Category: Peer Responses

In this post, I will be replying to Sadeem’s blog.

Sadeem discusses how the learning environment students are exposed to is critical for shaping their aspirations and relationships going forward. I agree with this idea and think that by making a school environment where students are pushed to participate in healthy mental and physical activities from a young age, they will be more likely to continue as adults. Additionally, Sadeem mentions that she was surprised by the long-term effects of sedentary behaviour. I was also shocked at this and I feel these long-term effects such as diabetes and heart disease are not talked about enough given the severity. To make changes, schools and cities should create campaigns advocating against sedentary behaviour similar to that done for tobacco and alcohol.

In this Post, I will be responding to Abby’s blog.

Abby discusses how better active health correlates with better mental health along with sharing an informative Ted Talk. I totally agree that more active students are more likely to learn and feel better overall. I believe, the link between physical and mental health is underestimated and should be considered when it comes to education. Students should be healthy in all aspects of their lives (personal, social, physical etc.) before they take on academic learning.

In my high school, we had a yoga and mindfulness course where we practiced yoga flows for 1 hour a day. I found this class left me feeling less stressed and more energized to continue my schoolwork. More schools should have mandatory courses like this to benefit all students.

In this post, I will be responding to Kim’s blog .

Kim touches on the topic that schools tend to prioritize competitive and specific sports that may not be an interest to everyone in the class. I related to this as I remember not enjoying the intensity of basketball, so I just opted to not participate instead.

I think this sport-centric issue needs to be addressed and schools need to offer a variety of activities at a level where everyone is comfortable participating. Adding to Kim’s idea, I think PHE should be a class geared towards learning new activities and competitive sports should be kept outside of school time.