Online Gym(517)

        What if you didn't have to spend your time in boring gym classes and could actually use that hour in the day for an academic class while still obtaining the credits? Previously, students have wondered this but this year Kennedy High School has answered them. Online gym is being  offered to students who have a full schedule of academic classes and is pretty much described as gym class on the students' time.
         Last year, the Cedar Rapids Community School District started the new gym requirements. When I was a freshman, a student could use a sports or academic waiver to get out of gym and still get the credits. But when the school took away this option last year, all of Kennedy freaked out wondering how they were going to get their gym and academic credits to graduate. That's how online gym was born.
          As a student with a full schedule (0-6 hours), this seemed like a great idea for me so I could still take the classes I am interested and not have to worry about losing gym credits. Last year I was not able to take all of the classes that i wanted to because of Kennedy's gym requirement, so it took no thought to decide that I needed to take online gym.  I feel as though this option should have been around earlier because students would've been able to take more academically enriching classes than just walking around the gym on their phone for an hour.
         I feel very strongly about the need for this type of gym because of the ease it has for the student. In the class, a student only has to go in to do a fitness lab(participate in a gym class for 30 minutes) 13 times a semester. What's even better, though, is that the fitness labs can be done any time so you could do all 13 in a row and be done for the rest of the semester which is very helpful. Also, the online portion of work is a like a piece of cake! There are only about 6-7 ten or fifteen minute assignments a week and you have all semester to do them. This is really helpful during a students' schedule because they will never fall behind.
        Online gym is an awesome alternative to the normal school gym class because in the assignments, students learn new things about fitness, what to eat, eating disorders, etc. Before online gym, all students did was hangout in the gym on their phone and not learning anything at all. Other students might not like the extra work, but I like it way more so I can make my own homework schedule with it.
       Although some students might have different views on online gym, I think the district hit the jackpot with this idea. With work, after school activities, and other homework this is the perfect way to make up gym class without taking the time out of my day everyday. In my opinion, this is the silver lining on the new gym requirements and should be taken advantage of.