> end up drenched in sweat and stink of BO all day
> wonder why no one likes me
Is there actually any evidence that shows this sort of thing is valuable to make kids do in the middle of a school day? PE always just seemed degrading to me, and I’m not even that out of shape.
PE is fucking useless and is the number 1 reason most people don’t do any sport at all after high school.
I reckon it’s like any other subject. Depends on whether the teacher gives a fuck and/or has the resources to make it engaging and useful for kids
Beyond that, class size is a big thing in developing motivation. You can’t really coach kids in huge classes so it just becomes a weird literal check box rat race.
PE exists to pick athlete kids and nothing else
I didn’t mind doing PE if it was gymnastics like bars and rings. I loved that, and I still feel like I benefit from it to this day. Having a sense of balance and knowing what your body can do is pretty nice. I hated the outdoor running though.
There was this small lake in our home town that the gym teacher often made the class run around during warm days. But a lot of us liked to cheat by hiding our bikes out of view. We’d run for the first five minutes and the moment he couldn’t see us, we’d pull our bikes out of the bushes and cycle for most of the way, hiding them again just before popping back into view.
It worked 9 out of 10 times and we only got a mild scolding when got caught that one time.
After that we only had one more run, me and a friend took our time, bought an ice cream along the way and ended up half an hour late :)
Posted this from the bench, no doubt.
Run a mile in the cold? Well I wouldn’t know, I hate running.
But I’ve snowboarded in 4C and couldn’t wait to get down to my t-shirt after a few minutes. Hell, even walking for too long in that thing sounds like an awful mistake.
And my tropical ass feels cold in just 18C where I try to find a second layer.
T-shirt weather starts at 23C thank you.
Tell this to people living up north: Was in GB once for work. There I destroyed my winter jacket. Shopping around for a new jacket I met several guys wearing shorts an t shirts. I was freezing and they walk around casually like it was summer!
>up north
>GB
make up your mind
Sincerely, someone who grew up on the polar circle
