Majority Of Americans Never Use Physical Education After High School

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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA—Kevin Higgins always hated gym class. Like many of his classmates, he questioned the relevance of things like 'exercise' and 'physical fitness,' and wondered if these skills would ever provide any practical, real-world benefits. Though he endured more than 720 hours of gym over 12 years, the…

Erica Burnstrom, a 28-year-old aeronautics engineer living in San Jose, CA, said that abstract concepts such as aerobic activity and raising one's knees above the hips in a rapid "pumping" motion have not added any appreciable value to her day-to-day life.

"I never use any of that stuff, like walking quickly for five minutes," said Burnstrom, who paused from using the Pythagorean identity to solve for the cosine of 71° and 144° in order to speak to reporters. "I understand that my phys-ed teacher needed to know all that stuff because that was his job, but I'm not some specialist who needs to lie flat, lift her torso into a sitting position, and then return to the original position for a living.

Many Americans claimed that once they finished high school, skills such as increasing joint mobility and building muscle strength were no longer necessary."If something needs to get from one place to another, I can just use my cell phone, or hop in the car. And I know they say that physical education promotes balance, but that's what my cane is for," said Miami, FL resident Keith Monahan, 32.

Omaha insurance salesman William Haylor, 43, said that when his 8-year-old son asked him how to do a chin-up, he realized that he had simply forgotten."I know I used to be able to do that, but for the life of me I can't remember," Haylor said. "They're really hard to do. I think that's why I stopped."

"I wish I could help him out," Haylor added. "But what's the point? He's never going to use it anyway."In response to these findings, many Americans have urged the government to stop wasting millions of dollars on useless physical education programs and start focusing on real problems, such as obesity, arthritis, and chronic back pain.

 

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Maybe they used it up.

Isn't that becuase the goverment profit off of fattening you up and making you guys sick ?why not be man enough to do something about it and stand up to them ? STANDUPTOYOURGOVERMENT

Australians likewise.

where's the satire here?

Typing was by far the most useful class I took… nothing else came close.

Sex education has proven particularly useless for me

BlaiseTalon

Except for people who do manual labor that requires you to be somewhat in shape.

I for sure never / needed what they did teach me, / such as flag football.

Or math.

Only if you go on to college. They require you to take classes.

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And that's not even comedy!

The only part of P.E. I've used is sex ed.

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