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If you read the article it says it's not offered during the summer.

Good for her, i say. Physical-education requirements in American schools are completely idiotic in almost every way.

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Sounds like its the academic advisor's (I assume most highschools have them, might call them guidance counselors) fault. Definitely should have met with this girl at some point since she was close to graduating, and if he knew how to do his job he would have checked the transcripts and seen that she didnt have a class that is "required by every student to graduate"

However, if she was totally responsible and knew that the class wasnt offered when she needed to take it, she should have taken the initiative to make preparations to have that taken care of before graduation.

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If you read the article it says it's not offered during the summer.

Good for her, i say. Physical-education requirements in American schools are completely idiotic in almost every way.

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Yes they are. Luckily I had a gym teacher that liked me - he let me and my friends sit on the bleachers and do our math homework, and we still all got an A in that class.

On a side note, the people at Bow high school are nuts. I've been there before - they should all be institutionalized.

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Yes they are. Luckily I had a gym teacher that liked me - he let me and my friends sit on the bleachers and do our math homework, and we still all got an A in that class.

On a side note, the people at Bow high school are nuts. I've been there before - they should all be institutionalized.

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according to the article the class in question isnt offered during the summer school months.

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I could understand them not wanting to waive it for one sport, but she's lettered in three sports... Honestly, they're complete idiots if they won't waive it for three sports...

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Since the US has such a huge problem with obesity, especially among teens, do we really want to discourage excercise? For some kids, the only time they get excercise is an hour a day in gym. I think kids need to learn how to get off thier fat [expletive deleted] and stay fit. It's good for them, and good for the US (lower medical costs, insurance, etc.) The things kids learn in gym could stay with them their entire lives.

And in the same spirit, could a basketball player skip biology, because he feels he'll never need it?

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Since the US has such a huge problem with obesity, especially among teens, do we really want to discourage excercise? For some kids, the only time they get excercise is an hour a day in gym. I think kids need to learn how to get off thier fat [expletive deleted] and stay fit. It's good for them, and good for the US (lower medical costs, insurance, etc.) The things kids learn in gym could stay with them their entire lives.

And in the same spirit, could a basketball player skip biology, because he feels he'll never need it?

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she lettered in 3 sports. i think she has the get out and excercise thing down.

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Since the US has such a huge problem with obesity, especially among teens, do we really want to discourage excercise? For some kids, the only time they get excercise is an hour a day in gym. I think kids need to learn how to get off thier fat [expletive deleted] and stay fit. It's good for them, and good for the US (lower medical costs, insurance, etc.) The things kids learn in gym could stay with them their entire lives.

And in the same spirit, could a basketball player skip biology, because he feels he'll never need it?

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exactly. I feel she should be able to "pass out" of gym with a simple test.... The same way you can "pass out" of lower level classes in HS an college... This practice of "passing out" of classes then could be applied to the BB player and the AP Biology student.

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Since the US has such a huge problem with obesity, especially among teens, do we really want to discourage excercise? For some kids, the only time they get excercise is an hour a day in gym. I think kids need to learn how to get off thier fat [expletive deleted] and stay fit. It's good for them, and good for the US (lower medical costs, insurance, etc.) The things kids learn in gym could stay with them their entire lives.

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(1) It's not the government's job to keep kids in shape.

(2) An hour of some dumb-ass game like Pickleball every week day is not going to keep kids from getting obese.

(3) Kids who don't want to participate won't.

(4) If their goal was to keep kids fit anyway, they wouldn't put the focus on idiot things like bringing your gym clothes. At my school, forgetting your gym clothes one time drops you a letter grade for the quarter. That's not physical fitness, that's like military drilling.

(5) Students should not be graded on how much effort they're putting into losing weight.

And in the same spirit, could a basketball player skip biology, because he feels he'll never need it?

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Is the focus of the school basketball, or is it science?

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(1) It's not the government's job to keep kids in shape.

(2) An hour of some dumb-ass game like Pickleball every week day is not going to keep kids from getting obese.

(3) Kids who don't want to participate won't.

(4) If their goal was to keep kids fit anyway, they wouldn't put the focus on idiot things like bringing your gym clothes. At my school, forgetting your gym clothes one time drops you a letter grade for the quarter. That's not physical fitness, that's like military drilling.

(5) Students should not be graded on how much effort they're putting into losing weight.

I can't possibly stress those points more. #4 being the most outrageous definitely. :no:

Schools are here to educate students and prepare them for the future, I myself cant see how playing "pickleball" over AP calculus would benefit ANYONE's damn future! :angry:

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P.E. In the UK is not ANY sort of requirement in most work placements !!! So I guess, we're lucky :)

But I feel for the girl, the schooling in the states does seem a bit shoddy !!!

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It serves the student right. Gym is a class... just because there is no homework and little learned skills with regards to sports, it is still a required class. Skipping a class is certainly grounds for not being able to graduate. It serves the student right, its his own fault.

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Any state that I know of requires a certain amount of gym classes. WTF did she expect? However, the school should of warned her ahead of time. And if they didnt, they should have given her the waiver.

I had to go to night school for the same type of thing. I was short a gym and an english so I took two gyms in the day and went to night school for extra english. (Graduated in 3 years instead of 4).

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It serves the student right.  Gym is a class... just because there is no homework and little learned skills with regards to sports, it is still a required class.  Skipping a class is certainly grounds for not being able to graduate.  It serves the student right, its his own fault.

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did you even read the full story? her old school allowed a waiver because she played varsity sports (3 sports). When she moved to the new school she was not aware that the gym waiver didnt go along with her. it not her fault, just a mix with her, her old school, and the new school not catching the mistake.

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hey, kudos to the girl, screw that gym class...she's involved in much more important things. And well, I think playing 3 varsity sports definitely overqualifies her for that stupid gym credit.

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The school should let the girl graduate. That's to harsh of a punishment not letting her go through one of the biggest accomplishments in a persons life. High school graduation is such a huge step. And she is getting it taken away because of a PE class? I understand the school has requirements, but come on, make one exception for this girl, and then fire all her guidance officers for not seeing the mistake until two weeks before graduation. The school shouldn't of let her in role in the classes if they knew she had to have the PE requirement. So inturn, its the schools fault, not the girls.

I just graduated a few years back, and my school was just as stupid about PE. I couldn't take my (well I couldn't get to it in time to take) Calculus H AP because of the required PE. You could waiver as a junior or senior, but you could either only waiver as a sportsman and have a study hall/freetime/office help or you could do a college wavier and not take a study hall/freetime/office help. But that was only offered to Junior and Seniors so 8 credit of mine (and everyone else) were wasted taking PE freshman and sophomore year. And if you had a waiver and quit the sport or dropped the class, you had to oviously take a PE, and then make up for the PE that you missed with the waiver. So at my school, they would make you drop two classes if you broke your waiver contract.

It was nuts..

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