I'm convinced that gym class results in millions of lost disability-adjusted life years for every generation. Kids are either naturally athletic, in which case

I'm convinced that gym class results in millions of lost disability-adjusted life years for every generation. Kids are either naturally athletic, in which case they'll exercise whether you want them to or not, or they are naturally nonathletic, in which case gym class just teaches them that exercise is the officially sanctioned method adults use to bully kids. It took me about ten years to figure out that exercise could be enjoyable when it's not forced on you by the psychopaths who end up as gym teachers. Gym class should be banned, or if that's politically impossible, the job should be assigned by sortition like jury duty. Nobody who wants to be a gym teacher should be allowed to do it.