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This is a question I would like to ask for people whom seem to observe obesity as a growing problem. Tell me if you think P.E. should be done every year in public schools in order to create good exercise habits.
| Yes | 47 | |
| No | 22 |
I think they should mandate gardening and nutrition to the curriculum. That will help curb obesity. Teach our kids where our food comes from, how to grow it, and what we actually need to eat. And tending a garden is a great physical activity.
I think this is a good point to make in this survey. I will probably be having more posts relating to this. Thank you for your valid opinion.
Thanks, but someone didn't like it. Sadly, too many people are disconnected from this VERY NORMAL part of life.
I agree with you!! It never ceases to amaze me, how food is something we use every day, we love it, we need it, yet people know so little about it.
Most people have very little knwoledge about nutrition, nor care where their food comes from. It's sad.
I always think that if more people got more connected to their food, how different the Earth could be.
It would be cool if it were mandatory, but only if there were two separate types of P.E. classes for the high school grades:
1) A P.E. class focused on team sports
2) Another class focused solely on individual activities.
I think physical health should be the main subject in school period. 1 hour a day isn't enough and there are too many lazy parents parents to count on them taking care of it. I'm not saying we should train the children to be Olympic athletes but to have a good physical health. A fairly strict diet could be implemented to; kids could at least have breakfast and lunch in school plus healthy snacks.
It would be for their own good and I think it would help society a lot.
This is coming from an obese 32 year old who wishes I would have learned good habits that way.
Agree.
Also, schools should only offer healthy options for lunches - I know alot of revenue is generated from fries and greasy food that students purchase, but it will cost our healthcare system (well in Canada anyway)in the long run (it's all gov't money baby... your money).
If some students are to embarassed to participate in gym class they should be credited for alternative physical activity - riding their bike to school or whatever.
A resounding no and I'll tell you why.
If the idea is that "youth doesn't exercise enough", "youth are too lazy" etc it won't work because youth fall in 2 categories: category one is the athletic football player who already exercises anyway. He does not need more PE. Category two is the nerds, fat ones etc and indeed they don't exercise enough perhaps but just imagine the torture it is to them when they are mocked relentlessly by category one students. That was my past as a bullied nerd and I absolutely HATED the compulsory PE in my country for that reason.
Please stop the madness!!! School is for maths not sports.
That, and cutting down our McDisgusting trips. We already have too many fatasses in the world.
nutrition, gardening, and Phys. Ed...PERFECT. All three. We need to appreciate where our food comes from, know how to use it, and know how to balance its affects on our physique.
I say no. Phys-Ed in Ontario is required K-9, and here's what the result of that was for me: I hated every last minute of it, it didn't keep me from getting fat worth a damn, I didn't get any fatter since I dropped it, and if anything, I reinforced my total discontempt for routine exercise. So I'm pretty damn sure it does more harm than good.
I say it shouldn't be required but it should be an option. I always felt bad for the tubby kids in gym class that couldn't keep up with everybody else. Maybe the requirement should be K-8? After that, you don't want anyone to be ridiculed in highschool.
PE effing sucked. In elementary, middle and high school. Forcing us to run around and do stupid shit for an hour and a half every other day didn't make me any healthier. It was a pain in the ass, and I hated every minute of it.
Bump that ishh. I only had to take it half the year sand i ended up wanting to kill Someone within the first week of it. If i had to take It every year, i Just wouldn't go to school anymore. it's not worth it.
Well PE is compulsory throughout the entire school system in New Zealand and I support it as it is necessary to combat the obesity issue.
yes,
in my high school you could get out of some of it... but ONLY in your last couple of years, and then only if you were on a varsity sports team
I thought it was....since when isn't it?
Anyway, I say yes. Why not? If kids wouldn't get any exercise otherwise, something is better than nothing. And who knows, maybe it can inspire kids or introduce them to an activity that they never tried before and end up liking.
Won't work. How do you force people to make an effort in a world that promotes effortlessness capitalistically? Is "labour-saving" a positive or a negative thing? People don't know. Nor do they care. In a world where most of us have legs, most of us sit down and drive a car.