Re: Health Class or Fitness Training?

Posted by C HALLIBURTON on 1/30/06

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On 10/10/05, ds wrote:
> My 14 year old daughter is taking a 9th grade health class
> that is required at our high school. The teacher is also
> the varsity football coach. He has been measuring body
> fat, weighing the kids, and wanted to time them in running
> the mile. My daughter and some of the other girls in the
> class walked rather than run the mile because they had a
> volleyball game that night and didn't want to be sore for
> the game. There was no training leading up to this one
> mile run. He just put it in his lesson plan and picked a
> day (of course not on a day of a football game). Another
> class time he decided to give them a fun day and let them
> play a game called "Does your armpit smell?", while he
> reviewed a video of a football game on TV during class
> time. My daughter and some of her friends forfeited when
> it came time for them to answer questions in this game.
>
> My daughter had an average of 98&37; on the tests over health,
> but was knocked down to 91&37; because of her "lack of
> motivation and lack of serious approach in class." These
> girls also were sent to the principal because of their lack
> of motivation and lack of cooperation resulting in him
> changing his lesson plan for the week.
>
> Is this what a health teacher is supposed to be teaching?
> He told the girls he was going to talk to the parents about
> this at Parent Teacher Conference. How do we handle this?
> My daughter is a very good student and has had no
> discipline problems with teachers ever. In fact, they have
> complimented her on her good behavior. She is planning a
> career in the health field and usually likes studying
> health.


Well I think this is awful. Health class is the same as
fitness class. The kids should have to run and exercise. I
think there should be proper warm ups involved. But when a
teacher starts talking about "smelling armpits" , i think the
teacher wasn't thinking about his more modest students. Some
people are totally embarrssed in a classroom setting to talk
about armpits. I would talk to the principal about this ,
because your child deserves a higher grade. But you can't be
upset about your daughter having to run in class even if there
is a game that night. Physical fitness is great for us, and we
should be doing it more often.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Health Class or Fitness Training?, 10/10/05, by ds.
• Re: Health Class or Fitness Training?, 1/30/06, by C HALLIBURTON.