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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 606438" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Yes but... You can have trouble with math, and hate math class, and whatever else. But no matter how much effort you put into math class, it doesn't deplete the effort available for English, or PE for that matter.</p><p> </p><p>But... putting effort into PE, for a kid with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or any number of other neuro-motor issues, means that then when the kid gets to math or English <em>which they are insanely good at</em>, they fail there TOO because PE has taken up all the available resources.</p><p> <em></em></p><p><em>And NO amount of practice or effort will EVER eliminate that extreme mental energy drain of coordinated physical activity</em>.</p><p> </p><p>Is it fair to have a kid fail at school in general just because of "justifiable" reason for forcing all kids to take PE?</p><p> </p><p>And yes it happens. Some of the kids who drop out in various fashions (including suicide) are kids whose "good parts" have been destroyed by insane school rules including... PE class. </p><p> </p><p>Sorry. PE is a health issue, not an academic issue. We need to totally separate the two. It is the responsibility of PARENTS to look after the health of their kids. It is the responsibility of schools to educate them. </p><p> </p><p>A hundred years ago, PE wasn't a subject. It didn't exist in schools... at least, not "out here". PE was... chores, and walking 3 miles to school... and chasing your cousins around the barn. If I could have had a time machine and taken my kid back by a 100 years, I would have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 606438, member: 11791"] Yes but... You can have trouble with math, and hate math class, and whatever else. But no matter how much effort you put into math class, it doesn't deplete the effort available for English, or PE for that matter. But... putting effort into PE, for a kid with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or any number of other neuro-motor issues, means that then when the kid gets to math or English [I]which they are insanely good at[/I], they fail there TOO because PE has taken up all the available resources. [I] And NO amount of practice or effort will EVER eliminate that extreme mental energy drain of coordinated physical activity[/I]. Is it fair to have a kid fail at school in general just because of "justifiable" reason for forcing all kids to take PE? And yes it happens. Some of the kids who drop out in various fashions (including suicide) are kids whose "good parts" have been destroyed by insane school rules including... PE class. Sorry. PE is a health issue, not an academic issue. We need to totally separate the two. It is the responsibility of PARENTS to look after the health of their kids. It is the responsibility of schools to educate them. A hundred years ago, PE wasn't a subject. It didn't exist in schools... at least, not "out here". PE was... chores, and walking 3 miles to school... and chasing your cousins around the barn. If I could have had a time machine and taken my kid back by a 100 years, I would have. [/QUOTE]
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