Hey everyone!  Nimo here, again.  When I was in school, when the words P.E. escaped from someone's lips, I writhed.  It was as if they were sentencing me to death.  In this blog entry, I will be talking about whether or not I got a lot of physical activity during my P.E. classes.  My freshman year in high school, P.E. wasn't torture or fun - it was just laid back.  The teacher was really laid back and chill.  It seemed as if, at times, he didn't care until we get to the basketball and football section of our class!

I didn't have P.E. my sophomore year, but by junior year I was back to dressing into the navy blue shirt and shorts.  I had the same teacher as I did my freshman year and to be honest, we did NOT do anything.  To make matters worse, it was a yoga class full of girls.  We sat around and talked for what seemed like hours.  Sounds like a perfect day for girls, right?  While in the warrior pose, I thought to myself, "I really want to go outside and play football again."  

My senior year, I got serious and joined the weight training class.  The teacher was funny, but was also very serious and concerned when it came to youth dealing with obesity - he was fit for a guy his age!  Most of the time, I goofed off - only because I didn't feel comfortable working out with numerous boys around and, I guess, you can say the past two years with the laid back teacher has taken its toll on me.

After reading this, you probably have already figured out that I did not get enough physical activity in my P.E. classes.  Maybe it's just my theory, but I have reason to believe that when it comes to physical activity in your P.E. classes, it all comes down to YOU and if your environment makes it easy for you to be active.  We can't blame it all on the teachers, school, or the distractions around us.  There are many factors (environmental) that make it hard for people to get active.  It's not always the fault of the individual, although it doesn't help if they are not motivated to try.  What do you think?  Do you get enough physical activity in your P.E. classes?  What can we do to ensure that youth actually get some physical activity in their P.E. class?  I'll leave that for you guys to decide and ponder.  I leave you all with one love and happiness.  God bless.