Physical Education was a subject at school that I always
hated. Straight A’s from everything else and barely D from PE. I was slim, I
was healthy and fit so why? When I think about it now I know it was due to
Polish educational system and my teachers. PE wasn’t about being active and
having loads of fun, it was about passing tests. I can still remember how at
the beginning of elementary school my best friend and I tried to throw a 3kg
ball behind us to score A. And however hard we tried, we never managed to
achieve that since we were so skinny, we could barely hold the ball above our
heads. Or later when we were learning how to play volleyball and our teacher
right at the beginning of that school year picked a few girls who were
afterwards properly trained to represent our school at tournaments and the rest
of us were just given a ball to kill time with. Of course at the end of the
semester we had to pass tests from playing volleyball and I guess you know who
was not doing well then ;-) And since I did not like the feeling of doing
badly, I hated Physical Education even more.
My daughters have been attending international schools and that
is why I have had a chance to see a completely different system of physical
education. It focuses on making sure pupils are active and engaged. It realizes
not everyone is going to be a champion but everyone should be given opportunity
to try different sports. It grades students on the basis of approach to the
subject and not achievements. It results
in students loving their PE classes and I am sure it also results later in
adults treating physical activity and fitness not as a must but as a normal
part of a balanced lifestyle.
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