<p>It is killing my GPA, as we speak entirely because of a completely unreasonable gym teacher. And it has nothing with being physically fit (I consider myself moderately physical fit). But it’s her absurd tests/quizzes and her convoluted way calculating grades that’s screwing a lot of people. (Basically, if you’re on the volleyball team, you could fail everything test and get away with an A) </p>
<p>It’s sad that I stress out more than about gym class than I do sometimes over my AP classes.</p>
<p>This is a product of the fact that some people cannot change the physical aspects of themselves, such as height, weight, diseases, special conditions, etc., that might affect one’s ability to partake in physical activities, while people CAN change their ability in a subject through studying and paying attention.</p>
<p>At my school, it’s the effort that counts. It shouldn’t be like a regular class. You can’t take written tests for gym or play sports for math class. It’s not like english. You can’t study it.</p>
<p>Gym is like art classes. You can’t completely grade art classes on artistic ability. Some people have that ability and some people do not.</p>
<p>While this policy only applies to core classes, I wouldn’t be surprised if colleges had a similar policy regarding gym. P/F in general is worse than getting an A.</p>
<p>shewas- you can take written tests in gym…my school does, I know a lot of schools do.</p>
<p>and my own opinion-- though you can become better at gym, it’s not the same as other classes like math. In math everything is broken down into chapters and sections, and it is not that hard to learn one section every night or so for most people. In gym, unless you’re really athletic, it’s harder to pick up a whole new game like floor hockey or water polo overnight. I don’t have too much of a problem with it, but I know some people who do</p>