Weight Room With Actual Weights?

Weight, hold on a second! (pun intended) girls can use weights?

Throughout my entire high school life, I've never been told "we're going to be working with weights this week" - especially being a girl. It's always been the boys that the teacher talks to about weights. I learned so many things this week. I learned about the muscles and how they work (contracting) and also about the things I can do to build some muscle. For me, I usually do weights anyways, but my PE teachers have told me most of the time that The weights I have are too heavy, in order to prevent me from becoming too muscular, but I think that a little muscle is good. I don't know if it's weird that I think that or if I'm the only one, but that's just what I think. I really liked going to the weight room, and after learning all this new information, I actually have more motivation to do so. I'm really surprised actually at how much weight I can endure. I was really amazed at my ability to push myself! I'm really happy with myself! :) I can feel the soreness coming! :/ but that's okay, it just means I'm building more muscles!!! :)