Video Games in Gym Class - DDR 101?

Saige writes: "When I was in school, gym class was basketball, running laps, and icky locker rooms. Today, kids get to play video games - and get credit for them! No, it is not as bad as it seems. Apparently, someone has become clued in that Dance Dance Revolution promotes physical activity, and a school in California is making use of that. Can I go back and retake gym?"

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California. It figures...

[Pig Hogger]

California. It figures...

Over here, the only people you see using those machines are orientals. So I guess that's why it appeals to californians: so many orientals there... :) :) :) :)

In Highschool

[Monkelectric]

I *never* went to gym class. It was horrible and humiliating and my friends and I decided we just weren't going to go (somehow this didn't bother anybody). We developed the "two day" rule -- we would go to gym (and many other classes) twice a week.

They would throw us in horrible units like Step Aerobics, square dancing, swimming (who wants to go swimming everyday??) and wrestling. Nothing was as bad as wrestling -- for those who dont know -- the starting position for wrestling pretty much looks like a gay buttfuck, one guy is on his knees, and the other guy is behind him also on his knees. This just isn't "a good thing" (tm) for your typical teenager. My best friend and I decided we would only wrestle with eachother because atleast we were comfortable with eachother ...

Anyways, the reason for my ramble, if someone had told me we had a videogame instead of buttfuck wrestling in PE, I might have dropped by more often :) and anything that makes kids excercise is good :)