A Quebec teenager thinks that a failed fitness test should not hold her back from her post-secondary dreams and she is taking her case to court to prove her point.
My 8 year old daughter is active in swimming, soccer, spends countless hours on the trampoline, on her bike and playing outside. But, her gym mark was in the high 60's for activities and participation in class. When we asked the Gym teacher what we/she could do to improve her mark: the reply was "she's doing very good in her class and very good compared to the other classes." Coming from New Brunswick to Quebec, we are still trying to accept the fact that a mark in the 60's is very good. Let alone a mark in the 70's is seen as fantastic.
I find it odd no one can explain what's required in order to pass the test. Most fitness tests require you to do X number of pushups, run a certain distance in a certain amount of time, do a certain activity for X time, etc. Only in Quebec can they take a simple process and confound it to the point where no one understands it.
At first I was expecting ot hear there was one activity she could not pass, but a heart rate "test?" What a pile of trash that is!
She is absolutely right about some people having a higher heart rate and in some cases blood pressure yet still being totally fit. What a stupid reason to fail someone who is as active as her.
But considering the teacher does not consider hockey to require any cardieo its pretty obvious the teacher is just stupid.
"TuavDan" said My 8 year old daughter is active in swimming, soccer, spends countless hours on the trampoline, on her bike and playing outside. But, her gym mark was in the high 60's for activities and participation in class. When we asked the Gym teacher what we/she could do to improve her mark: the reply was "she's doing very good in her class and very good compared to the other classes." Coming from New Brunswick to Quebec, we are still trying to accept the fact that a mark in the 60's is very good. Let alone a mark in the 70's is seen as fantastic.
The lower mark is due to that same thing as the girls in the story or...? What changed from NB to QC?
She is absolutely right about some people having a higher heart rate and in some cases blood pressure yet still being totally fit. What a stupid reason to fail someone who is as active as her.
But considering the teacher does not consider hockey to require any cardieo its pretty obvious the teacher is just stupid.
My 8 year old daughter is active in swimming, soccer, spends countless hours on the trampoline, on her bike and playing outside. But, her gym mark was in the high 60's for activities and participation in class. When we asked the Gym teacher what we/she could do to improve her mark: the reply was "she's doing very good in her class and very good compared to the other classes." Coming from New Brunswick to Quebec, we are still trying to accept the fact that a mark in the 60's is very good. Let alone a mark in the 70's is seen as fantastic.
The lower mark is due to that same thing as the girls in the story or...? What changed from NB to QC?