[johnnyt]

Get off my high horse? Not sure why you are so taken by my posts. I just do not want my kids wasting their time at school taking PE. They are involved in a ton of physical activities outside of school and should be spending school time on academics.
Is it a requirement at your school, or other schools in KY? I never took a PE class in high school and not even sure if one was offered. I also do not know of any athletes who did. Maybe it has changed since I attended, but I do not think Highlands makes PE mandatory (maybe someone with high school kids their can enlighten us; my kids are in middle school and only take one quarter of PE a year,which is required). Not belittling the kids but the parents and schools; have them take academic courses to prepare for college and life! I believe you are showing your ignorance by wanting your high school kids to be taking PE, instead of academic classes. This is why parents send their kids to HHS, and why it is one of the top academic schools in the state; THEY STRESS ACADEMICS!

taking an advanced PE class(which was the name of the class the athletes took when i went to school) does not mean that you are settling in academics. i just recently looked through my year book and noticed my fellow students who graduated with honors, over 1/2 played sports and took advanced PE. one finished top in his class, was the starting center for the football team and had a perfect score on the ACT's. taking 1 class out of 6 thats focus is athletics does not make one ignorant.