physical education, requirements too high Options

[sprezzatura]

PE is the most hated class in my school because we do lots of running and stretching. The standards of passing that class with an A is too high that only one or two students from the whole class of 50 something people could fulfill.
Push-ups are a killer to all students. Many student's strength aren't strong enough to do 15 push-ups to get an A. Most people could only do 2-3 push-ups.
Running is harsh too. For the mile run, the passing grade is 8 minutes (guys) and 10 minutes (girls). Same thing, almost nobody can make it on time.
Sadly, George W. Bush is the one who set those standards.

Should the standards of PE be a bit lower (or at least based on effort, not how physically strong you are) so that everybody can fulfill it?

Most students at the school could only meet the "C" requirementsfor PE. And the "A" in high school is really important for students who wanted to get into a good university.
IT MATTERS. MANY HONORS STUDENTS (like me) GET STRAIGHT A's EXCEPT FOR PE. Academic and social abilities are much more important than physical strength (you don't need to run fast/do push-ups in order to get into a good college, but of course, we need exercisng, but we can decide on how much running/push-ups we can do based on our strength).

People from my school take AP courses because they want to bring up their GPAs due to PE.

I try my very best in PE, but still my grade isn't good at all.

PE grade should be based on your effort, not your physical strength.

This post has been edited by peggysturr: Oct 1 2005, 09:33 PM

[AngryBaby]

Is your PE class coed? because at my new highschool PE is coed =/
and if the guys cant get 15 pushups thats....erm lol
when i was a freshman in my PE class(at my old school), we had to do at least 35 pushups in 35 seconds. for testing.
we'd run a mile for even talking. same went for my girl cousin who went to the same school.

Now im not in PE. im in Jv basketball, and they let basketball practice(as well as any other athletics) take place of your last class period(which is the best idea ever!) because at my school class periods are an hour and a half long. since we have a "divided schedule". and now that i look back on PE i wish we had it as easy as they do lol. because you run a mile every day in basketball for warm up=/. and have to get at least 6:30. and then run one after weight training.I'll admit, i puked in a trash can my first day lol along with others. but now, im starting to like it. because im getting in really great shape. so whats my point? STOP WHINING.
you dont have it bad at all, and you should get in shape somehow.

^ It factors into our averages.
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Are you serious?

A passing grade for girls in the mile run here is 8 minutes and for guys it's 6 and 1/2.

I can run a mile in 6 minutes so it's not that big of a deal to me, but I can understand how that could be unfair..

and of course i agree with Suzzette. you might think we go to the same school or something ha.