tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504623814122691143.post2163043933169098108..comments2023-11-28T09:26:10.724-05:00Comments on A Writer's World: Gym Class: What's the Point?theweirdworderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446539285521499655noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504623814122691143.post-61618255200375437212015-02-18T06:47:53.300-05:002015-02-18T06:47:53.300-05:00I must say I agree with you. I'm anything but ...I must say I agree with you. I'm anything but athletically inclined, and having reached the point in my life when I would wish to prepare for college, I am faced with the challenge of somehow trying to squeeze my gym classes into my already-too-tight-for-electives schedule of AP classes. Even if finagling gym into my schedule were an easy feat, I have multiple reasons to not be inclined towards it. To begin with, as I already stated, I am terrible at pretty much all physical activity (the one sport I did do, gymnastics, was never done in gym class). I also have knee problems (thanks gymnastics) and excercise-induced asthma. Second, gym serves absolutely no purpose in my life. I will never need to be able to do 20 pushups or know the rules of any sports game as an astrophysicist. Some would argue that there is 'academic' content in gym class, however, it has been dumbed down so much that I can sit in class, stare at the ceiling, doing nothing, and still ace the test that is notes-allowed without using my notes. If any of the activities we are forced to do in gym class were supposed to instill an affinity for an active lifestyle in me, they certainly failed. I suppose my biggest contention with gym class however is how it is graded. It's supposed to be graded on the basis of effort, however 'effort' is loosely defined. 'Effort' always ends up being how 'in the game' or how competitive you are. Attempting to hit the ball when it strays in your direction simply isn't enough. To get the A, it would seem that one must shove their own teammates out of the way to be the first to hit the ball. I am naturally abhorrant of competition, and thus, usually do quite poorly when it comes to this aspect of the game. I simply cannot get excited and competitive to the point of acting like an frenzied ape concerning something I find no interest or value in. I don't even get competitive doing things I like, such as participating on the speech team. I can honestly say that there is nothing that the gym teachers could do to motivate me to lead a more active lifestyle, considering I value academic endeavours and my persuit of such endeavours leaves me little time for anything else. I am perfectly aware of how unhealthy that is, but that changes nothing if I can't see the value in knowing how to play football over knowing calculus. At this point, gym class is simply an errant mark on my report card that lowers my GPA, simply because I'm not excited to do something I strongly dislike. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504623814122691143.post-54555558738231101762012-05-20T14:12:02.702-04:002012-05-20T14:12:02.702-04:00Being a person from your school who was on a sport...Being a person from your school who was on a sports team as well as part of the musical program you should really check your facts about how Sport teams get 'more money than the arts' because they really don't. For the sport teams we get nothing handed to us. For most of the sport teams you have to bring your own equipment, either raise money or pay for expenses yourself, and the only thing the school really gives us are our uniforms which are so old they've lost their original color from the sun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com