Is PE an important class?

[Count Igor]

We've actually got good P.E lessons (Choice between 3 sets of games, every term) with almost every kid agreeing it's the best lesson, and, as we have an ok teacher, he knows that nothing we say will get a chav or skinhead to shut up, so he turns the rest of the class on them.

Anyway, I'm in pretty bad condition, so I'm using P.E as a way of trimming one or two pounds (It does actually) while I wait for the Rugby Team to start up, I've been nagged into it since the start of Year 8, but I decided to go for it next year.

So yes, very good lesson, definatly worth it.

 

[Castratikron]

pe fucking sucks and is utterly useless

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Nope. The school isn't responsible for your fat kid. They are responsible for teaching your children the basic things they will need when they are adults.

That being said, it is a half-assed attempt (In my school at least) at cutting down obesity which is a growing problem. I just believe that it really isn't effective and feel that it is a waste of time. Very few people take it seriously in my school anyways and the money that it costs to maintain that equipment is better off in other places.

 

[RUINER ACTUAL]

I don't do any PE classes in college because it's not relevant to my interests what I want to do when I leave college. That and I go to a stuck-up school so 'PE' involves being good enough already to join a sports team. :<

You have to be good at sports just to get into a PE class? Mmkay. That's a new one.

We have an entire sports curriculum, and all the classes are focused on a certain sport and only open to those in the sport teams. And then there's Outdoor Rec, I suppose.

Oh wow, that's kind of dumb. Even if you don't want to do it you should still have the opportunity. And sports people will always have an easier time in college I suppose. I would just go to my schools gym if I wanted. Usually too busy working on 3D projects though.

 

[Low Key]

I think people are failing to see PE and other physical activities also help kids burn off excess energy and possibly give teachers less trouble. A few of the administration let us in on that tidbit when our recess time was taken away around 7th/8th grade so we had to totally rely on PE class.

 

[nick n stuff]

no. exercise is important but failing at throwing a certain way is no big deal

 

[caprisun]

Yes i think so, theres an obesity epicedemic with young people in the west, so getting even a little bit of exercise is very useful. Although i can see how it can make some people feel down about themselves, but im not sure of a way around that.

 

[Low Key]

Yes i think so, theres an obesity epicedemic with young people in the west, so getting even a little bit of exercise is very useful. Although i can see how it can make some people feel down about themselves, but im not sure of a way around that.

Well...exercising would be a way around that...

 

[kurupt87]

Sorry by waster's I meant the chav's who are just wagging/skipping any lesson besides sport's, or where they get to use drills and wanna play just to play rough and have a go at you if you do a single thing wrong, I know what jock's are there is no reason to explain that.

Ah OK I apologise then. I guess for those guys chavs pretty much covers it, angry morons who want to fight and annoy other people for no reason other than to share their anger around. Real life trolls really, is what they are; except with the added threat of physical violence.

 

[Broady Brio]

P.E isn't vital in the schools I went to. It was basically cross country in Primany School and [insert game here] for Secondary School.

 

[sb666]

i never gained anything from it so no

 

[Anthropaphagi]

It really depends on the training of staff, as well as common sense and equipment available to the students. When I was in school we were meant to do things like gymnastics. Now, and I'm not exaggerating, one of my classmates was a 6' 3" girl, who was expected to use the parallel bars when they were adjusted for the US average height of 5' 6". Right there is a problem. And yes, she got injured as a consequence because if she didn't participate she'd fail. Which is absurd. Another young lady was poorly supervised during cheerleading and ended up with a severe ankle fracture that required extensive surgery and metal screws to heal.

Throughout my years of school I had a recurring shoulder injury and again was threatened with failure if I didn't participate until I obtained a doctor's note stating that due to the severity of the injury, I should not participate. This was done, in part, because I was in excellent shape and was being pressured to participate in various sports that would make the injury much worse. Again, the 'threat' of failing was used to 'encourage' me to compete when I shouldn't.