Sports Videogame Student Enticements Banned

Posted by simoniker on Saturday February 21, 2004 @02:43AM from the what-does-superintendent-chalmers-think? dept.

Thanks to the Miami Herald for their article discussing the banning a Florida school's plans to use sports-based videogames as a motivator for students taking physical education. According to the piece: "Fort Walton Beach High School wanted to use a PlayStation as part of a team sports course in the next school year as a way of motivating more students to take physical education", but "Superintendent Don Gaetz halted registration for the course Tuesday, calling it 'an idea whose time will never come.'" In a situation which sees "obesity rising among teens and that more than half of the state's high school students not participating in any physical activity at school last year", could attracting students with videogames actually be a valid approach?

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Make them run not Play by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-21 03:06 · Score: 0, Troll

How can fat Americans be motivated by playing games? They need to run round the track not sit around on their asses.

The person who came up with this idea should be fired for incompetence.