I was one of them. But the Sun-Times misses an important thing Illinois does right–Physical Education every day, every semester. I think there is still an exception for a Health and Driver’s Ed class, but I think those count.
While many PE classes aren’t that useful, they can be an essential tool to teaching exercise and health to kids and a good teacher can even motivate kids to enjoy exercise. As I grew older and tired of being slow and huge, I worked out on my own, but later PE classes certainly reinforced those habits.
We won’t talk about the last two years…