(November 10, 2011 at 9:43 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: There needs to be a healthy balance. I hated my gym classes, but I love to be out and exercising. If they had stopped some of the stupid fitness crap they endorsed and encouraged other forms of activity (like hiking around the quarry we were right next to) to help people realize that being fit didn't mean body building, we probably would have enjoyed it more.
I agreed with thesummerqueen. We need a healthy balance.
I would not support a school taking away sports, infact I would encourage a wider variety of sports and activities with equal emphasis, not just football because here, football is the school's pride.
However having that said, I do think school's top priority is education and when education is becoming a second priority and under-emphasized by the school and adminstrators (and when I said emphasizing it, I dont mean putting pressure on students with those dumb standarized tests, but more encouragement), we are pretty much screwed. It is like we are raising mad bulls ......
and goodness yes! If only our gym do something fun like hiking!
