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Apples and oranges.

Posted by Spawn Nov 30 '09, 09:14

College if for your brain.

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Do colleges still have a physical education requirement? -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 09:18 13
- Not mine. There were courses available. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 09:26
- Mine did. It was more stringent than my high school requirements. - Will Hunting Nov 30, 09:23 2
  - That sounds the same as what we had in college, though being on a varsity team counted in lieu of the other requirements. -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 09:25 1
    - Pocketball was a varsity sport?! ;) -- nm - Don Homer Nov 30, 09:47
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  - University there was none, but in high school you were required to take gym in 9th and 10th grade, then you could opt out. - Elf Nov 30, 09:29
  - In high school we were required to take gym and received a grade for it. -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 09:23
  - Mine did. You had to have one PE class all four years. - Callisto Nov 30, 09:23 1
    - (and yes, the grade counted in GPA). -- nm - Callisto Nov 30, 09:24
- I graduated in 08 and did not. -- nm - MDH Nov 30, 09:19 3
  - We had one, but I know that people could take classes like bowling. I think we needed four PE classes to graduate. -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 09:22 1
    - I took tennis, line dancing, square dancing, mandatory fitness and something else for half credit - Will Hunting Nov 30, 09:31
  - I graduated in 1990 and didn't. -- nm - Callisto Nov 30, 09:20
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- more the well-rounded citizen angle than the others, I -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 09:20 2
  - A BMI over 30 *is* pretty rounded. -- nm - TWuG Nov 30, 09:22
  - think -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 09:20
- I don't think any part of a "formal education" is really about that. - Cuzzin Todd Nov 30, 09:17 1
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- I have often times said that colleges should have classes like Common Sense, etc. - Spawn Nov 30, 09:17 11
  - Really, until they have Freshman Economics (how to budget on $20 a week / how credit cards work) -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 09:18 10
    - For what it's worth, my schools are doing a real life finance course starting in mid 2010 that'll be mandatory. -- (link) - amanda Nov 30, 09:36 5
      - we were required to take a semester of personal finance our senior year of high school - znufrii Nov 30, 09:40 4
        
        I think this is better actually. I am 100% in support of this. -- nm - amanda Nov 30, 10:07
        
        I think this is better actually. I am 100% in support of this. -- nm - amanda Nov 30, 09:42 2
        
        Me too. And since serving on boards of directors, I've come to believe the best education about financial responsibilty comes from managing - Max Nov 30, 09:51
        
        it was a state-wide requirement in Oregon. not sure if it still is. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 09:48
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      - I don't think BMI is in any format, about the real world. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 09:22 2
        
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        I don't think anyone here is saying health isn't important; just this absurd requirement sucks. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 09:24
if your IM is correct... - znufrii Nov 30, 09:15 3
- What % of a school play it? And even all their sports combined? -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 09:16 2
  - regardless of the actual percentage, you won't find many people in higher ed arguing that athletics programs aren't a core part of a school's mission. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 09:18 1
    - Unless this thread is about student athletes having to be in shape, you miss the point. - Spawn Nov 30, 09:21

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