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I believe that at some point in our nation's history PE lost it's bearing and no longer became about "physical education" per se and became more about sports an

I believe that at some point in our nation's history PE lost it's bearing and no longer became about "physical education" per se and became more about sports and game type classes. Games like dodgeball allowed the bullies – teachers included – to flourish. Physical education should be just that, an education on the body. How it moves, how to retain mobility, how to get stronger, etc. There are books on this, I don't have any references at the moment sorry. I used to be a personal trainer. I stopped being amazed at how little people knew about their bodies and how to move them pretty quickly. It's a sad state of affairs. While I don't think physical fitness will "cure" people with clinical depression and anxiety I believe it's an important tool in the toolkit.

ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
> While I don't think physical fitness will "cure" people with clinical depression and anxiety I believe it's an important tool in the toolkit. I completely agree. Physical fitness, when taught without a focus on competition, is extremely valuable. I'm sure that a big reason for my non-competitive stance, is because I learned, quite early on, that I would never be able to do particularly well in any physically competitive arena, and it wasn't even worth trying. I am also of Irish/Scottish/English heritage. Pretty much the Platonic Ideal of "white." I live in NY, with a significant percentage of folks of Mediterranean descent. I don't tan. I stroke. I get sick of people telling "You can tan, just take sun in fifteen minute increments." For me, it is: Fifteen minutes -Ghost white Fifteen minutes -Ghost white Fifteen minutes -Ghost white Fifteen minutes -Bright red, peeling, and screaming No in-between. The same goes for my friends (and not-friends) that have normal coordination. I took six years of tennis lessons, and never got beyond "suck." I took a year of Kung-Fu, and never got beyond white belt. "Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win, and never quit are idiots." -From a Despair, Inc. Demotivator https://despair.com/collections/retired/products/stupidity https://despair.com/collections/retired/products/stupidity (That's me, at tennis)

ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago

> While I don't think physical fitness will "cure" people with clinical depression and anxiety I believe it's an important tool in the toolkit. I completely agree. Physical fitness, when taught without a focus on competition, is extremely valuable. I'm sure that a big reason for my non-competitive stance, is because I learned, quite early on, that I would never be able to do particularly well in any physically competitive arena, and it wasn't even worth trying. I am also of Irish/Scottish/English heritage. Pretty much the Platonic Ideal of "white." I live in NY, with a significant percentage of folks of Mediterranean descent. I don't tan. I stroke. I get sick of people telling "You can tan, just take sun in fifteen minute increments." For me, it is: Fifteen minutes -Ghost white Fifteen minutes -Ghost white Fifteen minutes -Ghost white Fifteen minutes -Bright red, peeling, and screaming No in-between. The same goes for my friends (and not-friends) that have normal coordination. I took six years of tennis lessons, and never got beyond "suck." I took a year of Kung-Fu, and never got beyond white belt. "Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win, and never quit are idiots." -From a Despair, Inc. Demotivator https://despair.com/collections/retired/products/stupidity https://despair.com/collections/retired/products/stupidity (That's me, at tennis)