http://www.schoolkidshealthcareblog.com/2007/policies-and-opportunities-for-physical-activity.html School Health Room Topics Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:32:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://www.schoolkidshealthcareblog.com/2007/policies-and-opportunities-for-physical-activity.html#comment-1156 Sarah at SKHC Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:09:19 +0000 http://www.schoolkidshealthcareblog.com/2007/policies-and-opportunities-for-physical-activity.html#comment-1156 Although I am not a school nurse I use to be a student who would do whatever I could to get out of gym class. I agree with your comments about implementing single-gendered PE. The teenage years are awkward enough without having to feel the additional pressures of performing in front of the opposite sex. Although I am not a school nurse I use to be a student who would do whatever I could to get out of gym class. I agree with your comments about implementing single-gendered PE. The teenage years are awkward enough without having to feel the additional pressures of performing in front of the opposite sex.

]]> http://www.schoolkidshealthcareblog.com/2007/policies-and-opportunities-for-physical-activity.html#comment-1131 Sharon Wilson,RN Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:50:21 +0000 http://www.schoolkidshealthcareblog.com/2007/policies-and-opportunities-for-physical-activity.html#comment-1131 I am the nurse for two middle schools. I believe more students would participate in PE if single-gender was implemented. Girls are hesitant to be active, especially during their menstrual cycles, when boys are present in the class. Boys, especially those who are less atheletic, are hesitant to be active when girls are present. Placing these students in classes where they're all the same sex takes the edge off. I am the nurse for two middle schools. I believe more students would participate in PE if single-gender was implemented. Girls are hesitant to be active, especially during their menstrual cycles, when boys are present in the class. Boys, especially those who are less atheletic, are hesitant to be active when girls are present. Placing these students in classes where they’re all the same sex takes the edge off.

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