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03-24-24, 03:07 PM | ||
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03-24-24, 04:25 PM | ||
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I had the 1976 version, and then later in high school I think we just had the timed mile. This is about the only good memory I have from PE class. I did not shine in sports and dreaded PE, but I remember a couple of years doing relatively well in the fitness test and realizing that I was not terrible at everything physical, that maybe there was not anything wrong with my physical abilities, and the reasons I got picked for teams or not didn’t have much to do with that. And most of all, I could be fit without playing a sport, something that carried over well to my life as an adult. At least one or two years, I remember it was a whole unit, where we took the test, then kept doing the exercises, and took the test again: improvement! That one could get stronger and faster was something of a revelation, too, as a child. So for me, I would say it was very positive. I think the kids that discovered a sport they liked would feel the same about the sports parts of PE, even though those things were unpleasant for some others. I don’t have the solution for making sure children get enough physical activity at school while hopefully sparking some enjoyment of it and without making anyone feel bad. But surely someone could come up with better ways than young children testing in front of others, picking their own teammates, or doing activities that really embarrass them. On other traumatizing things in school, I’ve read that some schools weigh and measure children at school, both currently and at times in the past. I have a hard time believing this is a good idea, rather than leaving it to the medical provider. https://theconversation.com/weighing...ise-you-100387 |
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03-24-24, 05:17 PM | ||
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The state also had (has?) BMI testing for students, which parents could opt out of. Erica |
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03-26-24, 01:02 AM | ||
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I found it especially interesting because I first heard of a apple-pear distinction based on waist-hip ratio (it appeared in Reader's Digest in probably the early 1990s)--in a setting where being a "pear" was actually favored. I don't want to promote an overly simple model of disease risk, but in this context, the battle against "pear"-ness seemed especially perverse. I was actually thinking about the idea of "body types" recently as one example of topics from VF's past that I don't think are "taught" as much as they once were.
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03-26-24, 08:47 AM | |
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Henry, ITA that we shouldn't get locked into "shoulds" based on body type, size, or shape - I'm pretty resistant to black and white thinking. On the other hand, my body is shaped roughly like a pear - it is what it is! And yes, for health reasons, I'm glad that I don't carry as much fat around my waist. (I also have to admit that for aesthetic reasons, I'm glad that having a big booty is much more in vogue than it was when I was in high school! )
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03-26-24, 09:18 AM | ||
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I never really saw or heard negativity about it, in fact, sometimes quite the opposite. And yes, health benefits. It is quite normal for younger women to be larger in the lower body than the upper. |
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03-26-24, 01:23 PM | |
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I can relate to the gym class horror stories. I am a nerd and not athletic at all. I cannot catch balls, do a cartwheel, or anything. I was always picked last or next to last for teams. It actually made sense to me that I was picked last since I wasn't good at sports and didn't enjoy or care about sports--I just did not like it being pointed out publicly. We never pointed out who got the worst test scores, for instance.
The last year I had to take gym class, I made an effort to practice for the presidential fitness test thing (late 80s) and I passed all of it except one thing. The gym teacher called us up one by one in front of everyone and took calipers and measured our body fat percentage and called out our numbers loudly so everyone heard and someone wrote it down. The back of the upper arm and the back of the calf on the inner side below the knee were measured. I had never noticed fat on anyone's upper inner calf before that day. I had never thought about it before. Well, I failed the caliper test and it was announced loudly and publicly. I think the teacher was a little embarrassed about shouting it. She knew I had passed all the other parts. I'm short, but not at all tiny. I could never wear a petite shirt because the sleeves were too short and even women's shirts are sometimes too short. My rib cage was bigger than most other girls my age in high school. I come from Ukrainian wheat farmers. We got letter sweaters in 10th grade. The teacher ordered several 32 and 34s. Well, I passed that size by fifth grade. I tried on the biggest sweater and it wouldn't fit across my back. I told the teacher to get a roomy 42 for me. I was the only girl who didn't fit. I still have the sweater. Nobody wore them in high school because the letter jackets were cooler. I took the letter off the sweater when I found it in a box thus year. I wear it now. It's warm. |
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