"The majority of states allow students to replace physical education courses with other experiences, including varsity athletics, ROTC, and marching band; this deprives students of the important learning experiences they can have in quality physical education. As one educator has written, exempting students from physical education because of their extracurricular activities is like exempting students from language arts requirements because they’re on the debate team or from science requirements because they’re in the astronomy club.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/physicalactivity/promoting_health/strategies/school.htm
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There seems to be a lot of classes that give PE credits nowadays. It seems they no longer consider it as something essential for our future but rather something we can easily replace with another class.
Credits seem to be the thing that matters now, not the actual course. I get the feeling that people feel that PE credits are something you have to get over with. Sometimes we progress so far that we forget the true reason why we do what we do...
If thou art to try thy best, thou shalt succeed...
~Distinction
Dear Distinction
Thank you for this comment. This is the exact trend that I feel is going on. No matter what class you take, receiving credit or what grade you get should not be the most important part of your education. The most important part of your education should be the learning process and what knowledge you retain.
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