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Why it’s time to rethink physical education in schools
PE isn’t just about the outdoors, fitness and activity. It’s critical in nurturing resilient and socially engaged young people.
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Physical health alone no longer suffices; mental resilience, social connection and a sense of purpose are now central to a good life.
ST ILLUSTRATION: LIM YONG
David Kirk
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At a baseball game in Chicago, Dr Don Hellison, the late American physical educator and scholar suddenly spotted a big man charging towards him from the shadows. Panic arose, until the man screamed: “Dr Hellison, you saved my life!”
This man had been one of Dr Hellison’s students decades earlier, on the brink of being ejected from school. PE had become his anchor, and given the then-student purpose and hope to work at a brighter future.
