Kids shouldn't be allowed to opt out of gym class because it'll inspire them to lose weight if they are teased about being fat. Hmm.....
I enjoy "Dumb as a Blog" when it's about dumb criminals, not so much when the writers take on social issues. Because they tend to come up with poorly thought out opinions and slap it out on the computer. That there are more overweight kids in the United States today? True. That more schools are allowing kids to opt out of gym class? I'll buy that. But that it would be good for the "little porkers" to be forced to take gym and endure the taunts of their more slender classmates because it would inspire them to lose the chub? ARE YOU INSANE???
This was my response to this Crazy Train of thought.
I have to say you are dead wrong on the account that having other kids "taunt" a chubby classmate is good for them. I wasn't chubby but I had some neurological and movement disorders and was taunted mercilessly. I am nearly 50 years old and am still very insecure about my body. Bullying should NEVER be allowed. Also, although I wasn't overweight, when I hit my teens I developed a rather prominent booty and thick thighs and also developed BULIMIA! Please rethink your assessment of this. A lot of kids might be more inclined to take gym class IF THEY KNEW THEY WOULD BE SAFE FROM TEASING!
I never do the caps-lock thing, so let me tell you, I feel extremely passionate about your choice of wording on this subject. Gym class was torture for me, and I wasn't the only one that felt this way.
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Apparently a person has to be "too dumb to live" in order to be a blogger for a living. Either that or she was being sarcastic. I hope it was the latter.
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