Dear NewYork State Graduation Reqirements: I hate you.

[tawnee]

Aw I do NOT miss middle school.

[silverfox24]

I have probably the worst P.E. teacher ever. So I was sick over the weekend, and still am sick, but my parents made me go to school. They wrote me a signed note saying I couldn't do P.E. because I still had a cold. (That's allowed at our school.) We're doing square dancing, and on the way there I give her the note. She looks at me and basically tells me that if I can't do square dancing I shouldn't be here. I tell her that I feel sick, but not sick enough to stay home from school. She makes me square dance, saying it's "easy". Yeah, until we have to run around the circle. WORSE TEACHER EVER

[paradox.]

Another complaint: Why do the younger grades get even more special treatment? :S

[Starrider]

#requirements
That really sucks. Gym (PE) is pointless, I agree. I don’t really see much to it besides wasting class time and running around. I am in 8th grade (junior high) and our school doesn’t have a gym. Where do we have gym? Either outside or the cafeteria.

[SparK8]

So students don't like gym classes. Its more than just at my school. Rather, it is a veritable nationwide problem. Well, it is in my opinion anyways...

[Twisted Illusions]

I can also vouch for the girls at my school in England by saying that 95% of us dislike P.E. I get that they want us to excercise and be healthy, but that's pretty pointless because all the girls in my class just slow down or stop when they get tired, so the people who perhaps need more excercise do less than the others! Pointless. Really, really pointless.

[meowool]

yeah but the thing is at GCSE you still have to take it but at least they don't figure it into part of the options that you choose!

But when I start my may/june exams, PE will probably turn into a free for studying. but luckily, so far I have been inside for PE. (from september, swimming, water polo, aqua-aerobics, and then circuits/gym, (we have a leisure centre attached to our school, and it used to be a sports colledge and would still be if they hadn't stopped the funding, even though no-one actually saw what the PE deparpent did with the money (apart from supporting student who compete county/nationally/internationally)))

I don't mind it, and I find it quite relaxed, and a good way to chill from my studies. (got chem exam tomorrow yay! C4 C5 and C6. joy.)

[paradox.]

heeeey Spark! IT WAS WARM TODAY! Things might finally be getting better >:D

[jellyjingle]

When I was in 6th grade we had horrible P.E. teachers- they were both overwieght, never bothered to do the stretches/run/jog/do ANYTHING with us, ignored us and then made us do stretches that only the superflexable could do! UGH! And then if we didn't run the mile in less than 10 minutes or something we'd get a bad grade. stupid P.E......

[SparK8]

ShatteredSoul- awesomeness
Rest of You- I'm doing some research on the effects of gym on students and its history...after homework....which is to say, at 3 in the morning...