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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I don't think the need for physical activity is related to one's nationality or family background. Human beings in general require a certain amount of exercise every day for optimum health, regardless of race or nationality. I think this is pretty generally accepted in the medical community. [/quote]

Unless you are amongst the posters who believe all those high performing Asian Americans in every zip code in America do not get the requisite amount of exercise for optimum health because they are "prepping"?  [/quote]

I don't know about that, I was just interested in the suggestion that hours of "prepping" for tests is the same as hours spent on ("prepping" for) physical activity. If a child spends the day in school and then spends an hour or two after school at a test prep, the child's academic needs are being addressed both during and after school. Whereas, if a child spends the day in school and then spends an hour or two after school engaged in physical activity, then we see the child's needs for both academics and physical activity being met.  Hours spent on academics and hours spent on physical activity are both important for children's growth and development. Rather than either/or, I see them as a both/and proposition and that neither should be neglected in any child's life. As the old saying goes, "A sound mind in a sound body." 
The need for academics and the need for physical activity are two [i]different[/i] needs that children have and [i]both[/i] need to be fulfilled. Plenty of students at TJ  spend a couple hours every day after school engaged in physical activity and are also engaged in high level academics. There is no need to choose one over the other.  [/quote]

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