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

[jnukes]

lower the p.e standards ? well wouldn't that increase the population of obese people even MORE ?



though, i do agree, it should be based on effort, but then it shouldn't . i know people in my classes that just copy off homework and get A's without any effort, but people that DO put in effort and stuggle with a C or a B .


I have thoughts on this topic, but it's too hard for me to explain it all out.


But really though, 15 push ups is NOT A LOT, in my p.e class last year, in 8th grade, all you had to do was ONE PULL UP TO GET A PASSING GRADE , BUT MOST PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN DO IT. this is probably why other countries are so advanced than the US, our standards are so low.