Indian Leg Wrestle Summary

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In “attempt to help her accelerated communications students visualize a story”, Cooper teacher Ms. Bagby told two unsuspecting students to get on the ground and wrestle. During class today at CMS, Ms. Bagby was sharing a tale about her experiences at middle school when she was young, and recalled that in gym, students would Indian Leg Wrestle. There was an immediate confusion in the air. One student asked the teacher, “What’s Indian Leg Wrestling.” Ms. Bagby's response was not only telling, but also partly reprehensible. “Devin, Jack, get over here and lie on the ground.” The students were bewildered, but listened. Ms. Bagby then instructed them to Indian Leg Wrestle, explaining the need for this as “demonstrating to the class one important

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