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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:06 PM Original message |
The end of the "fat course": No BMI requirement for graduation....yet... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. make everyone take it |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Why? Should everyone take remedial math? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Fuck that; I went to university to learn. (nt) |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
47. wouldn't hurt to learn some fitness |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ludicrous. No wonder we're screwed. |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. For some people, the obese issue |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It's simple. More food in than what's being burned off. |
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NWHarkness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Ignorant |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. No it's not |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. but we know how silly YOU sound |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Nope. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. How bout medical science? |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Yeah, science says it's impossible to gain weight |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Here is a list for you to start readying, or perhaps not |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I take medicine and I have side effects |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Really? I am sure you know me very well |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Interesting, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Ignorant much, and willful too... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Let the medically obese get a doctors note |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. A doctor's note for what? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. A doctor's note to say |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Like oh I don't know |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. If they actually have those problems than they should have no problem getting a doctor's note |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. And yes, your tone said you were |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:18 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Why should we treat our students like we are their teachers? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. College is not the place to treat adults like children |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
33. I suspect you are wrong |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Then they should have no problem getting the doctor's notes |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. "Some people" = Less than 5% of Obese people. nt |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. That's about the %age I'd guess, but I've never seen a cite |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't see Consideration Courses for Jerks, I don't see Finance Courses at all!! |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. CORRECTION "and NOT the problems that affect their students" |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Assuming you meant "not" the problems that affect their students directly: |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. How is giving People less degrees and less income going to help them purchase more expensive food? |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I never said it was a GREAT idea, just that the motive was. |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. If only P.E. wasn't deleted from 11th and 12th Grade |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. It doesn't take much money to run around the block a few laps. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
9. Good. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I heard BMI could be really off as a measure of fat mass and health |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. BMI doesn't take into account lean muscle mass. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Exactly. It's a poor way to measure body makeup. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Thanks, I didn't know that. Isn't there a way of measuring just muscle mass? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Is there a better method that can be done comparably quickly, or is there just |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. The couse should be required for all, but no minimum BMI to graduate. |
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Tobin S. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
41. I have a solution for the fattie problem |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:34 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. So basically you |
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Tobin S. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I'm not doubting the fact that the program was effective |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 04:23 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. How is it that so many people are living what you claim to be impossible? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Because research tells us that yes |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
43. I'm a fat man. anyone want to give me some sh*t about it? |
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Tobin S. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. jeeeeez why don't u like get on a treadmill or something |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
50. "...suggest the fitness course to those who need it most..." |
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