Jayjay719 Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 I was watching the news tonight and it said that skate boarding is a program used in some high school gym class in some city in New York. They have ramps and provide the skate boards, as well as knee pads and helmuts. I wish we had this program in my high school gym class. The program used is for students that do not want to play sports, they can skate and get graded. They have to learn to fall, and I think its pretty interesting. What are your thoughts?
Shavethewhales Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Awesome, I would have done it. Skateboarding was fun when I did it long ago, but I never was able to get anywhere near good at it. It makes sense that this is incorporated into physical ed. though, I know many kids will take heart to this and get much more out of their gym classes. It kinda leaves them open to a lawsuit if something happens... but I guess that's true with everything. Still, I remember when schools everywhere cracked down on dodge-ball.
phazan Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Yeah, I think it's a matter of time untill the school gets tired of being sewed. But I would love if my school had things like that for pe....but then, what do I care, I finished PE LAST YEAR!!
Satoshi Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 skate boarding is really kinda trick i want to give it a try and i guess lots of school should be going to add this thing into PE lessons!
crazyrider06 Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 I think that’s pretty cool, I wish my gym class had that option when I was in school. While I’m not very good at skateboarding though, tried it a few times for fun and yeah I just gave up. If I was getting graded on it it prolly would have been a different story, I would of got more into it because I had to.
Jayjay719 Posted February 8, 2007 Author Posted February 8, 2007 Awesome, I would have done it. Skateboarding was fun when I did it long ago, but I never was able to get anywhere near good at it. It makes sense that this is incorporated into physical ed. though, I know many kids will take heart to this and get much more out of their gym classes. It kinda leaves them open to a lawsuit if something happens... but I guess that's true with everything. Still, I remember when schools everywhere cracked down on dodge-ball. The news said that they have had only one serious inury which was a broken ankle. But yeah you can hurt yourself just walking....like me lol.
Calvin Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 I would be really bad at it, and would probably get a concussion. Remember kids, PE is just another level of hell, and your PE teacher is the devil, so throw rocks at him.
AndrewCT Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Oh, I could picture the lawsuits now "Norwalk High School Student has filed a lawsuit with the Board of Education, claiming he broke his arm in gym when he fell off his skateboard, and now can't write properly" The student claimed "Durh! I needz to be gettin me some money yo. I gotta lowah the car my moms bought me"
Jayjay719 Posted February 8, 2007 Author Posted February 8, 2007 ^^ Lmao. See I went to McMahon so we wouldnt file a lawsuit. But Norwalk High definately will lol.
AndrewCT Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Psh, whatevah. My school was cooler back when I was in school, those many years ago.
Golfie Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 It would suck to get graded. People who are tall, like me, have such a high center of gravity, it's MUCH tougher to skateboard than, say little Frank over there.
Jayjay719 Posted February 8, 2007 Author Posted February 8, 2007 ^ Yeah but the program used is an option. You don't have to skate board, you can do whatever your options are.
Calvin Posted February 9, 2007 Posted February 9, 2007 ^ Yeah but the program used is an option. You don't have to skate board, you can do whatever your options are. Which would be to run until you throw up. To be honest, I think PE just needs to be taken away. It brings the GPA down for people who aren't athletic. Yeah, our kids are going to get fat but really, if a parent cares enough the kid won't get fat. Thus, we weed out the stupid ones.
Golfie Posted February 9, 2007 Posted February 9, 2007 ^Only if the Gym teacher sucks. Not saying that our gym teacher DOESN'T suck, but she does grade us on effort, not athletic ability. That's what really counts.
Jayjay719 Posted February 9, 2007 Author Posted February 9, 2007 ^My 10th grade gym teacher graded us on atheltic ability, not effort. Since I'm not atheletic, I failed one quarter then I complained and got that teacher fixed.
crazyrider06 Posted February 9, 2007 Posted February 9, 2007 ^ They are not suppossed to grade you on athletic ability. They are suppossed to grade you on your effort. Teachers sucks im so glad im out of school.. and to think im still thinking of going back haha
Jayjay719 Posted February 9, 2007 Author Posted February 9, 2007 Honestly, I'm glad I'm out of school. But I do miss it though...sometimes.
Calvin Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 The problem with PE is that it can be very inconsistient when it comes to grades. My PE teacher, this year, graded us in our Bowling unit (I'm in "Life Sports" where we do bowling and billiards and whatnot) like this. He bowled a game, and got 150. If we got a 140, we got 100 percent, 130 a 90 percent, and so on. I bowled a 70 and almost failed the class. My teacher last year graded us in our basketball unit based on how hard we tried to get the ball in the basket (ie, if we tried to do all the moves).
GMAN962 Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 No. I would hurt at the end of the period. I can't skateboard, I like my bike! -Mike
kennywood!007 Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 I would love skateboarding in gym. Mainly cause I do skate in life. haha That would be a dream come true to me.
coastermaster07 Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 I think it would be really cool if we could skateboard in class. Im not very good but it would be fun!!
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