http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091120/D9C3GV502.html
like kate moss said, "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."
that's right up there w/ QC's, "Gaunt is beautiful."
like kate moss said, "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."
that's right up there w/ QC's, "Gaunt is beautiful."
viva la vida
Man, calling that "Philly" is a stretch!
Either way, good idea.
More universities should demand this of their students. No more fatties and more cuties!
I just read about this on chronicle of higher education's website.
I think up until just a few years ago, NC State still had the requirement of freshman to pass a class that required certain physical fitness tests. I don't know if they still have it. I'm not sure how fair it is to make everyone pass a pushups test or running test, but I still think it's a good idea to teach health and fitness and require it of everyone. Lincoln's interest is in teaching basic health management to students who may not have ever had any education in proper eating or healthy lifestyle. Of course, requiring anyone with a BMI over 30 to either get below 30 or pass the course may not be the best tack to take. It will probably have to become mandatory of all students to pass the same requirements, not just those with BMI over 30. It is good that they have designed a curriculum to help teach kids (many of whom have come from very disadvantaged backgrouunds) about healthy lifestyle and physcial fitness.
The one thing in the Chronicle's article that pissed me off was a law proffessor from U of Louisville saying that an obese kid might be able to challenge the requirement under the Americans with Disabilities Act - suggesting that the OBESITY could be considered a disability. ARGH! I hope that would never fly. I sincerely do.
I am opposed to this. I think that one should pass a fitness test to graduate. That seems obvious; but it should be based on performance, not appearance.