Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and they have not done it. I also hated the stupid fitness test as a kid because yes I was unathletic and sucked at it. I still grew up to be a healthy adult who works out several times a week and is slimmer than the athletic kids who grew up and gained a lot of weight.

This fitness test is already done in schools. It's just a way for this orange to one up Michelle Obama's 'Let's Move' campaign which promoted healthy student lifestyles

Anonymous wrote:You sound unhinged, OP. Proof read. Spell correctly. Don't repeat yourself. And know that individual schools can do whatever they want. We're in MCPS, and some of the schools have fitness tests, others don't. It depends on the grade and the teacher.

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I can't even believe the title of this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:KINDA FUNNY HOW Education is up to the states.

Right? And also, I thought school was for book learning and not pushing someone's agenda on other people. I don't give two figs if my kid can do a push up or run a mile. Who is the president to tell me that physical fitness is something to be celebrated and rewarded? Stop pushing your jock-boy values on my child!

Some minor level of fitness for kids is very important

Dp here. True, but do you really expect kids to go out and get fit training for this? Lol. No kid is going to care much about something called Presidential Physical Fitness Award. They will take the series of tests, the athletic kids will get it, and nobody else will. Then they will all move on. I would argue that they will lose movement time because they will have to spend PE sitting around watching everyone else test. The Obama’s actually focused on getting kids to move more.

The test is designed to give some baseline assessment of a child's physical fitness. People are positively delusional about their kids' health and fitness. A child who cannot run a mile in less than 15 minutes needs intervention.

Anonymous wrote:This is so stupid. I failed the PFT both years I went to public school. And yet I am undoubtedly as an adult healthier than the average overweight MAHA loser living in a trailer and smoking cigs all day.

Let's Move was much better bc it started in the home encouraging parents to get their kids moving and eating better.

Yay, congrats, you did some push ups. Your parents still feed you processed slop and let you play video games all day. Meanwhile, my mother went to exercise class every day, made us play outside, and only fed us unprocessed foods but bc I was on the smaller side I was deemed unhealthier than kids who were eating chicken nuggets every night.

This is such cope, as the kids say.

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The presidential fitness test is not fixing a problem unless you think lack of a yearly test named “presidential” is actually a problem.

This.

Also, I thought that Republicans believed in local control of education.

Of course it fixes a problem. They will get a certificate with his signature on it! Yay! What 10 year old doesn’t want that???
Perhaps you don’t realize this, but MOST kids in America do not currently have something hanging on their fridge or bedroom wall with Trump’s signature on it. We cannot let that be. We need to take every measure possible to make sure every American is forced to see reminders of Trump’s existence throughout their day. Like, constantly. Thank you, Donald Trump, for your attention to this matter.

The presidential fitness test is not fixing a problem unless you think lack of a yearly test named “presidential” is actually a problem.

This.

Also, I thought that Republicans believed in local control of education.

In his quest to undo and/or destroy everything Obama touched, he sure is finding some obscure sh*t to prioritize while the world is crumbling around us. How do you think he comes up with these? Is it someone’s job to create a spreadsheet of absolutely everything Obama did so that Trump can tic them off the list? Or maybe they made bingo cards of Obama’s achievements and the staff adds a chip whenever Trump destroys something? Idk. Just wondering.

So he reinstated (or maybe just renamed) this test to distract from the Epstein files? This is about as impactful as allowing high flow toilets or worrying about dish washing machines. I love how he focuses on the important, federal
Policy issues.

Anonymous wrote:Also have kids in FCPS and yes they do a fitness test under a different name - I believe it is the PACER test. I have one kid who hates it and one who finds it “easy” and yes it just seems like a different version of the “presidential” test I had as a kid. Given it seems a difference in name only I’d say yes this is fixing an issue that doesn’t exist in my community.

The PACER test is completely different, and most kids love it. The PE teacher usually split the class into 2 groups. They run back and forth from one side to another (about 20m). There is a series of beeps and they need to reach the line before the beep. If you don’t get there in time, you are done. A partner will count and record how many laps you did. The beeps gradually get closer together so they have to run faster toward the end. I like it because the “winner” is usually a kid who is reasonably athletic but also clever enough to pace themselves with the beeps.

It is part of a program called FitnessGram that gives PE teachers data on kids’ fitness level to drive their instruction.