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I would like to see PE required K-12 EVERY SINGLE DAY. I think there would be a drastic reduction in obesity in youths which means less diabetes, CVDs, etc. That would also lead to lesser healthcare expenses!
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That's a great plan...except that in most Public High Schools, PE is a joke. Especially at my school...the laziest kids take PE. All they do is run. They might as well be on Track. The kids who actually want to do something productive play sports. I played Varsity Golf for 3 years to fill my PE requirements, and I really enjoyed it. But I'll tell you right now, this new plan isn't going to do crap.
missypie-boy are you right! I'd love to take a spin or yoga class.
The reason kids hate PE is because they don't get to choose it...it's forced upon us. Right now at my school we can only do sports, general PE (which again, only the laziest kids take), dance, ROTC or marching band (and you only get credit for that for 1 semester, so you end up having to take it all four years to fill the requirement). Now if we were given the option to do something like missypie suggests, something that WE got to choose and we actually would enjoy, things might be different.
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know there are going to be kids who slip through the cracks. Who's really going to check and make sure that every single kid that failed the test the previous year is in PE class? The government doesn't have the time or the resources, and most public schools could care less as long as the kid in question puts up good standardized test scores. It's a good thought, but the plan itself will never work.