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15. A college professor of mine named Dr. Purcell was a passionate professor of Physical Education. He would go on rants about how in the USA, Physical Education classes are to easy on the student. He did not like the fact that as long as a student tries, they earn an “A”. He said that Physical Education classes should have some physical standards to pass since it is Physical Education. For example, if a student could not complete 25 sit ups in a minute then they would fail. Some students said to Dr. Purcell, “this would be unfair if the student gave a genuine effort.” Dr. Purcell replied, “So if the math student tries extremely hard on the math test but scores a 45%, does the student get an “A” for their efforts?” He then went on to say that if PE classes were taken as serious as Math then we would have less obese and more fit people in our society. What are your thoughts on Dr. Purcell’s ideas on how a PE class should be? Do you think he is correct or is he out of line? Justify your answer. '

Answer 1

There is no right answer for this as it is your own thoughts but here are mine. I think he is somewhat wrong because everyone has different levels of physical ability. Not everyone is able to complete 25 sit ups. Even if they complete 10, they are still getting activity. Being fit is important but I think the purpose of Gym is to get your heart pumping. I do agree that Physical Education should be taken seriously, but grading people based on completion destroys the whole point of the "freedom" of having a class period to exercise.

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