Is PE an important class?

[JoshGod]

PE
Physical Education.
i can see the physical (not that the teachers do anything, mostly mine sat a mile away with a paper) but i cant see how it's educational. in later years isnt it just an easier version of biology.

funny thing in the common room the school put up a board with everyones pic on it with the subjects they studied. for me they replaced business with PE.

 

[Jonatron]

I fucking hated PE so much.

Dodgeball? Couldn't last more than two or three sprints until I'd be completely out of breath and just give in, take the ball to the ass like a man and wander over to the seats, rinse and repeat.

Hand eye coordination sucked as well as strafing ability so Tennis, Badminton, Basketball, ect were all exercises in futility.

Trampoline... I could do a seat jump. If I fucked up something like a backward roll or something I'd kill my neck, my weight plus the momentum of a trampoline hurts like hell if you screw up.

Urg, Gymnastics? Shoulder stands are a struggle, never done a cartwheel in my life.

Football? (That's soccer you to Americans) Hated it. Didn't play it outside of school and had absolutely no interest in the petty sectarian biases between the teams and their supporters and therefore sucked at it, getting put as keeper because no one else wanted to be keeper and then getting shouted at by thick bastards who thought I sucked at it. You don't want me doing it, do it your goddamn self! No, because goal keeping's boring! Then shut the fuck up!

Fitness: Aha, something I liked! Ten mins on the running machine then the rest of the hour on weights. Actually enjoyed it since it was slow, relied on stamina and actually worked on something I cared about - ability to move big things and run for longer. The teacher would occasionally let me and another large chap go into the fitness suite, rather than be bored stiff and barely working on another activity since he knew we actually enjoyed the suite.


I'm not even all that fat, just bulky with extremely poor cardio and no interest in almost ANY sport.

Was forced to do it all through Primary and then had to pick it for the first four years of High School. Fifth year, despite having the hardest and most stressful demands of my life is the richer for letting me avoid that worthless, worthless subject.

 

[theincurabletragedy]

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.

 

[Bobular]

I hated PE, it made me not want to be active and keep fit. All we ever did was play football and I was always put in the net so I didn't really do anything. I enjoyed playing sports like baseball and rugby but we played those maybe once a year, in my last year never even though a load of us kept asking to because the teachers liked football.

What eventually got me more active was looking at my reflection on a bus during collage, since then I started getting off the bus a few stops earlier and walking the rest of the way. I went from about 20 stone to 16 in about half a year just doing that.

So no PE not good.

 

[RipperSU]

P.E was always a waste of time when I was in school. Sure, I enjoyed the odd game of rugby but the majority of PE was playing football every week and learning nothing at all. In fact, only by not bringing your kit did you ever learn anything. This was due to the teachers making us copy out of PE textbooks that would otherwise never have been touched. For all I know, it may have been different when GCSE came along, but I didn't choose it as a subject and I'm pretty apathetic to that fact.

 

[Newtilator]

I find it hard to believe that PE is a subject that is assessed in some schools. Is that true? If it was like that here, I'd die of fail.
Yes seeing those dough brained muscle men who think they are comic geniuses do their stupid double act as we freeze in icy weather whilst they roast in thick coats, is the perfect way to encourage children to be fit. I swear all the PE teachers I've met are trying to fulfill some kind of vengist fantasy. Always shouting and clenching fists. Once in citizenship, a PE teacher had to take our class. He apologised to us, showed us a video and then asked us to do a test. Over 6 lessons.
How they garner respect is beyond me. They all seemed to be idols to my fellow students. Ah well.

 

[Infernai]

The answer is no, no it is not. Luckilly, i was allowed to drop the said subject in grade 10 and never once did i look back.

 

[Arduras]

I was one of those "fit" ones in the PE class, and yeah its vital to teens more than anything.
Sure, people would sometimes pick on others (and I regret doing it to some of the less fit ones) but PE was always a fun thing to do.

It gave everyone a game to play, a chance to do something other then sit and write or read etc.

Even if we didn't learn something every session, it gave us all a chance to unwind, and just go for a run around the oval and throw balls or play hockey for an hour.

so yeah, I'd say it is important, even if you don't always learn.

 

[Ghostkai]

I miss PE. I wish there was a mandatory PE class for all sorts of work. It relieves stress.

I agree totally.

Not to mention the aim of is to try and get kids to take up excercise on a regular basis.
Thats right people, it's healthy to have a routine of excercise.

 

[RyQ_TMC]

Used to love PE. As for its importance...

I think the general idea is good: other classes pile massive amounts of homework on you so you have no time to do actual sports, or have to choose between sports and other leisurely activities. So you are given 2 or 3 hours a week for physical activity.

But the execution often fails. I don't know how it looks in other countries, but where I come from, a lot of PE teachers go through the curriculum really slowly, and sometimes are just lazy and tell people to run around for an hour. I was lucky to have a great teacher in primary and middle schools. He would go through the curriculum as fast as possible, and for the rest of the year would just ask us what we wanted to play. We ended up playing bball/handball in winter and football in summer. Fun times...

I don't know about "kids feeling left out"... If someone really is a total slob doing zero physical activity, then those few hours a week when he HAS to do something probably do him plenty of good. And I don't recall anyone being ridiculed or mocked for not doing well in PE. But that may depend on the students themselves.

 

[Discord]

For GPA it is. Heck in my high school every senior took PE (which was something usually for freshmen) because it meant a free "A" on there report card because all you had to do was dress in the schools sports outfit, do the activity and stay out of trouble. Hell I took it all 4 years in high school to get that easy "A".

But in practice it serves a purpose of geting kids up and moveing around. Plus it was the only place you could play Dodgeball.

 

[opportunemoment]

FUCK. NO.

In my school (English secondary), PE happened once or twice a week, for one hour at a time. That's not enough to make kids active or healthy. It might debatably be enough to introduce some of them to a sport they enjoy. It is DEFINITELY enough to give anyone who's not already fit a serious complex which may well *prevent* them from ever doing anything active outside school. The only thing PE ever did for me was make me bitter and sad and, debatably, fatter because it convinced me that there was no physical activity that wasn't going to be hell on toast.

 

[Gardenia]

I'm a lazy fuck and I hate exercising. I performed worst (of the boys) in my class, and I still think PE is important. It should be mandatory, and consist of both indoor and outdoor activities, as well as a theoretical part.

 

[DemonicVixen]

I think that yes it should be considered important however as already said, some places make P.E compulsory and can cause hassle if you are "falling behind" in P.E such as missing lessons or not doing each activity given. This is pathetic as P.E will not be used in future years depending on what job course you are planning to take. Yes i understand that kids/teens etc need to be kept fit, but P.E isnt always the answer especially if they treat it as a COMPULSORY lesson instead of maybe trying to pass it off as being an "extra" lesson that isnt like the others as its laid back and maybe doesn't follow a routine (ie students should be aloud to choose what they do in each lesson rather then follow a set plan from the teacher)

 

[Zersy]

PE should be made into a proper gym class , where to get a A you must put on muscle/lose wieght each term.

That would make it useful

 

[Reaper69lol]

I skipped all my PE classes back in the day (or pretended to be sick and or injured atleast). Overall, PE class is not at all important or affects your future, and I never found it intresting.....so for me, nah was not important at all.

 

[ElTigreSantiago]

No it is not an important class. It never lost any weight off of any fat kids I knew. And it never put any out-of-shape kids into shape. I got in shape from track and cross country, not gym class. It's a waste of time, really. Just a time for the try-hards to try hard and everyone else to watch like "Dude it's just gym class". I can think of no good things about it other than some of the activities can be fun. But since when is fun important to my education?

 

[Sir_Tor]

It's the class I take the least serious. I even stay up late the day before becuse "It's cool, it's just PE in the morning anyway."