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Lawler has created a role model
for instructors
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and school districts nationwide.
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When's the last time you
ever heard of a science class
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fundraising to get their labs?
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eventually, society
has to step up to the plate
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and say, "This is important.
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"We should have
daily physical education
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and equip it properly."
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We have to say,
"Our greatest strength
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is the resource
of our young people."
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That's our future,
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and the way we're treating
our resources right now,
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we're running into some
serious problems with that.
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Ive always said we've never
had healthcare in this country.
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we've only had "sick care."
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I think daily physical education
is the only place out there
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that's really
offering a solution.
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When I start the music,
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you are gonna begin traveling
through general space.
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You will go back to your spot,
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and I will tell you
a body shape.
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Watch out for other...
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People!
People! People!
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Round!
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Good job.
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How many days a week
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do the kids here at this school
get to go to gym?
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Once. One day a week.
For 45 minutes.
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Is that enough?
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No. Nowhere close.
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Not when the surgeon general
recommends that, at minimum,
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you need 30 minutes
of physical activity a day
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to maintain your weight
and a healthy well-being.
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So, once a week
is nowhere close.
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In 2001, president Bush
announced his presidency
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with sweeping education reform.
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The "no child left behind" act
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would now hold states
accountable
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for not having students who met
minimum education requirements.
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Apparently, we were not only
the fattest nation in the world,
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but we were quickly
becoming the stupidest.
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It may be sending a very
difficult message for schools.
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One of the reasons
recess is being cut back
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in elementary schools,
as I said earlier --
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that's being cut out so
they can prepare for the tests.
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and something I've said
to a couple of groups --
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we could end up with youngsters
who can read but who are fat.
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So we have "fat readers."
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The more and more
we put mandates on the school,
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to be very myopic
in their focus,
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we mitigate against
all of these other areas
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where they should be
devoting time and energy,
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including phys ed,
nutrition, health.
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these are all the things
being cut out.