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I am so happy! I was supposed to take PE for the second half of the year, but my psychologist called the school and I get a waiver. So now I have a free hour so I can do homework and study for other classes.

I think it is important to be physically healthy. I'm definitely not at risk for obesity (I'm 5ft 3.5in and weigh 105lbs) and I have no problem with excercising, but I would rather go to a gym than take a stupid class at my school that just causes me to stress out anyway.

I agree with you Chris: I HATE SPORTS!! !

Being clumsy and well developed at a young age PE was always a nightmare for me. I can kind of understand why they have PE in schools- kids need encouraging to exercise, but I feel that it would be better if there was some choice about what sports you did. Once you get to college age however it should be completely up to the individual whether they want to do PE or not.

I never cared too much for PE classes in junior high school. A story I've mentioned here before was that in sixth grade I had the motor skills of 1st grader, so for junior high I got put in the special ed PE class for two years. It was myself and four other kids, two of whom were mildly ret*d, the other two, now that I think back on things, were probably aspies too.

My class was held alongside a regular PE class, but we had our own teacher and seperate ciriculum. We mainly did two things, weight lift and play ball sports.

Suprisingly no one ever came out point blank and harrased me for being in the special ed gym class. I was asked twice by others why I was in that class. I had prepared for such an event and gave my scripted answer that there was no room left in the other gym class so they put me in the special ed since I needed to have gym.

And they bought my excuse too.

The Current school board as directly ignored numours pations, one started by myself, to get the old pe classes back, like swimming, racket ball, bowling, track, soccer, and cross-country.

In many schools, physical education is dominated by the organised school teams and their supporters. Most gym teachers are partial to these kids and even coach them. They tailor the courses to suit the team players rather than everyone.

My point is that the classes focus on TEAM sports where the jocks shut everyone else out. I was always exceptional at hockey and when we would play hockey in gym class, the basketball team was very aggressive. They would do nothing but slapshot the puck/ball from one side of the gym to the other. I made it my job one time to shut the most aggressive guy down. I gave him no space at all for offense and at the end of the class he punched me a few times. Not everyone can put up with those people.

Classes should be more varied and have several excercise options for those who may not be good at every sport or don't want to participate with arrogant groupies.

not really, I was the only non-jock in the racket-ball class, and I loved the look on all the jock's faces when I blew them all out of the water, I can't even put it into words

I felt the exact same way when my parents and i hiked up Owl Mountain in Maine last summer (It's the mountain closest to the infamous Mt. Katahdin, and while it isn't as tall, it is a way harder hike.) They even left behind when i had to stop on the ascent, but i managed to catch up with them before they made it to the summit for a picnic. I couldn't have missed the picnic, or i would have not made it down the mountain.

sports and schools should be separated. sports in schools only teach kids to be agressive, commit crimes and get away with it, bully others, etc if people want to play sports let them do that on thier own time

If a football player starts to bully or pick on any one I care about, he is going the the hospital.

I wish MY schools didn't have PE while I went there.

They should just make the kids go without lunch all day.

When I was in HS, we needed at least 4 semesters of Phys. Ed.
But also at my school if you participated in a sport, then you received PE credit without having to take PE classes (as long as you didn't do anything stupid to get kicked off the team), I don't know if you received credit or not if you were deemed academically ineligible though (I feel a student should not receive credit if that happened). Fall sports = 1st semester credit. Spring sports = 2nd semester credit. Winter sports I think was 1st semester since those sports begin during that time.

I wasn't really that good motorwise in PE myself but then I never participated at full capability especially at interacting with the play of the game. I wasn't really good at sports even though I was interested in them.

Did any of you have to pass a required swim exam in HS? I know I did and I eventually was the last student in my Sr. class to pass the exam. I never failed the exam 'cause I passed the course as a freshman but than it was lost in my transcript but than I said "What the hell, I could go for a swim anyways." At least I passed in order to attend the Sr. Activities.

I do believe there should be Phys ed though. The problem today is that there are so many contradictions around the school that nullify the use of PE. For example, vending machines (soda, chips and candy) so if they can get rid of them then that could be a start of something, or at least make the students buy something nutritional, or stop giving out candy to students as a reward. Maybe one or two pieces, but not a whole packet nor a bar.

Cafeterias could cut down on selling burgers and pizza everyday and instead change the lunch meals around while offering something that is more valuable in nutrition.

Sodas on the other hand I am not sure about, should they be sold lunchtime only or omitted completely?

Last thing I can think of is lockers. So many kids, so many books these days. Few or no lockers and heavy backpacks can really mess up someone's back.

Now in terms of the PE course:

Instead of just doing a certain sport, they should focus a lot more on stretching, running laps, swim tests and of cource the physical fitness test. These are individual regimens and do not require competition.

There is so much lack of motivation in PE that instructors sometimes do absolutely nothing and just let the kids wander around. I mean come on, then what is the point of suiting up if these kids are gonna do nothing?

Let's look for PE instructors that can show at least some motivation to get students to participate and show optimism in them. Give them a reason to become involved.

Ahhh, PE class

In New York (where I grew up) PE was required to graduate HS. It was not too bad because I went to an honors school and I knew I did not have any talent. I guess PE is not required in the lower grades however because my gym teacher did not bother me about not partaking in the 7th and 8th grades (but since I partook in swimming without issue, I guess they considered the battle won, especially since my mother told the school that she did not care if I was failing any "special" subject as long as the grades in my core subjects were very good which they were).

In College, I was required to take 2 PE classes but they had a nice smorgassboard to select from. I took bowling (which required you to show up and bowl 3 games, score did not matter) and first aid and that satified the requirements.

I liked hockey but always managed to get injured in that game. I am probably the only person who had to go to the hospital because a metal goal net fell on their face

The reason schools are phasing out PE (or at least to my belief) is the NCLB act. Schools are screaming more time to prepare children to pass a test so that they can keep their money and jobs. They are getting rid of anything extra in order to do it too.

Finally though, PE needs to be made more of a physical fitness style class and less a team sports style class. I saw a study years ago that suggested that PE in its current form does not even lead to the jocks leading a healthly lifestyle.

PE was required for me in Middle School. I think I only took it in 6th and 8th grade. In High School, you only need 1 credit of PE. Luckily, Band can count as PE. I dodged a bullet with that rule. I did take "Personal Fitness" once. It's required. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays you're shoved into a room where a teacher rambles on about Personal Fitness topics: Weight, Nutrition,etc. On all other days, we could either wonder around the gym and do whatever we want witth little supervison, or workout in the weight room. I normally used the weight room.

I don't really know much but at my Comm. College, you can take a physical fitness type course such as weights, yoga, kickboxing, etc. I don't know if you have to take a course like this, or if it is only for extra curricular units.

I don't really know why colleges would require PE type classes. Were adults, it's our body, let us do what we want with our health. Some students would probably waste the course with there dorm, binge and frat parties anyways.

If a student had time, they could join a fitness club, club sport, or an intramural team sport. Then they could learn something about there conditioning. But why force college students into required Phys ed?

I'm am sure some students would like to avoid the athletic and PE stuff and focus on the academics, which college is for in the first place. But then the college jocks are skipping the classes and relying with the athletics (a major no-no in the NCAAs, but what do they care? I know, money).