Why PE is not necessary
I shall attempt to present an entirely objective view instead of a purely subjective one where I rant on about how PE sucks (which you all already know).
Let's see. First of all there is the question of WHY WE NEED PURE RUNNING. The answer is: we don't. Running in the ancient years was a survival technique so that we could get away from tigers and evil wildlife when we were weak, naked and helpless. Now that we have conquered them there is absolutely no need to run at all, except if you're talking about chasing the bus or getting away from evil rapists. The latter is an entirely different matter except for the fact that they are even more evil than the animals who only want to eat you. For that, I think self defence
might be more useful instead of running. Really. Of course there is always the case where you
are the evil rapist or robber yourself and you're trying to get away from the cops, but since we're supposed to be conditioned by society and since I don't think the school wants us to run away from the law etc, there is no need to equip us all with the skills of running. If it's for chasing the bus, you know the next bus will always come in a few more minutes, or if it's the last bus, there's always the taxi. Technological advances have rendered running completely useless and really, it is time to keep up with the times.
It also follows that the more successful you are, the less you need to run. I mean, I doubt you've ever seen the president or the prime minister or even the CEO of some company running unless it's in their private gym in the comfort of air con and treadmills where they can adjust the speed and run in comfort. Hell, most of them probably don't even bother driving their own cars, they have chauffeurs for that. To argue in the economical sense, running does not come into the equation. It does not help you increase your wealth at all, unless you're one of those gym companies trying to kope people's money, and in that case you don't even do the running yourself.
If you want to argue that running helps you keep fit, I would like to propose that there are really lots of other ways to do so with more benefits than pure running. Team sports, for example, like soccer, helps you improve your stamina and at the same time improve social skills like cooperation with your teammates which will be great use in the future. Pure running, on the other hand, only makes you more antisocial. Case in point would be me. There is nothing that makes me more pissed than having to run 7 rounds around the track where throughout I was cursing the idiots of the PE system and the NAPFA system and finally got so pissed that I skipped the last round and scowled at everyone I saw.
There will of course be the maniacs who actually like running (coughkevyandariasandaudreycough) and in that case I am very happy for them. However, since the school and the education system agrees with TO EACH THEIR ABILITY AND INTEREST I think they should follow this belief all the way through and let us opt in or out for running. After all, not everybody likes running or is good in it, and for every other subject we have a choice of whether to take it or not. Even chinese which most of us are happily rid of. Why not a choice for PE as well (and the totally pointless napfa test)?
Let the maniacs opt for running and spare the rest of us pretty please with the threat of death.
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