A small blog all about my days in the PE department.
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
PE vids
Ok, like I said before, I have videos. I finally have them ready for the post. So here they are. Have fun. Hope you can sit and watch for awhile, the total time of both videos is... I think about 30 mins? No clue.
I love these videos. Just think if you had posted short vids all year instead of two massive ones your peers could have actually watched them! The videos highlight for me your strengths and weaknesses in PE. You are so bright, witty, and work hard at assigned tasks. However, you seem to lack the "purpose" piece of this subject area. What I mean is that you see little personal value in learning about your body (like the names of muscles instead of "this area"). Even in the midst of the videos you hint at just how easy it is for you to pick stuff up (you get hamstring right after a couple guesses by looking at the chart on the machine) but it is pretty clear it is superficial and for the teacher. Take your "muscle tearing" speech. Partly correct but misconstrued for why to change weights. As smart as you are, the amount of time to figure out the actual biology and chemistry of a muscle fibre would take less than one weight room session. You do not need to love gym class to be successful in life, but I think your solution lies in the problem itself. As someone who finds school easy and is good at jumping the hoops (and eating brownies apparently) the tricky part is finding meaning for you. Here is the "rub" as Shakespeare says… the more you invest into something the more value it has for you. So to find purpose in PE (and school in general) you will need to decide to put your best foot forward instead of playing the game. As someone who mastered the game and found little value in most of my schooling (including university and graduate degree) I get why it is tough. All of my own positive experiences were when I decided to engage, not when the topic or teacher changed. Way easier said than done but you are worth it.
I love these videos. Just think if you had posted short vids all year instead of two massive ones your peers could have actually watched them! The videos highlight for me your strengths and weaknesses in PE. You are so bright, witty, and work hard at assigned tasks. However, you seem to lack the "purpose" piece of this subject area. What I mean is that you see little personal value in learning about your body (like the names of muscles instead of "this area"). Even in the midst of the videos you hint at just how easy it is for you to pick stuff up (you get hamstring right after a couple guesses by looking at the chart on the machine) but it is pretty clear it is superficial and for the teacher. Take your "muscle tearing" speech. Partly correct but misconstrued for why to change weights. As smart as you are, the amount of time to figure out the actual biology and chemistry of a muscle fibre would take less than one weight room session. You do not need to love gym class to be successful in life, but I think your solution lies in the problem itself. As someone who finds school easy and is good at jumping the hoops (and eating brownies apparently) the tricky part is finding meaning for you. Here is the "rub" as Shakespeare says… the more you invest into something the more value it has for you. So to find purpose in PE (and school in general) you will need to decide to put your best foot forward instead of playing the game. As someone who mastered the game and found little value in most of my schooling (including university and graduate degree) I get why it is tough. All of my own positive experiences were when I decided to engage, not when the topic or teacher changed. Way easier said than done but you are worth it.
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