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This is just nuts

as an old fart i remember those days
and we had fat kids, too
i know because i was one of them

the same problems existed then that are present now. too much food intake and too little physical activity

here's an excerpt from JFK's program on physical fitness for our youth: The Federal Government Takes on Physical Fitness - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

the more things change, the more they stay the same


LOl...sorry to hear you were heavyset. There were fat kids but far less and there wasnt an epidemic and I bet you were fat cuz you didnt move it
 
LOl...sorry to hear you were heavyset.
"heavyset" reminds me of my Mom's term excusing it as "chubby" ... thank goodness my Dad always countered with "no, he's FAT"
had no idea how to change it. came in next to last in the mile run at the end of junior high. the fellow i beat is now dead due to diabetes (R.I.P. Ono) and was then the size of a sumo wrestler
but had a coach, former Japanese MVP, who wore my ass out in baseball that season. as a now trim freshman, started for the varsity baseball team and have been playing or officiating since. when looking in a mirror (a very rare occurance these days), i still see that fat kid
the truth is, i did it to myself. wore out the carpet in front of the tv from lying down drinking soda and eating donuts
we need to teach our kids that it is MUCH easier to stay in shape than to get into shape
There were fat kids but far less and there wasnt an epidemic
but from that prior cite, after WWII, the older generation thought kids were getting softer. we were. our society is always becoming more sedentary. then JFK had the presidential fitness award. hope Michelle will do something similar. the point is, since we quit being an agrarian society, this concern about the fitness of our youth is a recurring one
but we have more fitness centers, park & rec centers and Y's than ever before ... and at the same time have more fat citizens than ever before (based only on speculation/observation)
i compare it to our education system. we have just as many bright students who work hard and achieve at the highest levels as we have ever seen. but in my school era (50s-60s) the number of stupid, underperforming students was about that same 5% as the high achievers. the 90% in the middle were all average. today that number of stupid, unmotivated low achievers is probably equal to the number of average students. and - i am guessing again - the number of unmotivated fat students today likely follows that same trend
we are failing our youth
they have to be taught to be healthy, so that they will be healthy adults
they have to be taught that an education is critical to later success as an adult
clearly, we are not teaching them these fundamental - but ultra important - life lessons

... and I bet you were fat cuz you didnt move it
nailed it. that and a doting Mom, who came up thru the depression and wanted me to have all the sweet things she missed out on. but no one had a more supportive Mom when i finally saw the light and became an athlete
she had an 8th grade education and didn't know what we find to be commonplace information today. in her hometown they still live to eat instead of eat to live
 
Tess there is actually talk of stopping the teaching of cursive writing in schools...Can you even imagine that

They're 16 years too late, damn it!! I failed cursive in 3rd grade 'cause I couldn't slant the letters correctly against the angle of the paper that my teacher requried.
 
My cursive is atrocious. I do have excellent print, though.

Thats only because we dont have to write like we used too...Penmanship used to be a grade school gradeable subject
 
Thats only because we dont have to write like we used too...Penmanship used to be a grade school gradeable subject

My grade school teachers were amazed at my neat cursive handwriting, considering guys generally have atrocious penmanship compared to girls. Of course they also thought it was girly...
 
They're 16 years too late, damn it!! I failed cursive in 3rd grade 'cause I couldn't slant the letters correctly against the angle of the paper that my teacher requried.

Heh. I failed cursive in 2nd grade because I was left-handed.
 
"heavyset" reminds me of my Mom's term excusing it as "chubby" ... thank goodness my Dad always countered with "no, he's FAT"
had no idea how to change it. came in next to last in the mile run at the end of junior high. the fellow i beat is now dead due to diabetes (R.I.P. Ono) and was then the size of a sumo wrestler
but had a coach, former Japanese MVP, who wore my ass out in baseball that season. as a now trim freshman, started for the varsity baseball team and have been playing or officiating since. when looking in a mirror (a very rare occurance these days), i still see that fat kid
the truth is, i did it to myself. wore out the carpet in front of the tv from lying down drinking soda and eating donuts
we need to teach our kids that it is MUCH easier to stay in shape than to get into shape

but from that prior cite, after WWII, the older generation thought kids were getting softer. we were. our society is always becoming more sedentary. then JFK had the presidential fitness award. hope Michelle will do something similar. the point is, since we quit being an agrarian society, this concern about the fitness of our youth is a recurring one
but we have more fitness centers, park & rec centers and Y's than ever before ... and at the same time have more fat citizens than ever before (based only on speculation/observation)
i compare it to our education system. we have just as many bright students who work hard and achieve at the highest levels as we have ever seen. but in my school era (50s-60s) the number of stupid, underperforming students was about that same 5% as the high achievers. the 90% in the middle were all average. today that number of stupid, unmotivated low achievers is probably equal to the number of average students. and - i am guessing again - the number of unmotivated fat students today likely follows that same trend
we are failing our youth
they have to be taught to be healthy, so that they will be healthy adults
they have to be taught that an education is critical to later success as an adult
clearly, we are not teaching them these fundamental - but ultra important - life lessons


nailed it. that and a doting Mom, who came up thru the depression and wanted me to have all the sweet things she missed out on. but no one had a more supportive Mom when i finally saw the light and became an athlete
she had an 8th grade education and didn't know what we find to be commonplace information today. in her hometown they still live to eat instead of eat to live

When we were kids its true we were more sedantary than our parents..but still moved far more than these kids...hell I never sat around...back then Technology was called automation and it made jobs less labor intensive and lost alot of jobs because of it also
 
Heh. I failed cursive in 2nd grade because I was left-handed.

That was my problem. I write left-handed and I couldn't do the slant they wanted with the paper angle like a right hander would angle it.
 
Man, if we didn't have obese people around half of our fast food restaurants would go out of business.

It's amazing what you can actually eat when you're healthy and active - when you're these two things (especially active) your metabolism increases and you can consume higher calorie servings without 'gaining' weight.
 
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