physical education, requirements too high Options

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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

[MrElsewhere]

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?

the running is a bit harsh. I can do under 10 minutes pretty easy. I started running an average of 7:55 for my miles near the end of last term.

However, 2-3 pushups is pretty damn weak. My 10 year old brother can do more than that. If you do 5-6 sets of 8 pushups everyday for a month, you should definitely see results. Also, it's better to exercise in a group.

Your standards are pretty normal to me.

Oh, and if you're trying your hardest everyday in PE, shouldn't you improve? If you call trying your very best trying hard on only a few days a week, and slacking the other days, then I can see why you have a low PE grade.

I don't consider myself to be exceptionally athletic, but I go out there and I give it everything I've got everyday. And I know a lot of kids that do too. But then there's a lot of kids that don't even try.

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in my school we have to run 3/4 of a mile every friday...and if we don't get under 10 minutes then we get a zero. i think it's unfair because there are some overweight/out of shape people that can't physically run it that fast...and that shouldn't affect their grade. it should be about the EFFORT, not how FAST they are

I used to do that in middle school. My friend who is overweight and has asthma managed to speed-walk and partially run it in under 10 minutes.