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More Than 1500 Schools To Deploy DDR By 2010

Posted by Zonk on from the i-just-got-hit-in-dodgeball dept.

The New York Times is reporting on the popularity of Dance Dance Revolution in augmenting school gym programs. Adopted by educators as a way to fight obesity among young people and encourage participation, the article states that by the end of the decade some 1500 institutions will be using the game in classes. "As Leighton Nakamoto, a physical education teacher at Kalama Intermediate School in Makawao, Hawaii, put it: 'The new physical education is moving away from competitive team sports and is more about encouraging lifetime fitness, and D.D.R. is a part of that. They can do it on their own, and they don't have to compete with anyone else.' Mr. Nakamoto said that he had used the game in class for four years and that his school had also installed the game in its "Active Lifestyle" room, where students are allowed and encouraged to play in their free time."

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  1. DDR? by Stormx2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This showed up on the home page as one of the stories without a summary. I thought to myself "DDR... hmm... probably some kind of RAM/kernel module/bash.org engine" I thought I'd make a witty comment about how it could also stand for dance dance revolution. Well I got here, and now I'm disappointed. What use is an editor if they can't create ambiguous headlines?

  2. DDR Event by neoform · · Score: 2, Funny

    So can I expect to see DDR at the 2022 Olympics as an event?

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  3. Re:Not a bad idea by networkBoy · · Score: 4, Funny

    "As for combating obesity, good luck with that. Call my skinny ass when you've figured out how to make people with metabolisms in the stratosphere GAIN weight."

    Get a salaried position coding. Spend 6am to 9pm in cube coding, eating from the vending machines.
    done.

    -nB

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  4. Re:Not a bad idea by dave-tx · · Score: 3, Funny

    Call my skinny ass when you've figured out how to make people with metabolisms in the stratosphere GAIN weight.

    I wondered the same thing when I was younger, then I found the answer - it's commonly called "your 30's".

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  5. Re:Well duh.... by Palmyst · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wish I had a job that could deliver obvious results and be considered insightful.... Isn't that what "slashdot poster" is?
  6. Re:Not necessarily a bad idea by revlayle · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, "Not being good at sports" is just nice talk around people who like sports for "I really do not enjoy sports and I cannot be arsed to do an activity I have near ZERO interest in!".

    I'm the same way with kids too... sorry kids :(