Physical Fitness Test Article

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Physical Fitness Test

            The physical fitness test is a test of physical fitness. It is taken in gym class at School of the Arts at the beginning of school, and at the end. Many students participate, but quite a few do not enjoy the different tests in the process. Some students don’t even understand why we do it. To find out how students really feel, I asked some students.

What is the purpose of the physical fitness test? What do students think of the physical fitness test? Do they love it? Hate it? Do students think it is necessary? If so, why? I asked Gena Driscoll-Brantley for the answers.

            In the words of Gena, the physical fitness test is, “To see how physically fit students are.” This is probably correct. But what does Gena think of the fitness test?

             I asked her, and this is her answer, “It’s great. I like running laps it’s fun.” According to Gena, the physical fitness test, a burden to some, is fun to her.

Gena Driscoll-Brantley said, “yes.” When asked if she thought the physical fitness test was necessary.

When asked why, she said, “To assess peoples physical health which is important because, gym teachers need to know how fit people are.” This answer makes sense because gym teachers may want to play a sport that requires great athleticism, but if some students aren’t fit enough, the gym teachers cannot have any students play that sport in gym. For a second opinion, I asked Ethan Gresko.

            When asked what he thought of the physical fitness test, he responded, “For New York State to see how fit we are I guess and our level of fitness.” This is almost exactly the same answer that came from Gena.

This shows that the odds are they are both correct. I believe Ethan doesn’t like the physical fitness test, but to be sure, I asked him. “I personally don’t like doing it.” He responded. It seems that about half of the student body like the physical fitness test, and the other half does not like it.

 It is understandable, but what are some of the reasons some students don’t like it. I asked Ethan Gresko for the answer. He replied, “I like playing actual sports or walking. I mean it’s not a waste of time, but I don’t like it.” I think many students would agree that playing actual sports or walking would be better, but there could be worse things than the fitness test during gym class.

Also, some students might think the fitness test is unnecessary, because the teachers can just watch how good the students are when they’re playing sports and assess them that way, but the facts show that the physical fitness test is far more accurate than any such method. Ethan, a sophomore, when asked, replied, ”I don’t even know why it is necessary.”

            Overall the physical fitness test is useful, but perhaps it could be administered to the students in a more exciting way. If students were more excited about taking the physical fitness test, perhaps the average fitness rate of kids in New York State schools would increase. Which is probably the main reason the test must be taken twice every school year.

This project was to write an article about just about anything, and I chose sports. This was the first article about a topic I truly enjoyed writing about. It was about the physical fitness test required for all students who take gym class, and it taught me that almost everyone has a different opinion about everything.It also taught me that writing articles about things you take an interest in is quite easy compared to trying to write about a topic you don't truly care about.