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Originally Posted by dgdramadawg
I kind of feel badly for hijacking away from the DePaul info on this thread, but I just wanted to add that I've always thought it was silly to make athletes who spend several hours after school practicing every day ALSO take a gym class. As a dancer and runner in high school, I certainly didn't feel like I got anything out of gym that I didn't get from those extracurriculars.
Except I did learn to climb a tree, play ice hockey, and walk-to-Dairy-Queen-and-back-totally-unnoticed-by-my-teacher. So, if you consider those important life skills, then I guess it's good they made me take gym.
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Numerous places in the south have Health as a separate class and PE credits can be covered by sports, cheerleading, or marching band. I think this saves on space requirements and money in the long run. I have to admit that because of the instrument I played, I could do 200 push-ups in a set in high school. It might have been different, if I played piccolo.