If it’s just for exercise then we could have just run laps around the track and done suicides on the basketball court. I’m sorry I’m not up to the physical fitness standards required of you modern American truckers. Maybe someday I’ll be able to attain that physique I’ve seen at so many rest stops along the highway and rest a bag of chips and Mt. Dew on my belly as I drive.
I was merely pointing out that most of us learned dodgeball and kickball after 3 or 4 gym classes, and could have learned a lot more in that class if the curriculum had included other activities. I’m sure you, and some others enjoyed the exercise, and didn’t really master the rules of dodgeball until the 11th grade, so that’s proof that public education is perfect for at least some Americans.