Should fat people be allowed to become pe teachers?

Question

I just hate it when a fat pe teacher makes you run for miles,when they couldn't do it themselves.

Answer 1

the short answer is NO. would you go to a dentist who had rotten teeth??

Answer 2

It is possible to be fat and fit!

If you think about it, most sports coaches could not themselves compete at the level of the people they are coaching (otherwise they would be competing rather than coaching).

I suppose this is an example of how those who can do, those who can't teach and those who can't teach work in school management teams.

Answer 3

You would think that PE teachers would have no excuses for being fat, but I'm a PE teacher and work with Elementary school kids.
Here's a typical scenario:
I'm having the kids run some laps around the track and to stay in shape, I decide that I will run around the track too. Well, 2 seconds into the activity, I have to stop MY running because some uncoordinated little monster fell and needs a band-aid. Then, some other punk decides to trip someone and I have to send him to the office.
If I want to work out, I have to do it at home on my own time NOT during work.
The other answerer was right too, many PE teachers have kids of their own, very busy lives with all of the stupid meetings and duties we have to do, illnesses of our own and in our families that need taking care of, staying in shape becomes very difficult.
Certainly the school doesn't care if the PE teacher or the other teachers is healthy or happy. They just want to know you are THERE and keeping the kids busy with what they want you to teach them.
I see your point and the irony of a fat person telling you to do something that they are not willing to do themselves, but ALL teachers do that.
The English teacher is asking you to write papers that she/he doesn't have to write. A great soccer coach doesn't need to be a great soccer player to be a great coach. As a matter of fact, some of the best coaches are fat, uncoordinated, slobs.

Answer 4

The chances are pretty good that the teacher was not fat when s/he started teaching, but became that way over time. And you never know why. S/he may be on medication that affects his/her weight, s/he may have had a tragedy that s/he dealt with by eating, etc. Most people in this situation aren't happy about it, but haven't been able to keep it from happening. It's just part of life.

Answer 5

To be fair many fat people can run for miles and miles, you have to walk to the chip shop you cant drive and eat your fish and chips.
My aunt was a pe teacher and smoked 40 a day but could beat all her kids round the park and stop for a *** too , so careful. Fat doesn't necessarily mean unfit, but normally does.

Answer 6

Usually someone saying "move your fat ____" is not saying that the child is really fat, but that the child is being lazy or slow. However, it is a rude way of speaking to anyone and certainly should not be used to a child (and no school "gives" a child viruses - and sitting at a desk a few hours a day doesn't "make" a child fat). And no, spanking or hitting or beating children in any way is wrong and likely to produce, rather than prevent, violent behavior. There are many people who think what they are doing is for the good of the kids, but who are abusive, so if the person is being violent, s/he is being violent, regardless of intent, and that is a bad thing. Those who deal with children should, of course, want what is best for them, but it is also incumbent upon those people to learn what really is good for a child. Parents who starve their children, or who withhold necessary medical treatment, or who beat their children are wrong even if they do these things in the belief that it is in their best interest. If a parent beats the child, s/he could kill or permanently harm that child, even if s/he is doing so to try to keep the child from harm.

Answer 7

Heck no!!!

I wouldn't like it if I saw a fat P.E. teacher.

Answer 8

If they can teach then that is all that should matter.

Answer 9

Lol I had a fat PE teacher too! Seriously though, fat people are good for the environment. Due to Archimedes' Law, they take less water to fill a bath, and thus save fuel for heating the water. Their carbon footprint is therefore lower than a thin person's. But their arseprint is far bigger.

Answer 10

No they should be Home Ec teachers...I had this small chubby wubby little woman who was my PE teacher in school....she'd make us run around the field,but half the time she'd just go into the staff room and chill out while we all would end up walking around in groups chatting and arsing about.