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Originally Posted by Azure
From my experience, schools and teachers are NOT doing enough to build the foundation of a healthy lifestyle.
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Who actually listens to their teachers though?
I don't think kids are going to eat better and get more exercise because Teach says so. Especially high school kids who think they are invincible and don't listen to anyone. The healthy-eating and exercise-getting kids would be doing it regardless of what they learn at school, and the poutine-and-cigarettes crowd aren't going to change their ways because they learned in health class that they might have heart disease 30 years down the road.
As for the gym class stuff, I agree. I remember a whole lot of standing around in gym class. Maybe not for "lessons", but standing in line so everyone gets a crack at knocking the bar off the high-jump, or having 6 kids in the outfield exercising their right-arm by keeping the sun out of their eyes and never even touching the ball.