<p>So I have some kind of issue where my knees hurt from moderate exercise, especially stair climbing. I have no idea what causes it- I'm going to the rheumatologist in 2 weeks.
So this question sounded unbelievably dumb to my friend (who now thinks I'm crackers) but I think you guys will get where I'm coming from.
So in my school, PE is an easy 100 as long as you pretend to participate, bring your sneakers every week and aren't outright rude to the teacher. So it's nice having an automatic 100, and while I can totally get out of PE, I really don't want to give up on that 100, because if I get exempted I'm just pulled out of the class.
PE, in my school, consists of walking four blocks, going down seven flights of stairs to the gym, then immediately playing sports, then immediately walking back up seven flights of stairs, walking three blocks, and then, to add insult to injury, walking up four flight of stairs to my classroom. I come out in agony.
I'm resigned to the pain because I need that 100. My friend says I'm out of my mind.
What do YOU think?</p>
<p>Not worth the pain…Besides, most colleges will recalculate your GPA without electives (which includes gym).</p>
<p>P.S. I like your location!</p>
<p>So if you’re exempt, you don’t get a 100? Or what?</p>
<p>Drop it. If I had been allowed to skip it, I would’ve. (I have a lot of medical issues that led to a lot of pain and made gym miserable.) You’re lucky you can. At my school you basically have to be paralyzed to get out of it.</p>
<p>ArtsyGirl- Dang it- MaineLonghorn noticed and now I have to change it… 
Apparently it’s English only around here. Blah.
1Rachel, CE527M: If I’m exempt, it means that there will be no section for gym on the report card, and thus no grade. It means the class has been erased from my permanent record.
I’m not 100% sure I can get exempted, but it’s very very likely. I see you logical people agree with my logical friend. I’m going to discuss it with a guidance counselor.
Thanks, peeps!</p>
<p>Take it online… I know that sounds crazy but I’m doing it. Look up BYU on Google, go to their independent study through through the high school, and try that.</p>
<p>tt: It’s not relevant for me. The school doesn’t need me to take gym for credit (we’re independently accredited, so we’re not totally bound by the NYS guidelines). The school will just eliminate it and not say boo. They won’t accept an online program by the reasoning that if they already told me it’s okay not to do it, then just don’t do it.</p>
<p>If you’re saying that you are in PE because you want the easy 100 for your GPA, don’t do it. That one bump is not worth the thousands in medical bills and pain you will rack up later in your life because you are aggravating your condition now.</p>
<p>PE IS an easy A, but it doesn’t even go into your academic GPA…
I would find out if I could get credit for independent study or something similar to that.
Good luck~</p>
<p>I think what you’re getting at is not just what it does to your GPA. While colleges will often recalculate without PE, I think the question is what this will do to your class rank. All the other students get this slight boost to their GPA, as calculated by your school, which is used to determine class rank. If you’re going to discuss it with your guidance counselor, you might ask if they can tell you how it will impact your class rank. I doubt it will impact it enough to make it worth staying in PE. Are you planning to apply to schools or scholarships where your exact rank is going to be that important? If not, drop it. It’s not worth the possible complications later in life.</p>
<p>If you do not want to drop it 1. see a doctor 2. do you have flat feet? if so get arch support inserts( i have gel on the bottom of mine because they are shock absorbent) 3.do leg lifts every night, the stronger that muscle is the less strain it takes on your muscles and ligaments, but start out easy 4. use ice after exercise like when doing homework etc. and use an anti-inflammatory before exercise to prevent some swelling</p>
<p>Wow… I’d almost forgotten I put this up!
I’ve seen a doctor. Many, many doctors (podiatrist, neurologist, orthopedist, etc.). Nothing wrong podiatrically, they don’t think there’s anything wrong neurologically but they’ll get back to me if it persists, and I have regular monitoring appointments at the orthopedist. I’d actually stopped them because the pains had temporarily stopped. I was tested for juvenile RA in seventh grade and it came back BARELY negative. I’ve got an appointment lined up next week at a rheumatologist and I’m being retested. Doctors are kind of mixed as to whether it’s all genetic and I was born like this or whether the two times I broke my legs as a baby in various places have had an effect.
So now that you know all of the sordid details of my tortuous medical history, I don’t have any more PE until next semester, which is after my rheumatologist appointment, so I’m going to ask him and figure it out then. Then I’m going to talk to my school guidance counselor and figure out what’s going to work best for me.
While I know that for college my PE grade is factored out (to what I’m sure is the eternal relief of the kids who just go to Starbucks instead), my with-PE GPA is what puts me on the school honor rolls (my school doesn’t rank otherwise) and I really do think that the 100 helps me. Maybe I can work out a way to make up for it?
At this rate, I’ll probably end up dropping it, but I’ll wait for the medical ruling. Now my problem is that if I use the elevator instead of the stairs in school I’m going to turn into a ball of lard… Oh well. (And yes, most exrcise hurts me. I’d take up walking, but I have no time. I swim regularly in the summer, but three months of exercise can’t erase nine months of blubber.)
Thanks for the love, guys :)</p>