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Alexander Nicholi December 20th, 2013 10:09 PM

At my school if you take ROTC you're not required to take any P.E. classes whatsoever. Its just PT once a week on Thursdays, which is ten times easier than one day of PE class.

Zeffy December 20th, 2013 10:10 PM

varsity for us is those people who actually play in intercollegiate games.

extracurricular is mostly activities outside of class (ie org activities, volunteer work)

i hardly think that's PE at all haha

Kanzler December 20th, 2013 10:13 PM

wow

so poetic

much repeat

casual

very definitions

line skip

where caps

Nick December 20th, 2013 10:13 PM

PE was a joke in my high school. All we did was pretty much play various sports.

PE at a the private high school in my town was much better, because it focused on improving things about yourself physically and getting into better shape.

Though I guess if you want to be technical, sports can do that too, but I just don't like playing sports in a school setting. The only time I enjoy playing sports is with my friends where I don't feel performance anxiety.

Shining Raichu December 20th, 2013 10:13 PM

Exercise should be encouraged, not enforced. This is my stance and I will stick with it til the bitter end.

Nolafus December 20th, 2013 10:15 PM

PE at my old high school was brutal. You know it's rigorous when there's a girl that lost 35 pounds in one trimester. O.o

Nick December 20th, 2013 10:17 PM

I wish I went to your school.

I wish a few others went to your school as well.

I wish I went to your school.

I wish a few others went to your school as well.

Meganium December 20th, 2013 10:19 PM

I hated PE so much when I was in high school. Having to run a mile 2-3 times a week is extremely painful. >_<

Aeroblast December 20th, 2013 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shining Raichu (Post 7997324)
Exercise should be encouraged, not enforced. This is my stance and I will stick with it til the bitter end.

Unless you're obese... which I'm shameful to admit that I'm just over the obesity limit as I have found out yesterday.

(maybe I should've posted that in this thread: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=315205)

Nolafus December 20th, 2013 10:31 PM

Well, if I lost any weight, I might just be blown away by a breeze or something.

Nick December 20th, 2013 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 7997348)
I have a beer belly forming on myself. I gotta start working and loosing it!

Go vegetarian and work in a physically demanding job with manual labor.

Worked for me. Though I never had a beer belly or anything like that, and people said I needed to gain wait for as long as I can remember. Of course, the people who said that were often the ones that could stand in an isle in a store and it'd be a challenge to get around them.

None the less, it does work regardless.

antemortem December 20th, 2013 10:42 PM

Manual labor is a difficult thing to commit to because it's manual labor.

Nick December 20th, 2013 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minzy (Post 7997357)
Manual labor is a difficult thing to commit to because it's manual labor.

Manual labor builds character and puts some things into perspective.

Seki December 20th, 2013 11:00 PM

I always enjoyed PE lessons, not sure why you people hate them. (although I am younger compared to the others)

I'm so light and scrawny that sometimes even a breeze could blow me away.

Shining Raichu December 20th, 2013 11:00 PM

I just watched a video on water birth so it took me a few seconds to realise you weren't talking about birthing labor lol

donavannj December 20th, 2013 11:00 PM

Manual labor jobs are tedious and boring to me. I prefer something more mentally challenging for working.

I lost around 40 lbs the first few months I had my last manual labor job, however, so that was a plus. Then my calorie intake caught up with me (I had to adjust it so that I wasn't getting hungry 2 hours into my shift despite having eaten not even half an hour before the shift started -- with the labor I was doing it took quite a bit of additional food to reach that point) and I stayed a stable weight for the remainder of the year I had that job. I tended to ache all over at the end of the day while working that job, but I had virtually no muscle strength before that job.

I did gain some perspective while working that, though.

antemortem December 20th, 2013 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ace (Post 7997374)
Manual labor builds character and puts some things into perspective.

If the concept of putting things into perspective originates from 'working hard for what you want' I can work just as hard putting in hours of dance/song rehearsal or researching the next scientific advancement. You don't have to get your hands dirty to build character or realize nothing is achieved through doing nothing.

If that's not what you meant oops ^_^

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shining Raichu
I just watched a video on water birth so it took me a few seconds to realise you weren't talking about birthing labor lol

I'm linking you videos more often.

Nick December 20th, 2013 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 7997384)
Manual labor jobs are tedious and boring to me. I prefer something more mentally challenging for working.

I lost around 40 lbs the first few months I had my last manual labor job, however, so that was a plus. Then my calorie intake caught up with me (I had to adjust it so that I wasn't getting hungry 2 hours into my shift despite having eaten not even half an hour before the shift started -- with the labor I was doing it took quite a bit of additional food to reach that point) and I stayed a stable weight for the remainder of the year I had that job. I tended to ache all over at the end of the day while working that job, but I had virtually no muscle strength before that job.

I did gain some perspective while working that, though.

I absolutely agree. I don't think manual labor jobs are at all jobs anyone should aspire towards. The better high paying and more rewarding jobs are the ones that don't require manual labor, after all. I often joke around with some coworkers at my job right now that a blind monkey could do the work we do, and yet we still have some incredibly dimwitted people who just can't get the notion of pretty much shopping (picking something off of a shelf and putting it into a cart) down. But contrary to what many people belief, manual labor jobs do have great benefits on their own (physically and mentally). If not only in the most affirming way (like progressing in your life), like you just confirmed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minzy (Post 7997387)
If the concept of putting things into perspective originates from 'working hard for what you want' I can work just as hard putting in hours of dance/song rehearsal or researching the next scientific advancement. You don't have to get your hands dirty to build character or realize nothing is achieved through doing nothing.

Working hard for what you want and using a manual labor job as an example is terrible. The character it builds is different than the character that other jobs build. I can't really explain it.

Kanzler December 20th, 2013 11:16 PM

Perhaps it's humbling as it's your physical body that submits to the toil? You feel the strength and struggle somatically, and so it's an intimate, visceral character that you build.

Nick December 20th, 2013 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlahISuck (Post 7997403)
Perhaps it's humbling as it's your physical body that submits to the toil? You feel the strength and struggle somatically, and so it's an intimate, visceral character that you build.

It's humbling, and also a great motivation at the same time. Nobody wants to work in a warehouse their entire life on minimum wage (granted, warehouse jobs start higher), barely able to survive on their own. But at the same time, you look at the people around you and you grow an appreciation for it. Depending on the type of person you are, it can also be the hardest job you'll ever have. Most people aspire to be something in something that they enjoy, after all. There's a difference between hard and challenging. People want to be challenged, but they don't necessarily want that challenge to be hard in the same way that the work that comes from living that life is. Of course, different jobs require different demands of you.

But its also not that much toil. Sure, in the beginning it's hard to adjust, but I've worked where I work now for about a year and a half now and I can pretty much do every job in the warehouse without any difficulty or physical strain on me at all. Your body adapts.

antemortem December 20th, 2013 11:23 PM

If you can't explain it, why did you say it? :P

Though I do that all the time, so I can't talk.

Nick December 20th, 2013 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minzy (Post 7997408)
If you can't explain it, why did you say it? :P

Though I do that all the time, so I can't talk.

Because it's true. I just can't describe it for you. It's something you'd have to experience to realize.

I think all the entry level jobs and jobs that you would get in high school or a summer job to help pay the bills, or anything along those lines, teach a lot of valuable life lessons, but I only have experience in manual labor and retail. And after working in manual labor, my position in retail was a complete joke in terms of difficulty. The demands were different, but there were correlations between the two jobs that related to one another that I could draw similarities towards. Maybe it also had to do with my maturity at the time when I had the retail job compared to the maturity I had now, which is significantly different. But after working where I work, I hear people complain about their jobs in retail all the time and I just can't help but roll my eyes.

Kanzler December 20th, 2013 11:42 PM

I sold stuff for my first job. Was pretty proud of myself. Better than flipping burgers or working at Walmart, at any rate.

Sector December 21st, 2013 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlahISuck (Post 7997430)
I sold stuff for my first job. Was pretty proud of myself. Better than flipping burgers or working at Walmart, at any rate.

They have Walmarts in Canada? Since when?

Kanzler December 21st, 2013 12:26 AM

/me shakes fist

y u do dis to me


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