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Ryan Butschle (Ryan_butschle)
New member
Username: Ryan_butschle
Post Number: 1
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 12:03 pm: |       |
As up and coming and even existing Physical Education and healh teachers, do you feel that it is important to "practice what you preach?" In other words, should phys. ed. teachers themselves be physically fit and healthy? Should there be a physical fitness requirement teachers should meet? |
Daniel Dean (Dad3451)
Junior Member
Username: Dad3451
Post Number: 4
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 6:11 pm: | |
I agree with you Mr. Butschle and I think that it would be questionable for a student if he or she saw a Phys. Ed teacher smoking, obese, or maybe even drinking that it wouldn't look good because your speaking things that you are not going by and showing that you're doing fine. But I could see the other side of it saying that you're just saying what you SHOULD do to keep healthy. |
Billy Reamer (Wreamer)
Junior Member
Username: Wreamer
Post Number: 8
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 2:43 pm: | |
Nothing will undermine a program and strip away trust, support and buy-in as fast and efficiently as hypocrisy. English teachers read, math teachers do math, science teachers do science, Choir teachers sing and PE teachers should be healthy. This does not mean that they should have to pass a rigorous fitness test. However, they should fall within a healthy fitness zone and/or work to maintain/improve their overall health and fitness. If you don’t care about health and fitness, then do something else. |
Alison Archangeli (Aarchang)
New member
Username: Aarchang
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 7:25 am: | |
All points are valid. To add to that, physical education programs are being cut left and right. Having physical educators who are overweight or lazy, smokers or heavy drinkers, will only make the case against physical education stronger. Why are school districts and state budgets going to support a program that is failing before a class even sets foot in the gymnasium? |
leila griggs (Lzg26)
Junior Member
Username: Lzg26
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 10:52 am: | |
I agree with the smoking and staying healthy, but some of the posts seem harsh. We are also taught not to judge a book by its cover, so some are saying that they are only a good teacher if they look like they know what they are doing; physically. I have met a lot of healthy physical education teachers that are the old fashion roll the ball out and let the class just happen. Whereas, I had a teacher who was not as physically fit, but I learned a lot and had a blast in her class. Food for thought. |
Emily Skowronek (Emily)
Junior Member
Username: Emily
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 2:03 pm: | |
I agree with Leila's post. You can't judge how well someone will teach phys ed based on their appearance. I'm currently majoring in Physical Education at Slippery Rock University and have a lot of friends in the program as well. We are all completely devoted to what we are studying and I don't think it would be fair if any of us would go to get a job and get rejected because we don't have the appearance of being physically fit. It's not always the case that a person doesn't try to have a better appearance, it sometimes just works out that way no matter what. |
