CNN.com - More schools benching P.E. - Jan 18, 2005: "Physical education experts say there's little accountability for P.E. teachers in most schools. They say the classes are often poorly run, and students don't spend much time in them anyway -- even as American children grow fatter and more out of shape."
This is a crying shame. But let us please be honest about this and say that it is not necessarily the teachers fault (though partly it is), but a system breakdown.
I would very much like to see a study and eventual implementation of a plan to get kids who are not athletically inclined excited and understanding of how important a healthy body is. The athletes and motivated among us will get workouts under their belt anyway. We need to concentrate on where we are really hurting.
This is a crying shame. But let us please be honest about this and say that it is not necessarily the teachers fault (though partly it is), but a system breakdown.
I would very much like to see a study and eventual implementation of a plan to get kids who are not athletically inclined excited and understanding of how important a healthy body is. The athletes and motivated among us will get workouts under their belt anyway. We need to concentrate on where we are really hurting.
