School P.E. is usually the most poorly executed class…
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School P.E. is usually the most poorly executed class.
First let me put this out there: I am NOT against fitness, I am extremely physically active, and have been my whole life. But public school gym class being HORRIBLE is something i will stand by till the end of time. My biggest argument for this is that at least at my school, Gym was the ONLY class that would move at the pace of the best/most advanced student, versus the worse, Other classes such as science and math were the exact opposite in this.
The other big problem i have with it is instead of actually teaching kids to be physically active, and embrace it in their day to day life, you usually have around 5 boys throwing dodgeballs 100 mph while the rest of us just tremble in the corner. Gym class made me second guess being active at ALL when i was younger, and based on what my younger siblings tell me it still does.
I also understand that not everyone is going to excel in academic classes, however the B.S that we had to put up with from the boys in gym class (name calling, insults, slurs) honestly made me feel no empathy for them at all. I feel like there should almost always be a competitive side of the gym, and then a non competitive side so everyone can stay happy.
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First let me put this out there: I am NOT against fitness, I am extremely physically active, and have been my whole life. But public school gym class being HORRIBLE is something i will stand by till the end of time. My biggest argument for this is that at least at my school, Gym was the ONLY class that would move at the pace of the best/most advanced student, versus the worse, Other classes such as science and math were the exact opposite in this.
The other big problem i have with it is instead of actually teaching kids to be physically active, and embrace it in their day to day life, you usually have around 5 boys throwing dodgeballs 100 mph while the rest of us just tremble in the corner. Gym class made me second guess being active at ALL when i was younger, and based on what my younger siblings tell me it still does.
I also understand that not everyone is going to excel in academic classes, however the B.S that we had to put up with from the boys in gym class (name calling, insults, slurs) honestly made me feel no empathy for them at all. I feel like there should almost always be a competitive side of the gym, and then a non competitive side so everyone can stay happy.
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