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I do NOT understand "Fitness Testing". (VENT/RANT)
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 610500" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>OMG. I couldn't believe this when I finally read it, which was later (Sorry, Annie). Since when is it the school's business to make your child fit TO THEIR STANDARDS???? I thought they were educators. Jumper has bad knees from basketball (yes, already) and used to run really fast, but she can't anymore. Sonic is overweight, but he is in physical mode all the time...constantly bike riding or working in places where you have to constantly lift heavy equipment. The schools are invading areas of our lives that don't have anything to do with education.</p><p></p><p>When I was a kid we had to do The President's Fitness Test and that meant run/walk a mile. You didn't have to run. But it scared me anyway because I was so high strung and I had a terrible phobia about both throwing up and passing out, both which I'd heard can happen if you run a mile. So I wouldn't do it. I walked. And if I were the same nervous kid today as I was back then, I still wouldn't run it because of fear. I was small and underweight and in fine physical shape, but I would have refused the test.</p><p></p><p>What are the consequences of not being able to do this, either because you aren't as fast as other kids or because you are afraid to do it? If there are no consequences, other than a "C", I'd just let it go. I did not have the best parents on earth, but I still agree with them on this: They used to say, "I really don't care what you Physical Education grade is."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 610500, member: 1550"] OMG. I couldn't believe this when I finally read it, which was later (Sorry, Annie). Since when is it the school's business to make your child fit TO THEIR STANDARDS???? I thought they were educators. Jumper has bad knees from basketball (yes, already) and used to run really fast, but she can't anymore. Sonic is overweight, but he is in physical mode all the time...constantly bike riding or working in places where you have to constantly lift heavy equipment. The schools are invading areas of our lives that don't have anything to do with education. When I was a kid we had to do The President's Fitness Test and that meant run/walk a mile. You didn't have to run. But it scared me anyway because I was so high strung and I had a terrible phobia about both throwing up and passing out, both which I'd heard can happen if you run a mile. So I wouldn't do it. I walked. And if I were the same nervous kid today as I was back then, I still wouldn't run it because of fear. I was small and underweight and in fine physical shape, but I would have refused the test. What are the consequences of not being able to do this, either because you aren't as fast as other kids or because you are afraid to do it? If there are no consequences, other than a "C", I'd just let it go. I did not have the best parents on earth, but I still agree with them on this: They used to say, "I really don't care what you Physical Education grade is." [/QUOTE]
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