Comments on: Fat kids and report cards

By: Eric Moss

Eric Moss — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:46:16 +0000

Yeah after I did this post I did a little digging and found them. More schools need to embrace what they do.

By: Ion Freeman

Ion Freeman — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:50:24 +0000

The President’s Council on Fitness still exists! Your blog made me Google them, and they’re still kicking. They actually have a rocking research page.

By: emmanuel i

emmanuel i — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:01:06 +0000

i completely agree with you.

also, the guy who said “fat people usually know they are fat” is wrong. i say fat adults know they are fat. children in elementary school or junior high SHOULD be told. it is not obvious to them, at all.

yes i agree it is futile to put the BMI on the report card cuz of it’s inaccuracy as stated by previous posts.

in nyc public high schools, they make us do some tests every semester: running laps, push ups, sit ups, height, weight, hamstring stretch. they give the students the student copy of the fitness report AND the parent copy. as if the student will give the parent the copy. ridiculous. anyway, this last paragraph is about high schoolers, so it cant really relate to ur blog post.

but i completely agree with you.

p.s. i always say that if the kid is not in good health, then it is the parents’ fault. am i wrong?

By: Erik Blekeberg

Erik Blekeberg — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:15:02 +0000

I would use something else besides BMI, I mean whatever happened to the Presidential Fitness Test. Maybe put their “grade” on the fitness test or their results. If everyone is passing the fitness test you are far less likely to have unhealthy kids.

That said, unless the community voted to put this on the kids report cards, I see no reason for it.

By: NJSP2010

NJSP2010 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:26:29 +0000

Gym class has been watered down to putting sweatpants over your jeans and walk a lap around a track. It’s disgraceful.