Friday, March 22, 2013
Physical Education
The average student gets less than 20 minutes of physical exercise a day. This is true for k-12th grades. We know that good physical health impacts positively toward mental health so why does school districts not require more physical education? It seems to be a numbers game. Schools are graded on Math and English scores not physical fitness. What has been done to change this? It seems very little the federal government has millions of dollars in grants available to schools that make physical fitness a priority. This blog is being written on an IPad provided by a federal grant. Until there is punishment for poor student fitness most school districts will continue to but health on the back burner.
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I hear your frustrations! Students are not "tested" on physical fitness (at least testing that counts towards graduation, etc) like they are tested in math and literacy! I bet it is frustrating as a health teacher! Schools are trying to make school lunches better, so I wonder why they aren't enforcing some physical fitness aspect? I guess it is up to each school to make that happen! Our health teacher has done a great job organizing school wide activities to promote fitness!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you and see that very problem in schools. I see more and more over weight students, I see that they suffer and are in need of some physical activity. I think that health is a very important subject and if schools tool it more seriously we would see less teen pregnancy, childhood obesity, and drug use. How do you think we should deal with this issue?
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