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gorillahung
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I'm only talking phys-ed on this thread. Since our phys-ed has failed, it needs to be fixed. We could start hiring certified trainers to teach the classes. Give the students cardio and muscle building exercises. We could make it a requirement to take phys-ed daily throughout the entire school year. As I said, we could offer more after school sports for those that want to play but can't make the varsity teams.
I remember one sad incident when I was in Jr. High school. One of my friends weighed 350 lbs. Once a year we were required to run a mile. That was the only intense exercise we ever did and that was only once per year. Anyway, my 350 lb. friend was obviously not capable of running or jogging a mile. He could have just said "fuck you" and not done anything but instead he tried walking the distance. The gym teacher yelled at him and ridiculed him in front of the class. By the time all of the other kids had finished their mile run, he was only half way through walking. The teacher told him that he might as well be picking his nose and told him to quit.
If I were the teacher I would have told him to walk the best he could and advised him to start his own exercise program of walking and gradually build up to jogging. Maybe pass out some workout ideas from Men's Fitness or something. The point being is that he should have been taught that walking is acceptable exercise to start out and he should have been encouraged and EDUCATED on how to lose the weight. Aren't teachers there to educate whether it's phys-ed or chemistry? Instead the teacher didn't give a shit. Then later we were supposed to do chin ups. Of course he could not do one. A lot of kids could not do one. I would have brought out some free weights and had these kids start doing curls and lat rows with a weight that they could handle. Then they could build up their upper body strength to the point of being able to do a chin up. My friend was ridiculed again by the teacher. This kid had an IQ of 150 and was in the Talented and Gifted program. He ended up dropping out of Jr. High because he couldn't handle the ridicule by the teacher of the gym class. That's just wrong.
