Why is physical education a student’s most important subject? | William Simon, Jr. | TEDxUCLA

[dragniel]

Whose here because of online class????

[leah]

P.O.V: you're scrolling through the comments because this video is boring af and your online gym teacher made you watch this

[kashidol]

Watching this at home for PE because of the Corona virus

[butternutsquash]

im watching this for PE homework in the middle of PE class bc of the corona virus. HAHA

[sonicsodaz]

nobody's actually here to watch this video, we're all here because we have assignments for PE to do

[haneenabdelkader]

I really gotta watch a 17 minute video for gym class

[marissac]

7:41 you’re welcome all at-home PE students

[jsmv]

palike nga po kung may nga taga BSU na pinapanood to☺️

[courtneyk]

Not me looking through the comment section to find someone that answered my PE question

[gregbert]

Thank you William E. Simon! I am a high school P.E. teacher fighting the battle to keep daily physical education relevant for district officials! Thanks so much!!

[absolomons]

I am a PE teacher and I am very proud of it, I have a lot of terrible social and financial familial problems in my life but during my lessons I forget everything, because I know the importance of every minute of my lessons in the life of these students and they should learn the most amount of information. I feel that this is the true meaning of my life

[spider]

whos here during online school for pe in middle school??

[NachosChanneluk]

PE isn't about just sports or building athletes, it about stimulating individuals and promoting healthy lifestyles. I love this video!

[gregbert]

I am a high school physical education teacher and I am going to have me students watch this as we start the school year in virtual mode. Great video! Thanks!

[hannahrobinson]

The biggest issue I have found with physical education classes is that they don't actually teach fitness, it is just a place to learn about sports. And those are two different things. JFK's physical fitness push was exemplified with La Sierra High School. If you look at what they were doing, they had at least half of their PE time focused on strength and conditioning exercises, what we now call calisthenics, and you had to be active then to earn the time to play. Most of the time spent in modern activity-based PE classes is spent waiting for turns to play, idle time on fields, and little education in long term fitness exercises. I cannot speak for William Simon Jr's program, it sounds like it isn't just a "get up and play" program, but that is what I saw a lot of in schools I attended and visited.

[eaglesfan]

This is absolute gold! As a Phys Ed teacher this means so much! I believe what I’m teaching my kids is as important as anything else

[zachbennett]

I am currently working on becoming a physical education teacher and this is extremely motivational for me. I agree with the thought that physical education should be a core class just like Math, English, and Science. The fact that it is not is very unfortunate because it is most important that as humans we have a solid understanding of how to get healthy and then keep ourselves healthy as we grow older. We need to do better, support our subject, and fight for it. Physical Education is just as important as everything else we learn in school.

[thuthaonguyen]

It’s a tiny but great thing that Ted allows viewers to download their videos!!!
Idk you regconise this or not, but I truly appreciate that. They did the same to their statement: knowledge worths sharing

[ivycandy]

Anyone watching This Bc Our PE Teachers told us too?

[anastasiakim]

I can watch 16 episodes of drama in a day for leisure purposes but can't barely finish less than 20 minute video like this for homework... seriously, what am I doing in my life?!