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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [b]The additional Health requirement just further deteriorates what love of school a child can have[/b]. There are very bright kids that would like to take 4 years of Art or Music or classes related to their potential major.. [/quote]

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

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

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[/quote]

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%.[/quote]

I am an ME and I never use calculus  :lol:

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

My kids get physical activity, nutrition, and mental health learning at home.  If they have needs, we meet those needs.  So, yes, mine would rather take an AP class over PE or health.

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Yes, you're correct. MCPS should be educating children. It isn't their job to parent. Unfortunately, some people feel it's the county's job to raise their children and expect them to do all these things. That's beyond the charter of public schools[/quote]

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