Posted by : Soham
Friday, 3 October 2014
Another interesting exam we have for our boards is P.T (Physical Training)
Now, you'd think we'd have some actual theory about health and fitness. But, no. Most of the syllabus is:
- Measurements of fields of various sports.
- Theory of sports, as in, roles and basic rules.
- Instructions on executing yogasana (yoga techniques)
Honestly, the only thing in our book that is related to Physical Training is how to calculate BMI (Body mass index) and waist to hip ratio. And a little information on body management skills and nutrition.
Other than that, it's completely useless theory.
Sure, no one really studies for these subjects but, if you fail this subject, you have to repeat the year.
Another exam we have is Work Experience, which for our school is Food Science.
For starters, food science is a REALLY bad topic for work experience because very few children go into the food industry. Something related to machines (engineering) or biology would have been better considering the amount of engineers and doctors. But, our teacher likes food, so we're stuck with food.
What's worse is, it's theory about food. It's not like we don't already know what they teach, it's just that we know it in our mother tongue, which makes it difficult to remember all the english terms. Plus, it's not like the exam is easy either. We have to memorize recipes and write them down. Even professional chefs don't learn their recipes for Gods' sake...they just remember it because of repetitive execution.
Practicals are the only learning experience in this subject. During class, the teacher dictates notes, tells us to decorate our books and that's that. But in practicals, we have to cook and then explain how we did it to the teacher, sometimes talk about the nutritional value as well.
Again, no one really takes these subjects seriously, but, I think it's a waste of time. Both, in terms of studying and in terms of school. If the time allotted to these subjects (around 90 minutes every week) was divided in science and mathematics, the students would groan but, it would be a lot more helpful.
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