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

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Seriously? Where I live, at least, I think PE requirements should be MORE strict. Students aren't even required to take it in order to graduate, in fact.

I agree with BrandonSaunders, PE standards aren't strict enough. There are too many health problems involved with lack of exercise (ask me for a source if you want, but I think that's a pretty obvious statement that I don't need to back up), and I think gym class is good for K-12 students.

Just deal with it and do your best, it could be one of the most important classes you have to take. Be glad your school requires that you take it.

So, if it's mandatory, how can they make sure students attend and participate? Give them a grade, just like in every other class. If they don't show up to class 90% of the time, they get an F. If they sit out almost every day because they're pretending to be sick, they fail. There are so many ridiculous things schools aren't allowed to do now because parents are so freaking protective of their children these days, but come on. Our poor little school children aren't gonna die if they're forced to run a couple laps because they were fifteen minutes late to gym class.

Just suck it up, when you're fifteen minutes late to work you get written up, and your mom can't get you a doctor's note to get you out of that.