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[palominocorn]

Just thinking about how middle and high school PE was like... the WORST way to get kids to be active.

I like doing sports! I like exercising! I like stretches! I like bouncing around the room like a roadrunner high on meth! (Now I'm sick and can't do it like I used to, but I still LIKE it.)

What I do not like is being forced to do physical activity on demand by authority figures who yell at me rather than explaining how to do things the right way.

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[redthedragon]

GOD yeah, PE put me off so many things i would've done for fun if I'd gotten there recreationally first.

[stardust_rifle]

And they never even told you HOW to do things! Just "here's what a pull-up is, now do a pull-up". "here's what doing the splits looks like, now do the splits."

And then you get kids who are just now learning that exercise can be Not Terrible.