Summer School Health Class is awful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s much better to take it in person. The in person teachers typically assign work that is completed in class.

I’ve had three teens take it in person. It was not much better than what OP describes. My children learned little and we’ve had to supplement at home to make sure they knew how to stay healthy and safe.

As for the poster upset about pronouns. Asking students to share their preferred pronouns is pretty standard these days. If your DC is cis, saying his/her pronouns isn’t going to turn them trans. If your child is trans and you are in denial, using their assigned at birth pronouns won’t make them cis.

You should be teaching them that anyway. Sorry the school isn't doing your job for you.

[Anonymous]

My kid learned the concept of good foods and bad foods in heath class…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Health online is completely non-analytical but regurgitation heavy. I did one of my kid's assignments for them to save time.

? I mean, it's a lot of busy work, but it's not hard, and it's the summer.

[Anonymous]

Argh! The topics in health are valuable for life, but I feel like this summer class is a torture of inane busy work, with very little learning value. Maybe it is better during the school year but my kid has such a low boredom tolerance, it is better to suffer for 3 weeks vs. 20. Absolutely no win situation with this class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teens both took it in the first session. It was a ton of busy work, but it’s done and saved an important spot on their schedules for the school year.

So I’m wondering about this.

What class does your kid plan to take instead of Health.

My kid has a pretty challenging schedule. Maybe doing Health during the idea is a good idea as a bit of a ‘break’? Especially now that it’s a year long course.

DP.. my kid wants to try different art electives

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s much better to take it in person. The in person teachers typically assign work that is completed in class.

I’ve had three teens take it in person. It was not much better than what OP describes. My children learned little and we’ve had to supplement at home to make sure they knew how to stay healthy and safe.

As for the poster upset about pronouns. Asking students to share their preferred pronouns is pretty standard these days. If your DC is cis, saying his/her pronouns isn’t going to turn them trans. If your child is trans and you are in denial, using their assigned at birth pronouns won’t make them cis.

You should be teaching them that anyway. Sorry the school isn't doing your job for you.

Then how about we leave ‘health’ to the parents and let the schools stick to Math/English/Science, etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid learned the concept of good foods and bad foods in heath class…

Oh, that’s infuriating. As if any food can be ‘good’ or ‘bad’.

Ugh, wish they would just skip this class!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s much better to take it in person. The in person teachers typically assign work that is completed in class.

I’ve had three teens take it in person. It was not much better than what OP describes. My children learned little and we’ve had to supplement at home to make sure they knew how to stay healthy and safe.

As for the poster upset about pronouns. Asking students to share their preferred pronouns is pretty standard these days. If your DC is cis, saying his/her pronouns isn’t going to turn them trans. If your child is trans and you are in denial, using their assigned at birth pronouns won’t make them cis.

You should be teaching them that anyway. Sorry the school isn't doing your job for you.

Then how about we leave ‘health’ to the parents and let the schools stick to Math/English/Science, etc?

Meh. Too many parents abdicate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teens both took it in the first session. It was a ton of busy work, but it’s done and saved an important spot on their schedules for the school year.

So I’m wondering about this.

What class does your kid plan to take instead of Health.

My kid has a pretty challenging schedule. Maybe doing Health during the idea is a good idea as a bit of a ‘break’? Especially now that it’s a year long course.

Rising 11th is in PLTW and took band and guitar in 9th and 10th, wanted to leave room for another guitar class for his senior year. He’ll be taking another elective this year, Global Issues. Music is important for his mental health and ability to focus the rest of the day. Rising 9th took it this summer because why not do it together. I don’t know what her future electives will be yet, likely an extra art class. I think having space for something you want to do is important, but after the amount of work the summer was she plans on doing Health B in school during the school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High school Health class has been a joke since I took it 30+ years ago. At least we got an optional first aid and CPR certification out of the deal. Otherwise, it was completely useless.

+1. We didn't get anything useful like first aid or cpr certification. Out of all the issues mcps has, this seems like the last thing to complain about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teens both took it in the first session. It was a ton of busy work, but it’s done and saved an important spot on their schedules for the school year.

So I’m wondering about this.

What class does your kid plan to take instead of Health.

My kid has a pretty challenging schedule. Maybe doing Health during the idea is a good idea as a bit of a ‘break’? Especially now that it’s a year long course.

Rising 11th is in PLTW and took band and guitar in 9th and 10th, wanted to leave room for another guitar class for his senior year. He’ll be taking another elective this year, Global Issues. Music is important for his mental health and ability to focus the rest of the day. Rising 9th took it this summer because why not do it together. I don’t know what her future electives will be yet, likely an extra art class. I think having space for something you want to do is important, but after the amount of work the summer was she plans on doing Health B in school during the school year.

Thanks for explaining. My kid was considering PLTW, but changed his mind.

I like the ida of opening up a spot in the schedule, but now that it’s a full year class, it feels like you end up with a half year and then it’s tough to find a half year class anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s much better to take it in person. The in person teachers typically assign work that is completed in class.

I’ve had three teens take it in person. It was not much better than what OP describes. My children learned little and we’ve had to supplement at home to make sure they knew how to stay healthy and safe.

As for the poster upset about pronouns. Asking students to share their preferred pronouns is pretty standard these days. If your DC is cis, saying his/her pronouns isn’t going to turn them trans. If your child is trans and you are in denial, using their assigned at birth pronouns won’t make them cis.

You should be teaching them that anyway. Sorry the school isn't doing your job for you.

Then how about we leave ‘health’ to the parents and let the schools stick to Math/English/Science, etc?

Meh. Too many parents abdicate.

According to the PP, parents should be teaching health so it doesn’t matter that the class is pure crap and totally dumbed down.

If they are going to force kids to take Health, then it should be a useful class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s much better to take it in person. The in person teachers typically assign work that is completed in class.

It is an absolute waste of a credit that could be used on a fun elective or AP classes need to take. That’s why everyone takes it in the summer. They don’t learn anything.

Not everyone takes it in the summer. My kids still had plenty of room for electives even though they took one semester of health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Health online is completely non-analytical but regurgitation heavy. I did one of my kid's assignments for them to save time.

? I mean, it's a lot of busy work, but it's not hard, and it's the summer.

yeah we lost Wifi completely for the middle week of 3, so kid had double work to make up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid learned the concept of good foods and bad foods in heath class…

Oh, that’s infuriating. As if any food can be ‘good’ or ‘bad’.

Ugh, wish they would just skip this class!

Good: fruit and veggies, fish, lean meats and low fat dairy

Bad: saturated fats, processed carbs, red meats, candy, alcohol etc

There ARE good and bad foods.