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It has only been a year since UChicago waived its long-standing physical education requirement to the delight of many of its students. But if you ask eminent professor Mark Greeley from the College\u2019s Department of Physical Education, the change has done much more harm than good. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt hurts my heart to imagine these students entering the workplace without having experienced a truly comprehensive liberal arts curriculum,\u201d Prof. Greeley told the Dealer on Thursday. \u201cThe study of such ingrained societal rituals as dodgeball and badminton holds a revered place in the Life of the Mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
With this concern in mind, Greeley has convinced the University to relaunch the P.E. requirement with a series of lectures entitled \u201cTheory of Sport.\u201d The series, which Greeley will teach to hundreds of students starting this fall, focuses less on mastery of basic skills such as catching a frisbee and more on the principles that underlie these processes. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is my firm belief that we cannot expect students to truly excel without a proper grounding in physiology, kinesiology, and of course, the works of great P.E. philosophers such as Pheidippides,\u201d Greeley said, before he began wheezing and asked to sit down for a break. <\/p>\n
Student reactions to the new requirement have been mixed. Some seem concerned that the course strays too far from its stated mission. \u201cI’ve looked at the syllabus\u201d says fourth-year Brandon Mooney. \u201cThe exams involve applications such as performing pushups. We cover calisthenic theory in class, but I can\u2019t believe a professor would ask us to apply something we’ve only read about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other students, such as second-year Cory Reich, are excited for the class. \u201cI\u2019ve always thought that theory was more important than practice,\u201d he told The<\/i> Dealer<\/i> yesterday, before turning back to his copy of How to Win Friends and Influence People<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Nora Helfand Aug. 2, 2013 It has only been a year since UChicago waived its long-standing physical education requirement to the delight of many of its students. But if you ask eminent professor Mark Greeley from the College\u2019s Department of Physical Education, the change has done much more harm than good. \u201cIt hurts my heart to imagine these students entering the workplace without having experienced a truly comprehensive liberal arts curriculum,\u201d Prof. Greeley told the Dealer on Thursday. \u201cThe study of such ingrained societal rituals as dodgeball and badminton holds a revered place in the Life of the Mind.\u201d With this concern in mind, Greeley has convinced the University to relaunch the P.E. requirement with a series of lectures entitled \u201cTheory of Sport.\u201d The series, which Greeley will teach to hundreds of students starting this fall, focuses less on mastery of basic skills such as catching a frisbee and more on the principles that underlie these processes. \u201cIt is my firm belief that we cannot expect students to truly excel without a proper grounding in physiology, kinesiology, and of course, the works of great P.E. philosophers such as Pheidippides,\u201d Greeley said, before he began wheezing and asked to sit down for a break. Student reactions to the new requirement have been mixed. Some seem concerned that the course strays too far from its stated mission. \u201cI’ve looked at the syllabus\u201d says fourth-year Brandon Mooney. \u201cThe exams involve applications such as performing pushups. We cover calisthenic theory in class, but I can\u2019t believe a professor would ask us to apply something we’ve only read about.\u201d Other students, such as second-year Cory Reich, are excited for the class. \u201cI\u2019ve always thought that theory was more important than practice,\u201d he told The Dealer yesterday, before turning back to his copy of How to Win Friends and Influence People.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-komono"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3305,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions\/3305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}