Perspective | The fitness industry is booming. So why are P.E. classes disappearing?

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Perspective: The fitness industry is booming. So why are P.E. classes disappearing?

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Thanks God that PE classes are coming to an end!

Phat lazy dopers legalizing drugs instead of health.

Because too many have turned their backs on public institutions like schools, withholding revenues that could really make schools great in America. Schools have become Soviet era concrete slabs, even while they have so many dedicated educators who want to do what they do.

I fear that the dissapearance of P.E. and recess from primary schools doesn't bode well for children. Over-medication, obesity, and other results due to the removal of these programs can negatively affect their quality of life.

Fitness industry is booming, so are fast food restaurants (obesity). HealthyLife involves more than exercise. You cannot have an intelligent discussion unless you deal with all aspects of being healthy.huffpost

Well that's a silly question! Because the body is like a battery & has a finite amount of energy from birth! Silly WaPo, didn't you hear the pres

PE is more than just sports and exercise, if done properly it teaches social skills and can touch upon math, science, vocabulary. the cross over into core curriculum can be easily applied. But ya, budget cuts and improper funding.

Because uninformed administrators attempting to increase test scores by removing PE in favor of other classes ignore all the research that says it’s a bad idea.

Good question.👍😮

Easy. To make more time for instruction. These kids seriously need PE. They don't play outside enough. They spend too much time on digital devices.

Because money to schools is drying up?

It’s not only PE music art its just gone when our children need the most music and PE is everything for success

Because we don’t have Michelle Obama to remind us to go to gym

Budget cuts

Schools have to find the money somewhere to educate all of those UMCs and illegal alien minors. Bilingual teachers, tutors, and textbooks aren't cheap, ya know. More classrooms, buses -- those have to funded somehow.

Why do you think they are booming? Because you never learned how to exercise for free. Must charge for 5 year old soccer. Sad! Al about the $$$$'

Gym class never gave any training anyway. You had to get in sports to get that, get on the varsity squad or maybe B-squad.

Money.

...the child-fitness industry is booming because the opportunity for free, fitness activities, physical fun, is disappearing everywhere else.

Because education is underfunded and military is over funded and money is allocated towards unnecessary things in this country

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The fitness industry is booming because PE classes have been disappearing

Lol Michael fitness

Maybe the fitness industry is booming because PE classes are disappearing. Everybody is fat and they don’t know what to do about it so they pay wads of cash to get them unfat.

Because we underfund schools.

Gotta keep 'em stupid and out of shape so they can't fight back.

Those of us who were systematically humiliated in P. E. class throughout elementary, middle, and high school, can only rejoice.

You really have no idea what Washington has done to the independent school districts.

Can’t dumb down/equalize physicality.

More time is needed to get student scores up.. not enough time for phys ed

Because trump wants to put 5.7 billion into a wall instead of investing in our future and funding schools

Republican cuts to education budgets.

They shouldn't be because federal law mandates physical education.

Because liberal waifs can’t stand getting clobbered at dodgeball. 😂

Privatization

Not a tested subject.

Because losers hate competition and just love participation trophies

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