Re: Discipline in a health education classroom:push-ups vs p
Posted by Patrick on 2/05/08
On 1/30/08, kate wrote: > As a future health education teacher i was wondering how > high school health teachers go about disciplining (for > tardiness, late assignments and other minor infractions) > their students. I know that with the increase in an > overweight youth and adolescents some health and PE > teachers are turning to a more "active" punishment such as > push-ups, crunches and other simple exercises. I was > wondering what the view on this form of discipline is in > compared to the traditional forms.
I don't agree to making kids do exercises as punishment. Our society has enough trouble staying fit that we don't need them to have a negative outlook on exercise. Patrick