Physical Degeneration.

one of the things that really bothers me about school is all the wastes of time that are really teaching us nothing we need to know.  mainly, gym.

Gym class for me means changing, listening to the "coach" (although he’s really not a coach) mumble through whatever we’re doing that day (the more he talks the more stupid he looks, yet he keeps on talking) and then i stand around with my freinds for the whole period.  sometimes when we play football we just walk around on the field.  i mean, you’d think we sound like losers, the gym class nerds, but we’re not alone.

i’m a senior in high school so i’ve completed three years of (actual) gym class.  i can’t honestly say i’ve sweet once.  i’ve come back in soaking wet, because according to the teacher, a little rain never hurt anybody.  i guess according to the gym teacher there’s no such thing as chafing. 

not only do they make us go to gym class, but my school makes it a graduation requirment!   they try to pass of that excuse for a class as something useful, like i’m getting something out of it.  like learning the rules of football is so important that i can’t graduate without it.

people laugh at the ones who fail gym.  "how can you fail gym?" obviously it istn’ hard, based on what i’ve already written, but the truth is, your grade depends on your willingness to bring, and change into, gym clothes.  if you forget to bring them five times, you fail.  you have to take gym in the summer.  so first they tell us that gym is a graduation requirment, pretending that we get something usefull out of it, but then they say, really the only thing you have to do in gym is change into a pair of shorts.  seems a little hypicrytical to me.

the sad thing is, when budget cuts come around, the first programs to get cut are music, drama, art, bassically anything that requires creative thinking.  because running around a track is more important.  put the crayons away, turn your brain off, practice hard ss oyou can become a professionaly athlete and earn millions and millions of dollars that you don’t deserve. (sure, you agree they shouldn’t get paid so much, but you don’t turn them off.  i told my dad i’d boycott professional sports because i don’t agree with the amount they get paid, he said, "yeah me neither"  obviously not, mr. ‘i have to watch my game every sunday and if you annoy me i’ll ground you for a year,’ yeah, you agree with me.)

Gym is hurtful to a lot of people too.  the fat ones.  the ones who have to take off they’re baggy clothes to tell the whole world they’re a few pounds over weight.  i guarentee gym is not helping them lose those pounds.  it’s just making them feel bad about them, it lowers their self esteem. 

i just hate it so much that not only is gym such a joke, but it’s a joke that’s a graduation requirment, while creative thinking classes are thrown out.  they’re implying that physical activity is more important than engaging your mind.  that if your over wieght, it’s a problem you have to fix or you’ll lose out.  "stop engaging your mind and rund around the track, because if you’re fat, you’re worthless."  and that is why i refuse to take any gym class, gym teacher, or athletic program seriously.

and i WON’T watch professional sports.

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