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The Secret of the Smartest School in the Country There's a school that's one of the smartest in the country. The reason? They do something called Zero Hour. Zero Hour PE is an experiment run by a group of PE teachers who turned 19,000 students in Naperville District 203 into the fittest (and smartest) kids in the nation. It is simple: Would an hour of physical activity give these kids a boost in reading and learning? The answer is yes. In Naperville, 97 percent of the 8th graders took a worldwide test called the TIMSS test. In the science section, they finished just ahead of Singapore, number one in the world. In the math section, they were number six in the world. All this is because of their innovative exercise program. What should you take from this? If you want to be the smartest version of yourself start with exercising your body. ✍🏼 What are your thoughts on this? ♻️ Help others by sharing if you found this helpful. - Dan Ps. If you liked this post you'll enjoy my newsletter. Every week I share tips on how to get lean, boost energy, and live longer. Join 350,000+ subscribers here 👇🏼 https://lnkd.in/gehZk5aJ
Benjamin Blonde
1mo
Kids were never meant to live in that manner. School has changed so much over the years that it is not recognizable anymore. Add in that we are not teaching life skills but rather teaching to pass standardized tests and it shows a clear gap of what kids will face when they become adults.
Marcelo V.
1mo
8 hours per day, things they don’t teach: -respect -honor -kindness -gratitude -resilience -hard work -to manage emotions -to deescalate -to resolve conflicts -to respect differences -to lose gracefully -to win gracefully I’ve seen videos of Japanese culture and have family members who served, stationed in Japan. Needless to say these thing begin at a young age in Japan. So yes it’s possible and it already exists.
Victor M.
1mo
This is such an important point, and it’s honestly not surprising. Back in the day, physical activity wasn’t just encouraged—it was mandatory. In Texas, every kid had a period of football or physical education. Beyond the fact that our food is killing us, the lack of movement is definitely doing just as much damage, slowly but surely Look at school photos from the ‘70s and ‘80s—you rarely saw an overweight kid. Today, kids in their 20s are already unhealthy in both mind and body. While I don’t have all the answers, I do know that our bodies and minds thrive on motion. Exercise doesn’t just make us fit—it sharpens our minds, clears our heads, and improves learning What Naperville is doing makes perfect sense. Most of what we struggle with—health-wise—can be addressed with the basics: water, exercise, and food with ingredients you don’t need a degree in food science to understand. Education needs to embrace movement and competition again. Kids need to learn the value of winning and losing, success and failure. Those lessons build resilience, and honestly, it’s time we get back to that Zero Hour is proof that what’s good for the body is good for the brain. The smarter version of yourself starts with lacing up your shoes and moving
Most of what I heard in K-12 seemed like a waste but then I had my daughter; she needs reading, writing, science, art and arithmetic! my only beef is that some of the courses I took as a kid were low quality. My "social studies classes," in particular, were fact based and focused on learning about "biased history" instead of looking into our communities and appreciating its history. I loved finding my own books about history when I got older and it's amazing how much people bicker about how history should be taught. I'm not excited about efforts to add Christian content into our school curriculums because Christian Beliefs are so fragmented. I'd prefer that my daughter learn about plumbing, or something else that's useful.
Pratik Parmar
1mo
We study to expand our knowledge, develop critical skills, discover our passions, and prepare ourselves to navigate and contribute meaningfully to the world around us. To also decide what we don’t want to study, we need to atleast study the basics. As you are a gym trainer, let me tell you the machines you workout on are built with extreme physics and mathematical laws to make it perfect, DON’T LISTEN TO HIM KIDS, HE IS TRAINER. GO TO SCHOOL.
Erm, photosynthesis. Couldn't have made it this far without that knowledge, but soil erosion is probably the holy grail 😅
Jeff Gugick
1mo
I believe this, but reading some of the doubters got me curious. I asked ChatGPT for help: Zero Hour PE, a physical education program conducted before the start of the academic school day, has proven to be highly effective for a range of reasons. Scientific evidence (which I saw, but space limits prevent me from providing) supports its benefits for cognitive function, mental health, academic performance, self-confidence, and overall well-being. This comprehensive summary integrates data and references from various research studies. 1. Cognitive Benefits and Academic Performance 2. Mental Health: Depression and Anxiety 3. Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem 4. Empowerment Through Goal Achievement 5. Leadership, Social Skills, and Reduction of Social Anxiety 6. Positive Body Image 7. Resilience and Stress Management
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1moThat thinking is why America has fallen behind in STEM. I spent about 7 years of my career in the training department, teaching people skills they were supposed to learn in high school. If a kid can't be taught to be in the learning environment, how will they ever cope with being an engineer? Or physicist? Or doctor? Or astronaut? Such a loser attitude. I only use a small percentage of the things I have learned over the years. However it was worth learning as much as possible to obtain those skills that are priceless.