 3: up and deal with it. So he's done that, and 36 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 3: then he continued. We continue doing p and then when 37 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 3: we when he came in the following day, he's leg 38 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 3: was in a cast and we're like, what the hell happened? 39 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: He goes, I broke my leg in pe and so 40 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 3: the teacher said, suck it up, and yeah, he bucked 41 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 3: his legs. 42 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, they did not accept interest, did they did not care. 43 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: I don't think they had first aid kits, you know, 44 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: as you found out yesterday. Rebecca, thank you very much. 45 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 2: You cool. 46 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: Have a good day you too. 47 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 3: See you guys. 48 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: Billy, good morning, Hello man, I'm good Billy. Welcome to 49 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: the show. Quick counchut Belly. Then we get into it, guys, Belly, 50 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 1: what's your story for us? What have been at school? Sports? Mate? 51 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 3: Ah? Well, this was back in the late eighties, you know. 52 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: So I was eight eighty nine and we were in 53 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: the basketball courts before p and was like kindock. 54 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 3: Silent time, you know, and if you are he said 55 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: anything from one. 56 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 2: Of our teachers, you would get a basketball to the head. 57 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: What do you mean to the head thrown at you? 58 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 2: Thrown at you? Literally? 59 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: Well, and were you allowed to dodge it? Listen, tor Mentors. 60 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 3: And I was was full on that. 61 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: Certainly you're just reading a book. Next minute you're on 62 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: the ground. Wow. We Benny, thank you very much. 63 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: You called. 64 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: Just remind you these are the ones we can actually 65 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: put to There are worse that we've turned away. 66 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 2: Uh, Peter, Yeah, I'm good. 67 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: Peter. You're the one with the javelin. 68 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. 69 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: We've actually had a in song meeting about whether we 70 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: should put this one to air. But let's let's hear 71 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: the javelin story, Peter, I just quickly. 72 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: I was the third of Thory boys, so I had 73 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: two older brothers which been there high school years, giving 74 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: the teacher that the actually hear it. And his name 75 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: was mister bos and the clam was popular back then, 76 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 2: and my first my first day at school, I got 77 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 2: the young que and I just basically called him mister. 78 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: I called him poso. And we happen to be doing 79 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: the javelin toss at the time, and he decided that 80 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: I would be the one to go pick up the 81 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: javelins that have been throwing. But he sort of kept 82 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: a feedback and while I was out there, I spent 83 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 2: most of my time picking him up dodging the javelins 84 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: who was throwing. 85 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: There's a fine time between psychotic behavior and attempted murder. 86 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 2: What he was he was pretty full on those. 87 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: Throwing space through the air at young kids. Because you're 88 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: two older brothers and you called him of the town, yeah, 89 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: zero tolerance. He's going to stamp it out there. 90 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 2: I spent a lot of time dodging Bozo after. 91 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: That, and the men dodging javelins when us that term. 92 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: He found it humorous. 93 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, but anyways, like a man dictat and throwing them all. 94 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 2: Right, well, Peter, thank you very much of the Javelin story. 95 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: No more cools now christ you know Connell Show podcast