Health and PE in high school

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

The health classes are pretty useless. Half of the class is definitely about things that my child would rather replace with a financial literacy requirement.

My kids are on a team sports, pretty aware of healthy habits, and wants room to take electives of their choices during the year which includes AP Physics!

Why don't they have room to take electives of their choice? Assuming a 7-period schedule across 4 years, there are 28 credits in high school. Twenty of them are needed for non-elective requirements, so that leaves 8 slots for electives.

Because taking 162 AP's is the only way you can show colleges you are serious since MCPS grading system gives everyone high grades

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Wow, that's extreme. My HS health classes were some of my favorite and guess what - I have health-related BS/MS/PHD.

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

The health classes are pretty useless. Half of the class is definitely about things that my child would rather replace with a financial literacy requirement.

My kids are on a team sports, pretty aware of healthy habits, and wants room to take electives of their choices during the year which includes AP Physics!

Why don't they have room to take electives of their choice? Assuming a 7-period schedule across 4 years, there are 28 credits in high school. Twenty of them are needed for non-elective requirements, so that leaves 8 slots for electives.

Because taking 162 AP's is the only way you can show colleges you are serious since MCPS grading system gives everyone high grades

OK, but beyond the ones that satisfy a grad requirement, then those are the electives of your choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Wow, that's extreme. My HS health classes were some of my favorite and guess what - I have health-related BS/MS/PHD.

That’s great it was an option for you but hate that a full year is required.

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Wow, that's extreme. My HS health classes were some of my favorite and guess what - I have health-related BS/MS/PHD.

That’s great it was an option for you but hate that a full year is required.

The more a kid can control his or her schedule the happier they are.

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Wow, that's extreme. My HS health classes were some of my favorite and guess what - I have health-related BS/MS/PHD.

That’s great it was an option for you but hate that a full year is required.

Well I hate math and I hate that even if you are really advanced starting in 9th grade Algebra 2, you have to take all 4 years of math at a high school level. 95% of the population never uses calculus, but 100% of the population need to learn physical and mental health, as well as nutrition

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

The health classes are pretty useless. Half of the class is definitely about things that my child would rather replace with a financial literacy requirement.

My kids are on a team sports, pretty aware of healthy habits, and wants room to take electives of their choices during the year which includes AP Physics!

Why don't they have room to take electives of their choice? Assuming a 7-period schedule across 4 years, there are 28 credits in high school. Twenty of them are needed for non-elective requirements, so that leaves 8 slots for electives.

Because taking 162 AP's is the only way you can show colleges you are serious since MCPS grading system gives everyone high grades

OK, but beyond the ones that satisfy a grad requirement, then those are the electives of your choice.

Yes and the moms here have kids that take all AP's for their electives so they take health in the summer. Imagine being that uptight and focused on college that you hate 4 years of your life and can't enjoy summers either? Then they go to college and realize no one gives a crap about grades and courses and it is connections, work ethic, and communication skills that get you the best jobs. And no one cares about what college you went to and your GPA.

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

My kids have had 3 full years in middle school and they do all that in advisory too. At some point enough is enough. A finance class would make more sense. They keep repeating the same material.

My kid is in one sport multiple days a week outside MCPS. They aren't athletic otherwise and miserable in PE.

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

The health classes are pretty useless. Half of the class is definitely about things that my child would rather replace with a financial literacy requirement.

My kids are on a team sports, pretty aware of healthy habits, and wants room to take electives of their choices during the year which includes AP Physics!

Why don't they have room to take electives of their choice? Assuming a 7-period schedule across 4 years, there are 28 credits in high school. Twenty of them are needed for non-elective requirements, so that leaves 8 slots for electives.

Because taking 162 AP's is the only way you can show colleges you are serious since MCPS grading system gives everyone high grades

OK, but beyond the ones that satisfy a grad requirement, then those are the electives of your choice.

Yes and the moms here have kids that take all AP's for their electives so they take health in the summer. Imagine being that uptight and focused on college that you hate 4 years of your life and can't enjoy summers either? Then they go to college and realize no one gives a crap about grades and courses and it is connections, work ethic, and communication skills that get you the best jobs. And no one cares about what college you went to and your GPA.

You mean, a parent like me. Yup, I'm keeping my busy. Keeps them out of trouble. They will do a mix of camps, summer school, swim team and other things. Why does it have to be all or nothing. Mine wants to take the electives in HS. Why deny them those vs. another year of health?

You need things like calculus depending on your major.

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Wow, that's extreme. My HS health classes were some of my favorite and guess what - I have health-related BS/MS/PHD.

That’s great it was an option for you but hate that a full year is required.

Well I hate math and I hate that even if you are really advanced starting in 9th grade Algebra 2, you have to take all 4 years of math at a high school level. 95% of the population never uses calculus, but 100% of the population need to learn physical and mental health, as well as nutrition

That's advanced, really advanced is Algebra 2 in 8th grade.

Here's an idea. If your kid is having mental health issues, get them addressed as a parent. That is your job. It's also your responsibility to teach nutrition at home and have them exercise. Stop expecting MCPS to parent your kids.

If you are a math major, computer science, engineering, etc, you need calculus. That is way more than 5%.

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

My kids have had 3 full years in middle school and they do all that in advisory too. At some point enough is enough. A finance class would make more sense. They keep repeating the same material.

My kid is in one sport multiple days a week outside MCPS. They aren't athletic otherwise and miserable in PE.[/quote]

Who gives a $hit.

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Wow, that's extreme. My HS health classes were some of my favorite and guess what - I have health-related BS/MS/PHD.

That’s great it was an option for you but hate that a full year is required.

Well I hate math and I hate that even if you are really advanced starting in 9th grade Algebra 2, you have to take all 4 years of math at a high school level. 95% of the population never uses calculus, but 100% of the population need to learn physical and mental health, as well as nutrition

That's advanced, really advanced is Algebra 2 in 8th grade.

Here's an idea. If your kid is having mental health issues, get them addressed as a parent. That is your job. It's also your responsibility to teach nutrition at home and have them exercise. Stop expecting MCPS to parent your kids.

If you are a math major, computer science, engineering, etc, you need calculus. That is way more than 5%.

I am an ME and I never use calculus

Also, you are advocating for less nutrition, physical activity, and mental health learning for more AP classes, correct?

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Calculus is part of a whole, well-rounded education. One thing I love about the US is that high school is not job training. We require 4 years of math to prepare students for any career they may choose. Regardless if they think they will never need it. Plenty of people change majors in college or later in life change careers. We don’t want a math choice at 16-18 to stand in the way of career advancement.

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever.

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess.

Wow that’s awfully hostile! The Health classes are a tremendous amount of busy work and definitely have political leanings. I would have preferred Home Econ where they learn to cook healthy or Yoga rather than writing papers on common sense topics or ones with political leanings. The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major..

Tell me you are a Trumpy without telling me you are a Trumpy

Ours is very political in terms of some of the teachings and it is overboard. I'm as liberal as they come but its getting to the point where it's doing more harm than good for some kids.

For the second class, home econ or financial literacy makes far more sense. My kids have had it constantly in middle school and they just repeat the same stuff over and over again.