How do I get my kid not to take P.E? I heard one student isn't doing gym because of gymnastics.

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Anonymous wrote:My son has team practices after school but during the day he would like to practice instead of doing stuff in P.E. that doesn't improve what he wants to do.

My daughter has academic team practices after school but during the day she would like to practice instead of doing stuff in Science that doesn't improve what she wants to do. Nevertheless, she still has to go to class.

Ok but other people seem to be skipping P.E. to do other activities. Infact in just one of my sons classes, two people are doing it. If thats the ratio, I don't think they can be that "elite". My son players on a travel team, and practices 4:30 hours a day yet still goes to P.E. to learn the rules of something like basketball. His time could be so much more efficient if they let him practice with trainers during the day.

[Anonymous]

OP, this is how snowflakes are created--they have parents who are always seeking unwarranted special treatment for them.

Life is full of situations in which we must participate, no matter how much we don't want to. Your child is perfectly capable of participating in PE and has no good reason not to. Do you also seek to get him out of math class if he knows the material being covered that day? He can suck it up and deal with PE.

And if he feels instead like this is a fight he wishes to fight, then he is perfectly capable of fighting it on his own. He is not being denied his constitutional rights here. He does not need an adult to helicopter in to help save him from this grave injustice.

WTF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, this is how snowflakes are created--they have parents who are always seeking unwarranted special treatment for them.

Life is full of situations in which we must participate, no matter how much we don't want to. Your child is perfectly capable of participating in PE and has no good reason not to. Do you also seek to get him out of math class if he knows the material being covered that day? He can suck it up and deal with PE.

And if he feels instead like this is a fight he wishes to fight, then he is perfectly capable of fighting it on his own. He is not being denied his constitutional rights here. He does not need an adult to helicopter in to help save him from this grave injustice.

WTF.

So how do i get him eligible to get out of P.E.?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has team practices after school but during the day he would like to practice instead of doing stuff in P.E. that doesn't improve what he wants to do.

My daughter has academic team practices after school but during the day she would like to practice instead of doing stuff in Science that doesn't improve what she wants to do. Nevertheless, she still has to go to class.

Ok but other people seem to be skipping P.E. to do other activities. Infact in just one of my sons classes, two people are doing it. If thats the ratio, I don't think they can be that "elite". My son players on a travel team, and practices 4:30 hours a day yet still goes to P.E. to learn the rules of something like basketball. His time could be so much more efficient if they let him practice with trainers during the day.

Two out of 25 kids are doing it? Oh, the humanity!

OP, you have no idea why those kids are skipping PE. Nor is it any of your business. The state of VA requires PE. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, this is how snowflakes are created--they have parents who are always seeking unwarranted special treatment for them.

Life is full of situations in which we must participate, no matter how much we don't want to. Your child is perfectly capable of participating in PE and has no good reason not to. Do you also seek to get him out of math class if he knows the material being covered that day? He can suck it up and deal with PE.

And if he feels instead like this is a fight he wishes to fight, then he is perfectly capable of fighting it on his own. He is not being denied his constitutional rights here. He does not need an adult to helicopter in to help save him from this grave injustice.

WTF.

So how do i get him eligible to get out of P.E.?

I have no idea. Why doesn't he ask someone at school? Why is this your problem?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son has team practices after school but during the day he would like to practice instead of doing stuff in P.E. that doesn't improve what he wants to do.

My daughter has academic team practices after school but during the day she would like to practice instead of doing stuff in Science that doesn't improve what she wants to do. Nevertheless, she still has to go to class.

Ok but other people seem to be skipping P.E. to do other activities. Infact in just one of my sons classes, two people are doing it. If thats the ratio, I don't think they can be that "elite". My son players on a travel team, and practices 4:30 hours a day yet still goes to P.E. to learn the rules of something like basketball. His time could be so much more efficient if they let him practice with trainers during the day.

Two out of 25 kids are doing it? Oh, the humanity!

OP, you have no idea why those kids are skipping PE. Nor is it any of your business. The state of VA requires PE. Get over it.

Actually both of them are skipping P.E. because they are in dance or are a gymnast. My I think is eligible to skip P.E. because of baseball. How do I allowed him to get out of P.E.?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has team practices after school but during the day he would like to practice instead of doing stuff in P.E. that doesn't improve what he wants to do.

My daughter has academic team practices after school but during the day she would like to practice instead of doing stuff in Science that doesn't improve what she wants to do. Nevertheless, she still has to go to class.

Ok but other people seem to be skipping P.E. to do other activities. Infact in just one of my sons classes, two people are doing it. If thats the ratio, I don't think they can be that "elite". My son players on a travel team, and practices 4:30 hours a day yet still goes to P.E. to learn the rules of something like basketball. His time could be so much more efficient if they let him practice with trainers during the day.

Two out of 25 kids are doing it? Oh, the humanity!

OP, you have no idea why those kids are skipping PE. Nor is it any of your business. The state of VA requires PE. Get over it.

Actually both of them are skipping P.E. because they are in dance or are a gymnast. My I think is eligible to skip P.E. because of baseball. How do I allowed him to get out of P.E.?

If I knew I wouldn't tell you, because I think your son should suck it up and go to PE. Since you want to find out the answer so much, why doesn't your son ask at school? Do you also carry your son's sports gear for him? Help him put his shoes on? Is he 5 or 15?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has team practices after school but during the day he would like to practice instead of doing stuff in P.E. that doesn't improve what he wants to do.

My daughter has academic team practices after school but during the day she would like to practice instead of doing stuff in Science that doesn't improve what she wants to do. Nevertheless, she still has to go to class.

Ok but other people seem to be skipping P.E. to do other activities. Infact in just one of my sons classes, two people are doing it. If thats the ratio, I don't think they can be that "elite". My son players on a travel team, and practices 4:30 hours a day yet still goes to P.E. to learn the rules of something like basketball. His time could be so much more efficient if they let him practice with trainers during the day.

Two out of 25 kids are doing it? Oh, the humanity!

OP, you have no idea why those kids are skipping PE. Nor is it any of your business. The state of VA requires PE. Get over it.

Actually both of them are skipping P.E. because they are in dance or are a gymnast. My I think is eligible to skip P.E. because of baseball. How do I allowed him to get out of P.E.?

If I knew I wouldn't tell you, because I think your son should suck it up and go to PE. Since you want to find out the answer so much, why doesn't your son ask at school? Do you also carry your son's sports gear for him? Help him put his shoes on? Is he 5 or 15?

How exactly is my son supposed to do this? Should he just go up to the principle? I have found nothing online related to this yet I've heard many cases of this.

[Anonymous]

OP, you seem to be seeking some magic words or secret password here. Go ask at your son's school straight out and be done with it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has team practices after school but during the day he would like to practice instead of doing stuff in P.E. that doesn't improve what he wants to do.

My daughter has academic team practices after school but during the day she would like to practice instead of doing stuff in Science that doesn't improve what she wants to do. Nevertheless, she still has to go to class.

Ok but other people seem to be skipping P.E. to do other activities. Infact in just one of my sons classes, two people are doing it. If thats the ratio, I don't think they can be that "elite". My son players on a travel team, and practices 4:30 hours a day yet still goes to P.E. to learn the rules of something like basketball. His time could be so much more efficient if they let him practice with trainers during the day.

Two out of 25 kids are doing it? Oh, the humanity!

OP, you have no idea why those kids are skipping PE. Nor is it any of your business. The state of VA requires PE. Get over it.

Actually both of them are skipping P.E. because they are in dance or are a gymnast. My I think is eligible to skip P.E. because of baseball. How do I allowed him to get out of P.E.?

I was a gymnast and got excused from PE. My coach (and I ) didn't want to risk an injury while playing basketball or volleyball or whatever the warm body PE teacher let us do while he read the newspaper. It might seem stupid to you or like I was a snowflake but I had given my entire life to gymnastics and didnt want to be injured while messing around in the middle school gym with a bunch of undersupervided adolescents.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure why there are so many hostile responses. I looked into it for figure skating, my child is a national level competitor. We ended up deciding to do a combination of online and homeschool, but I did see some info online - and it did mention national/elite level competition. Does your son need access to a facility during school hours?

Has he considered online PE during the summer? You would have to pay, and I'm not sure if it can be used to leave early or just to take another class.

Good luck

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has team practices after school but during the day he would like to practice instead of doing stuff in P.E. that doesn't improve what he wants to do.

My daughter has academic team practices after school but during the day she would like to practice instead of doing stuff in Science that doesn't improve what she wants to do. Nevertheless, she still has to go to class.

Ok but other people seem to be skipping P.E. to do other activities. Infact in just one of my sons classes, two people are doing it. If thats the ratio, I don't think they can be that "elite". My son players on a travel team, and practices 4:30 hours a day yet still goes to P.E. to learn the rules of something like basketball. His time could be so much more efficient if they let him practice with trainers during the day.

Two out of 25 kids are doing it? Oh, the humanity!

OP, you have no idea why those kids are skipping PE. Nor is it any of your business. The state of VA requires PE. Get over it.

Actually both of them are skipping P.E. because they are in dance or are a gymnast. My I think is eligible to skip P.E. because of baseball. How do I allowed him to get out of P.E.?

I was a gymnast and got excused from PE. My coach (and I ) didn't want to risk an injury while playing basketball or volleyball or whatever the warm body PE teacher let us do while he read the newspaper. It might seem stupid to you or like I was a snowflake but I had given my entire life to gymnastics and didnt want to be injured while messing around in the middle school gym with a bunch of undersupervided adolescents.

This is exactly my point my son is getting nothing out of P.E. except socializing which he does with his baseball team as well. All the kids just seem to fool around and don't stretch, don't play their hardest, and don't follow the rules right because they are adolescents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has team practices after school but during the day he would like to practice instead of doing stuff in P.E. that doesn't improve what he wants to do.

My daughter has academic team practices after school but during the day she would like to practice instead of doing stuff in Science that doesn't improve what she wants to do. Nevertheless, she still has to go to class.

Ok but other people seem to be skipping P.E. to do other activities. Infact in just one of my sons classes, two people are doing it. If thats the ratio, I don't think they can be that "elite". My son players on a travel team, and practices 4:30 hours a day yet still goes to P.E. to learn the rules of something like basketball. His time could be so much more efficient if they let him practice with trainers during the day.

Two out of 25 kids are doing it? Oh, the humanity!

OP, you have no idea why those kids are skipping PE. Nor is it any of your business. The state of VA requires PE. Get over it.

Actually both of them are skipping P.E. because they are in dance or are a gymnast. My I think is eligible to skip P.E. because of baseball. How do I allowed him to get out of P.E.?

He needs to be in a specialized program that is approved by the school district. He should contact his counselor and start the paperwork now, it can take a long time to get everything signed off. His counselor and the person who runs the approved program he will be attending will have to sign. You need to provide your own transportation to the baseball program.

He will still need to take health and driver ed. That will take extra time that will need to be worked out with the school.

Kids who do these programs need to be ultra organized and self-disciplined. The outside program plus transportation take a lot of extra time out of their day and they need to be keeping up their grades at the same time.

[Anonymous]

He could ask his counselor

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Anonymous wrote:My son has team practices after school but during the day he would like to practice instead of doing stuff in P.E. that doesn't improve what he wants to do.

My daughter has academic team practices after school but during the day she would like to practice instead of doing stuff in Science that doesn't improve what she wants to do. Nevertheless, she still has to go to class.

Ok but other people seem to be skipping P.E. to do other activities. Infact in just one of my sons classes, two people are doing it. If thats the ratio, I don't think they can be that "elite". My son players on a travel team, and practices 4:30 hours a day yet still goes to P.E. to learn the rules of something like basketball. His time could be so much more efficient if they let him practice with trainers during the day.

Two out of 25 kids are doing it? Oh, the humanity!

OP, you have no idea why those kids are skipping PE. Nor is it any of your business. The state of VA requires PE. Get over it.

Actually both of them are skipping P.E. because they are in dance or are a gymnast. My I think is eligible to skip P.E. because of baseball. How do I allowed him to get out of P.E.?

If I knew I wouldn't tell you, because I think your son should suck it up and go to PE. Since you want to find out the answer so much, why doesn't your son ask at school? Do you also carry your son's sports gear for him? Help him put his shoes on? Is he 5 or 15?

How exactly is my son supposed to do this? Should he just go up to the principle? I have found nothing online related to this yet I've heard many cases of this.

He could ask the principal, or a PE teacher, or the athletic director. He's a big boy. He can figure it out. And if he can't, oh well.

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