physical education, requirements too high Options

[Jeng]

I HATE GYM THIS YEAR.reason why- because we have to do a gym report every term.

[sprezzatura]

I HATE GYM THIS YEAR.reason why- because we have to do a gym report every term.

Same here.

[aera]

i dont mean to be mean... but those requirments are pretty low. i'm in middle school and even though our standards are lower, our average is much, much higher (than the standards).

[it's all out of a minute]

Standards for eight graders:
Pushups: 14+ for boys and 11+ for girls
Mile: 7-8 minutes for boys and 9-10 for girls
Situps: (i forget)

Average for eigth graders(in my school):
Pushups: 30+ for boys and 25+ for girls
Mile: 8 minutes for both boys and girls
Situps: 35+ for boys and girls

since you're high schoolers, the standards should be higher...

[BOLIN_Vee]

it doesn't bother me, because our coaches are tough and the school focuses more on pe and sports more than acedemics it feels like...so everyone in my grade is pretty athletic and we just do what were tolled and suck it up.

our standards are like 35 push ups (for everyone) no knee push ups
100 crunches (for everyone)
20 sit ups (everyone)
5 pull ups (in a row) everyone
2.5 minut invisible bench against the wall
sprint a lap, walk a lap, sprint 2 laps, walk a lap, sprint 3 laps...PE OVER!!!

i'm only in pe this semester because i dont wanna be on soccer and i'm waiting for lacrosse

and we dont have fitness tests we just have this daily routine everyday xept tuesday wich is block day.

[DaTru KataLYST]

Well I'm horribly unathletic.

But I got A's in PE.

Same set standard, same ballbustin teacher.

But you just gotta bust some balls right back for that A for the GPA!!!


FOR THE GPA!!! ARGHH!!

[vash1530]

i think that if you spent some time working on your fitness outside of school or join a team you will do much better.

[Oranite]

This proves that american's are very obese. Everyone should be able to meet does standards.

[Gigi]

This proves that american's are very obese. Everyone should be able to meet does standards.

Um. That proves nothing.

Just because someone can't perform to a certain athletic ability, doesn't make them obese. Your BMI makes you obese.

And I totally disagree with people being able to meet these standards. Everyone is different, everyone has their own capabilities. To make a generalization or expectation that we all need to be able to do it properly...I find that hard to agree with.

That's also why I disagree with the strict requirements in P.E. I think that, as long as the students are making an effort to improve their life by being more active and having a healthy lifestyle, it's sufficient. The whole purpose of P.E. (to me, anyway) is to educate us about exercise and being active, since so many North Americans are overweight. We're not training for the freaking army here.

[vash1530]

i think these standards dhould be lowered but are a positive way to combat the problem of overweight teens in america.

[_sarcastic_]

my school's PE requirement is that all you have to take is freshmen year PE and you're done for the rest of your Highschool life

[klumzy]

dang those are some tough standards to meet, considering not everyone's gonna grow up to be a pro athlete -.-

but could be because theres a lot of fat people in the US, a long time ago i heard over half of the us population is obese... thats scary o.O

[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.

[Crich323]

I probably shouldn't be saying this but I would like my school to make us run for 25 minutes a day.
We doing nothing in our gym class and the most we run is 3 minutes!
In gym I would like to GET FIT, not play games.
My school does have it much easier though.

[KissMe2408]

Wow, if your mile run is 10 minutes to get an A then consider yourself lucky. You basically are just doing light jogging to get to the end in 10 minutes. So no I don't think Physical Education has too high of standards. I actually think they are too low. Too many kids are getting fat, lazy, and out of shape. If a kid has asthma or something, then that's a different situation, but a teenager should be able to do more then 2-3 pushups.
Those standards that are set are pretty average. Most kids should be up to that level.
But that's just my opinion.

[voguelove]

no.

between the ages of 10 and 13 has an 80 percent chance of becoming an obese adult.

i think its good. we only have to take pe one year which is kinda bad for excersizing because for the kids that dont do sports, they have no physical activity. and lots are lazy to go run laps at a nearby school or jog with the dog.

[*Blow_Don't_SUCK*]

My school is like that too! And not only do they physically make us struggle they would make us watch this "physically educational" movie and write a report about it with requirements that aren't necessary. Then the PE teacher corrects the papers in such a way that you could tell they don't know what they're doing when it comes to grading papers!

[eternalyfe]

Well, it's scary how my high school only has a two year requirement for PE. Out of four years, students are only obligated to take two years of it. In fact, there is no PE 3, or PE 4. So we can't take any more than two years.
Seeing as how important physical fitness is becoming and how abused exercise is now, PE's requirements shouldn't be dropped. The rate of obesity is, I believe, higher than the rate of people at a normal weight or even underwight. It's definitely important that physical education be taken seriously. So no, don't drop the requirements for the kids who can't fit them because of their eating and exercising habits.

[Rachel]

While I agree that gym should be graded on effort, not ability, 15 pushups isn't that bad.

The only thing I hate is running the mile. It is just annoying. If I wanted to run, I'd do track mkay.

[Anielka]

I would do ANYTHING to get out of PE. Anything, no joke. The day before that tri comes I always consider doing something to myself so that I won't have to go. It's the worst class ever. *sniffle*

[rainbowish]

I have never been in a P.E. class in my life, and I am a junior in high school. They dont make me do it because I f**ked my ankle up really bad when I was younger so I dont have to do it. HAHAHA!

[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.

[angelrevelation]

here you only have to do PE for 2 years in high school to fulfill graduation requirements. the 1st year (usually 9th grade) is in junior high, so they don't make it too hard. and the last year is mostly health, so i dont think it's working out or anything.

but i think it's kind of the same with any other class- some ppl just can't do it (ex. math or art), but it doesnt mean that they should lower the standards

[dani41790]

Yeah I agree. The standards are way to high. It's not fair to grade students on your physical ability. People should atleast be graded on effort. Your school's standards are not as bad as mine though. In my school you gotta be able to run 2 miles in 15 minutes, do atleast 20 pushups, try to get to 80 crunches and be able to do atleast 10 pull ups. Crazy stuff really. Had several people in my class pass out from all the strenuous workouts.

[yukichan]

The standards for P.E are fine.
If you can't reach a certain criteria, work on it so you can.
At my school, our grade is based on how much we improve.
15 pushups is little..We have to do about 36 pushups, 36 situps, etc.
We have to do portfolios, which is 60% of our grade, so many of us get A's...

[symphomaniac]

Our school's requirements are easy.
At least, the summer school P.E. class that I took was. The mile was actually a mile and a half, though, so the coaches were lenient. I think I got sixteen minutes? Haha. I hate running. Summer School P.E. is easily ace-able, even if you're physically inept.