Mandatory Physical Education
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I think it's good to make kids exercise every once and a while, but as you said, I guess it should be our choice. The plus sides are that it's healthy and it's an easy A, just to know that.neonsword13-ops said:
My experience with PE of middle school was mostly talking with one or two other friends the whole time while watching others get fit. Last year as a freshman, it just kinda left me feeling incompetent because I could only lift the unweighted bar. It also had a bunch of hyper-masculine douchebags who turned on a bunch of hyper-masculine douchbag music on the radio, drowning out my Metallica, Dimmu Borgir, and Tool. Grrr....
I'm saying what actually happens at my school. In Missouri, (One of them hick states) impregnation is like being a prince while having pregnancy tests as your throne. I was not aware I was being an ass, I thought I was speaking the truth of my experinces. I am not calling all people that like P.E. neanderthals. It's just a very common stereotype down here. I rarely ever meet some one that is NOT a jock in this hell hole.JustJuust said:
So Sorry, I guess?
eh *cough* *cough* umm well I'm the idiot now... over-exposure to the internet made me make bad decisions and not think about what I say more carefully... I just assumed that people that like PE were warm fuzzy kind people like at my school... /awkward apologyneonsword13-ops said:
I could go on about how so many health problems and poor grade scores happen because of shitty body maintenance (obesity) but instead I will just say that for may kids it is the only exposure to this vital part of living (yes I consider self maintenance vital) that they get. I think it is a shame that many kids have only that little bit of exercise a day....
I think it's vital, fat children remain fat adults, it your early years that are important in your life long health.
I think it's important for the academic side of school not to have frustrated and bored students, it's a minimal amount of time but really blows off steam.
Sports required team building and matching skill with movement which is far more valuble than simply not having a fattened belly, which to me was really a natural result of sport rather than the goal.
I've never liked certain peoples academic haughtiness over physical activity, even though half of the great minds they though so highly of, were often skilled fencers or wrestlers not sports for those easily out of breath or distainfull of the shape/condition of their bodies.
I think it's important for the academic side of school not to have frustrated and bored students, it's a minimal amount of time but really blows off steam.
Sports required team building and matching skill with movement which is far more valuble than simply not having a fattened belly, which to me was really a natural result of sport rather than the goal.
I've never liked certain peoples academic haughtiness over physical activity, even though half of the great minds they though so highly of, were often skilled fencers or wrestlers not sports for those easily out of breath or distainfull of the shape/condition of their bodies.
But they have harder (mineral wise) water in many parts of England which has led to some unfortunate teeth problems...Nick Rauen said:
The high school I went to was pretty awesome when it came to physical education, yeah it was mandatory but you got to choose what to do in the class from a list of different activities (you had to choose three things if I recall) which is way better than other places my friends went to where they were forced to do sports they did not like. I think physical education should be mandatory, but what you do in it should be optional (within limits.)
I think its just bad how it is presented. In elementary school, your only doing literal stretches, not anything to actually help GROW your muscles endurance to things or to burn off calories besides the occasional jog, but you can walk anyways, SO WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT! And no, you don't get a prize for winning the jog-athon. The only actual exercise is sports, but since a kid so much as touching another student is grounds for expulsion, don't ask how they get away with sports to begin with.
My issue is that this is 0% weight losing regiment, if obesity is the main issue with today's youth besides having no culture, self respect or groundings to grow into a civilized culture.
In MIDDLE school however, your using weights ranging in heavy order, having to use them in rapid succession in order to actually make the grade. This happened in my middle school, I had gym, FIRST class, of every day, all year, and I had to lift a 50 pound weight, every day, 10 times, in 10 different machines, within an hours time span, first, I would be more or less tired from sleeping all night, then I would have to fight that and extremely short-shorts that I SWEAR if they popped they would take my underwear with it and everyone in the class gets to see my nad and daddie-os for that day. Finally, I'd also have to fight cramps and other things that could cause that bar to slam around my neck like a very heavy necklace.
Do you see the issue here? There is 0 workout to even get sweaty when your in the Elementary School, but in the Middle school, your having to instantly lift heavy object ranging unmanageable levels. I think that I had to go home for the day in Middle School over having a sprain in my left arm from the weights, along with the inevitable scrathes, sometimes cuts and a very hurt thumb on my right hand.
My issue is that this is 0% weight losing regiment, if obesity is the main issue with today's youth besides having no culture, self respect or groundings to grow into a civilized culture.
In MIDDLE school however, your using weights ranging in heavy order, having to use them in rapid succession in order to actually make the grade. This happened in my middle school, I had gym, FIRST class, of every day, all year, and I had to lift a 50 pound weight, every day, 10 times, in 10 different machines, within an hours time span, first, I would be more or less tired from sleeping all night, then I would have to fight that and extremely short-shorts that I SWEAR if they popped they would take my underwear with it and everyone in the class gets to see my nad and daddie-os for that day. Finally, I'd also have to fight cramps and other things that could cause that bar to slam around my neck like a very heavy necklace.
Do you see the issue here? There is 0 workout to even get sweaty when your in the Elementary School, but in the Middle school, your having to instantly lift heavy object ranging unmanageable levels. I think that I had to go home for the day in Middle School over having a sprain in my left arm from the weights, along with the inevitable scrathes, sometimes cuts and a very hurt thumb on my right hand.
This.Saelune said:
Also falling into the "even worse" category: Disabled people. Can I tell you how much fun mandatory PE was in the '70s and early '80s with cerebral palsy? No, you ass, I'm not "failing to try", but thanks ever so much for the D in freaking mandatory gymnastics knocking me off the honor roll. Can't imagine why someone with a neurological condition causing bad limb coordination and atrocious balance might have issues in gymnastics, of all things.
Err... right, rant over. In more general terms, I think a lot of people, me included, have mandatory PE to thank for putting us off exercise for years. (And for some reason, I think people who work at gyms must be former or failed public school PE teachers, because the ones I encountered have the same atrocious attitudes and complete ignorance about disability.) People who aren't naturally athletic, for whatever reason, are the ones who should be encouraged to find fun ways to exercise, not shamed for failing to keep up.
I'm also pretty sure that doing power exercises (like sprints or mid-heavy weights) for about thirty seconds then having a minute or two break (rinse and repeat) can improve your cardio/endurance, simply because your body is forced to utilise oxygen for the subsequent sets (you can't replace all the ATP, you need oxygen to remove the lactic acid build-up, and eventually you end up getting most of the energy from aerobic respiration). So if someone is resistance training, they may as well push that little bit extra and improve their cardio at the same time.imperialwar said:
It won't take as much exercise for an unfit person to reach that figure (220 minus age) and certainly will be harder to maintain but what he is saying is just that this level of exercise is all that is needed to keep your body a minimum of health. (the body is actually "designed" to be able to do 3 hours of hard labor a day with no problem)Loop Stricken said:
what the hell?
first off, easiest A of your life, and secondly going in as the "party pooper" with such a negative attitude won't help at all, its a chance to get away from class and such to just have some physical fun, and you don't even have to try that hard at all to get an A.
Unless you were near mega bullied (which shouldn't be any different because it's P.E., if your getting bullied your getting bullied, not because of some stupid class) i don't see how p.e. is such a "horrible" class to take.
first off, easiest A of your life, and secondly going in as the "party pooper" with such a negative attitude won't help at all, its a chance to get away from class and such to just have some physical fun, and you don't even have to try that hard at all to get an A.
Unless you were near mega bullied (which shouldn't be any different because it's P.E., if your getting bullied your getting bullied, not because of some stupid class) i don't see how p.e. is such a "horrible" class to take.
well what are those people DOING that somehow destroys your integrity and makes you hate p.e.?neonsword13-ops said:
and how does that differ from other classes?