Momming

There's something very broken about the health class requirement for high-schoolers in Michigan.  I feel so naive; I went in thinking that my daughter's experience in health class would lead to...better health.  I knew the first day when her first assignment came home that we were doomed.   They don't spend time in class doing healthy things.  There's no meditation demo.  There's no sampling of healthy foods.  There's no yoga, no stretching.  There's no 20 minutes of each class trying out something that could actually make them feel better in their bodies.  Rather, there are a lot of assignments in health class. The teacher and the principal claim the class is one of the most academically challenging.  The assignments are actually easy for students who are healthy and who are skilled in regurgitation.  Make a poster that explains the eight different kinds of health.  Learn the names of all the major bones and muscle groups....