Gym Class Is So Bad, Kids Are Skipping School to Avoid It

Can we all agree that this isn't a new phenomenon? It happened all the time in the past, just nobody cared, or maybe the HS football team was more important and you had to find a place for the football coach(es) to teach to get them enough money.

Just like "social studies" being a very weak version of US history, PE exists just to satisfy traditionalists.

A laboratory for hazing and the crushing of adolescent self-esteem in general.

I took many "sick" days because of it, and a close friend eventually dropped out of H.S. due to a variety of factors, including regular abuse during so-called P.E.