Writer's Block: Sweat it out
Feb. 18th, 2011 02:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Absolutely. Our country is fat enough!
Children really need that outlet not only to stay at least moderately healthy, but they also need to expend that energy. With the increase in homework, and indoor activities like tv and video games (not to mention it being too goddamn cold to go outside in winter here), they get all wound up. Having gym class will help them work it out and therefore be more likely to be able to concentrate, especially the more high-strung kids. I'm sure there are also a bunch of skills learned during gym class that would otherwise be lost.
Of course, there should be more comprehensive education vs the teacher being lazy and you play floor hockey for three weeks in a row. Pass/fail is also really stupid, especially if it's performance-based. My high school gym teacher didn't do that, but her colleague did. I'd've gotten a C and been extremely pissed off because my gpa meant everything to me at the time.
If phy ed wasn't required in schools I would likely have never taken it, and been unhealthier faster. When we get out of high school, those of us who aren't athletically inclined are far more prone to becoming immediately sedentary while also eating badly (face it, many teens prefer Taco Bell over making their own healthy meals).
Absolutely. Our country is fat enough!
Children really need that outlet not only to stay at least moderately healthy, but they also need to expend that energy. With the increase in homework, and indoor activities like tv and video games (not to mention it being too goddamn cold to go outside in winter here), they get all wound up. Having gym class will help them work it out and therefore be more likely to be able to concentrate, especially the more high-strung kids. I'm sure there are also a bunch of skills learned during gym class that would otherwise be lost.
Of course, there should be more comprehensive education vs the teacher being lazy and you play floor hockey for three weeks in a row. Pass/fail is also really stupid, especially if it's performance-based. My high school gym teacher didn't do that, but her colleague did. I'd've gotten a C and been extremely pissed off because my gpa meant everything to me at the time.
If phy ed wasn't required in schools I would likely have never taken it, and been unhealthier faster. When we get out of high school, those of us who aren't athletically inclined are far more prone to becoming immediately sedentary while also eating badly (face it, many teens prefer Taco Bell over making their own healthy meals).
