And, if they levitate, they will get an 'A'.
It's finals week for Molly. This morning she has her PE final in her yoga class. This is how they will be tested:
The class will walk to the beach, two miles away.
They will meditate on the sand for 15 minutes.
The teacher will observe the students for cheating (auras displaying the answers, etc.).
They will walk back to school.
I'm kidding about the cheating/aura business. Everything else is the dharma-truth.
To all of this, I say - GO CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS!
Namaste, dude.
(You, Dear Readers in the rest of the country, sneer all you want, but this kind of curriculum is coming your way, like organic produce, aromatherapy and colonic irrigation.)
California Uber Alles!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_%C3%9Cber_Alles
Posted by: Stan | January 24, 2007 at 10:47 AM
In our school, they are actually moving toward make recess a part of academics -- and kids will need to write self-evaluations about how they did at becoming a "team player" and whether they showed good sportsmanship. I wonder if sitting on the school yard, alone in silence, would be counted as "acceptable recess behavior." I'm just glad I don't have to go there anymore.
Posted by: Susie | January 24, 2007 at 12:32 PM
Uh-huh...
Posted by: Tricia | January 24, 2007 at 12:54 PM
While it does sound lovely I think that the children would object to walking to the beach in the -20F weather, not counting the windchill. ;-)
I think the PE teacher is just having them walk to the beach in hopes she can see some of those surfers changing at their cars. *fanning myself*
Posted by: chris | January 24, 2007 at 05:30 PM
God, I need to get a Ph.D. in yoga.
Posted by: ozma | January 24, 2007 at 06:49 PM
Hey, coming from the girl who took yoga in college for credit, I say Namaste right back atcha. Tell I wish her luck.
Posted by: Scoutj | January 24, 2007 at 07:04 PM
I work at a junior high and our office is right next to the indoor commons (where the stage and cafeteria are). Sometimes there's a PE class in there. It always cracks me up when I see the kids lying on the floor intently completing a WRITTEN TEST (and they seem to do that more often than I would suspect.) It cracks me up, because as the daughter of an old-school PE teacher, I can only imagine what HE would think if he saw it..."What the hell kinda PE class is THIS?! Get up off your a** and gimme 50!" ;) Of course *I'm* old-school enough to be appalled that in 7th and 8th grades in our district we still have the t-ball mentality...every child gets to be on a team if they want to be...and everyone gets equal playing time. I can understand that when kids are small...but it seems to me that we're doing a disservice to our kids when we're the only school in the league using that method...which means we routinely get our butts kicked by the schools who use cuts and talent to get the best team.
Posted by: Marilyn | January 25, 2007 at 05:48 AM
As a transplant from CA, I actually look forward to the day that my kids can take yoga as a gym class and be served organic produce in the lunchroom. They'll be more balanced, healthier people for it.
The colonic irrigation I could do without though...
Posted by: athomemom | January 25, 2007 at 07:10 AM
Let's make sure the colonic irrigations are not group activities...
Posted by: Heidi | January 25, 2007 at 07:37 AM
I am not sneering. I am jealous. Extremely jealous. Send me a job app?
Posted by: Mocha | January 25, 2007 at 07:59 PM
I wish they'd do that with us in school! Our PE final consists of a written test about sports rules and how to care for your body. That pales in comparison to walking to the beach.
Posted by: thethinker | January 28, 2007 at 06:22 PM
I like doing the namaste.
Posted by: Elisson | January 29, 2007 at 09:48 AM
Pssst... Grace, check yer email for a hoot and a holler!
Posted by: Heidi | January 29, 2007 at 01:49 PM