Why Won't They Let Me Be a 400-Pound Gym Teacher?

Rules for thee, not for me.

A 400-pound 44-year-old tank — who has diabetes, hypertension and asthma — gym teacher hopeful named David Lopez is so furious at Wayne State University in Detroit that he has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the school because it won’t let him do his student teaching virtually.

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“They don’t think I fit the description of what a PE teacher was because I’m very overweight,” Lopez said, according to the Detroit News. “They didn’t want me to graduate with my certification because I didn’t fit what they perceived to be a gym teacher because of my size and because of my weight. There’s no doubt that was the reason why. There was no other reason. I passed everything.”

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