Cairo Association of Teachers - Newsletter

CAT Tracks for June 24, 2005 PE FOR COUCH POTATOES

Okay...limber up those fingers...rest your eyes every ten minutes...don't want any strained (eye) muscles...AND anyone caught goofing off, it's ten laps around the keyboard!

(Surely the PE teacher "quoted" below had his/her tongue planted firmly in cheek.)

From the Associated Press...

Public School Students In Minn. Can Take Gym Class Online

MINNEAPOLIS -- Some public school students in Minnesota are taking their physical education courses online.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune said the courses offer a way for busy students to work in both their state-required academic courses and the electives they want to take.

Historically, Minneapolis school district students who take part in two varsity sports could waive PE. But that policy ended this spring, just as the district's online physical education classes started up.

One PE teacher said the point is to start at whatever fitness level the student has and try to improve that. The course begins and ends with face-to-face meetings between student and teacher.