too FAT to graduate from college?

[PRO®]

"According to the recently instituted requirement, university students with a body mass index (BMI) over 30 will have to take a physical education class in order to receive their diploma.This year's senior class is the first to be affected by the requirement. About 80 students have not yet met the mandate, according to school officials."


rest of story here

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/bu...12270195.shtml

[amandDA]

haha! thats funny

[DB4LYFE ™]

Fud up... Im fat! lol

~DB4LYFE

[Got Milk?]

about time they did this.

[antiv6]

like college pe classes would help them at all, in my pe class we worked out for 30 mins a week lmao

[Sol-Badguy]

like college pe classes would help them at all, in my pe class we worked out for 30 mins a week lmao

[SLo_MKIII]

funny... but something kinda needs to be done i saw like a 7yr old girl the other day that looked to be a good 150lbs

[RL...]

There need to be more restrictions for fat ppl in general. They take up too much space in this world, literally.

[FAM0U5]

There need to be more restrictions for fat ppl in general. They take up too much space in this world, literally.

so does ur car...

[RL...]

so does ur car...

i know

Some guy came up to me the other day @ taco mac and was like "oh he that's a nice honduh accord you got thurr"....I was like

[FAM0U5]

i know

Some guy came up to me the other day @ taco mac and was like "oh he that's a nice honduh accord you got thurr"....I was like

lol.. was it evan? lol jk

[hkwe36]

Thats a good requirment

[RedEj8]

like college pe classes would help them at all, in my pe class we worked out for 30 mins a week lmao

I duno.. I had to take a PE class and a jogging class was the only one available so I took it.. I lost 15 pounds this semester not even trying. Run about 3 or 4 miles twice a week(worked my way up from 1-2 miles) and haven't changed how I eat or my drinking habits one bit. Maybe it comes easy for me though.. Exercise doesn't take up much of your time...the time that you would use sitting around being fat, doing nothing.

This reminds me of the laws in Japan where it is illegal to be fat..We need something like this here IMO.

[Firefightin_tC]

Put down the pizza fatty.

[AnthonyF]

Good. I will enjoy the bitching and complaining from all those fat fucks.

-Ant.

[xxbckiexx]

fucking right!

[allout13]

stupid in my opinion.
are they actually going to weigh and measure every graduating student?
if not, then whats the point? every student who is over the limit can just lie about their weight.
forcing the students to take the class wouldnt help everybody. You have to want to change. Otherwise anyone who might lose a little bit of weight during the class will just gain it right back afterwords.

I would not graduate right now. 6'4" 250lbs bmi of 30.4 but if I lost four pounds I would. I am trying to lose weight, but that should be my decision

[Bajjani]

Some people would actually feel great after working out and be motivated just from the fact they lost weight to begin with. So if it helps one who gives a shit about the others. If they want motivation, do a little bit a research on health problems, look in a mirror if they aren't happy with their appearance because of weight thats good motivation there.

[xxbckiexx]

stupid in my opinion.
are they actually going to weigh and measure every graduating student?
if not, then whats the point? every student who is over the limit can just lie about their weight.
forcing the students to take the class wouldnt help everybody. You have to want to change. Otherwise anyone who might lose a little bit of weight during the class will just gain it right back afterwords.

I would not graduate right now. 6'4" 250lbs bmi of 30.4 but if I lost four pounds I would. I am trying to lose weight, but that should be my decision

There is no such thing as "Trying" to lose weight. It's like "Trying" to quit smoking. Either you do it, or you don't. PERIOD. However, Lincoln university sending out fat graduates sends a message their school promotes laziness. Which clearly is not the message they'd like to send. So, in short, it is your decision whether you want to graduate, or you don't want to graduate, you porky fuck.

[allout13]

There is no such thing as "Trying" to lose weight. It's like "Trying" to quit smoking. Either you do it, or you don't. PERIOD. However, Lincoln university sending out fat graduates sends a message their school promotes laziness. Which clearly is not the message they'd like to send. So, in short, it is your decision whether you want to graduate, or you don't want to graduate, you porky fuck.

If you change your diet and exercise more then what might you be doing? trying to lose weight

You make it sound as if Lincoln University has more fat people graduating the university than others. So maybe all colleges are sending the same message? wrong. Lincoln is a public institution. What gives them the right to discriminate against people because of their size?
plus, body mass index is a poor way to tell who is fat and who is not.
ie: Antonio Gates: bmi of 32.0



what a porky fuck
he's probably lazy. he needs a phys ed class

Some people would actually feel great after working out and be motivated just from the fact they lost weight to begin with. So if it helps one who gives a shit about the others. If they want motivation, do a little bit a research on health problems, look in a mirror if they aren't happy with their appearance because of weight thats good motivation there.

good point

[§treet_§peed]

I can see potential law suits coming from this.

[roxie911]

Pretty sure that's considered discrimination.

Just throwing that out there.

[blaknoize]

they could make a game show out of it, THEN people would WANT to lose weight.

[Jecht]

like college pe classes would help them at all, in my pe class we worked out for 30 mins a week lmao

I know right? In my class, we spent like 15min outside jogging and the rest would be occupied with all the students drooling while asleep on the desks.

[§treet_§peed]

I know right? In my class, we spent like 15min outside jogging and the rest would be occupied with all the students drooling while asleep on the desks.

Shit we had to do a work out for the first 20 minutes of the class. then either play basket ball, un/jog, or play baseball for the rest of the period. If you didn't you would fail.

[xxbckiexx]

If you change your diet and exercise more then what might you be doing? trying to lose weight

You make it sound as if Lincoln University has more fat people graduating the university than others. So maybe all colleges are sending the same message? wrong. Lincoln is a public institution. What gives them the right to discriminate against people because of their size?
plus, body mass index is a poor way to tell who is fat and who is not.
ie: Antonio Gates: bmi of 32.0



what a porky fuck
he's probably lazy. he needs a phys ed class




good point

you can make all the excuses for being fat that you'd like. It's not going to get any sympathy from me or anyone else. Porky.

[nismo_92]

LOL

[PRO®]

you can make all the excuses for being fat that you'd like. It's not going to get any sympathy from me or anyone else. Porky.

Lol, x2. Nobody wants to hear about exceptions to the rule

[PRO®]

Pretty sure that's considered discrimination.

Just throwing that out there.

What? They are trying to do fat people a favor, by introducing healthier living, and its discrimnation? Lol, oh lawd

Think of it as intervention, not discrimination lolol

[roxie911]

What? They are trying to do fat people a favor, by introducing healthier living, and its discrimnation? Lol, oh lawd

Think of it as intervention, not discrimination lolol

You think they're gonna change their lifestyle because some teachers told them to take a couple gym classes?? No, they're gonna do it JUST to graduate. It's not gonna change anything because they're not gonna be doing it for themselves, they're gonna be doing it because someone else wants them to. You can't make that big of a change and stick with it unless YOU want to change.

And it is discrimination. It's denying someone their education/diploma because of how they look. That's like telling an ugly girl that she can't graduate until she puts on some makeup. I mean, really??

[Catnip]

They'll get even fatter after college.

[Firefightin_tC]

For the most part, being big is a choice which can easily be fixed when a person has finally reached a point in their life when they want to chance the way they live.

Until then...eat it up, Porky.

[PRO®]

And it is discrimination. It's denying someone their cheeseburger because of how they look. That's like telling an ugly girl that she can't graduate until she puts on some makeup. I mean, really??

Your example was horrible by the way. Makeup doesn't fix being ugly, being ugly Is NOT one of the leading causes of death in America, and like someone else said, being fat is a choice for most people(meaning yes, there is a small percentage who actually have a "thyroid problem")...a choice to keep consuming food/not exercise...being ugly is not a choice. And if I didn't mention it already, that was a hooorrrrible analogy. 300,000 people in the US die yearly from obesity. Never heard of any health risks involved with being ugly.

[Bajjani]

Who wants to go get me a supersized meal with a diet coke? I'm trying to lose weight.

[roxie911]

Your example was horrible by the way. Makeup doesn't fix being ugly, being ugly Is NOT one of the leading causes of death in America, and like someone else said, being fat is a choice for most people(meaning yes, there is a small percentage who actually have a "thyroid problem")...a choice to keep consuming food/not exercise...being ugly is not a choice. And if I didn't mention it already, that was a hooorrrrible analogy. 300,000 people in the US die yearly from obesity. Never heard of any health risks involved with being ugly.

Uhm, that was a really SMALL part of my main point...which was you can't change someone if they themselves do not want to change. Yes, it was a horrible example to prove a point that you can't deny someone's education/diploma based on their looks.

discrimination: treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit.

Yes, this is discrimination.

[Bajjani]

Uhm, that was a really SMALL part of my main point...which was you can't change someone if they themselves do not want to change. Yes, it was a horrible example to prove a point that you can't deny someone's education/diploma based on their looks.

discrimination: treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit.

Yes, this is discrimination.

Maybe it will motivate them to get off their ass and save their own life? Maybe after working out some of them WILL continue? So if you fail a fat kid in PE in elementary school because he cant run because hes fat, how is it different really, he isn't going to graduate without being able to complete it. They can make it real easy to get around that, make everyone take a PE class and part of the goal of the PE class is to reach a certain body fat %. Those above it have to continue for X months or until it is reached. The others pass. Problem solved, its not discrimination, its a new school requirement.

[roxie911]

Maybe it will motivate them to get off their ass and save their own life? Maybe after working out some of them WILL continue? So if you fail a fat kid in PE in elementary school because he cant run because hes fat, how is it different really, he isn't going to graduate without being able to complete it. They can make it real easy to get around that, make everyone take a PE class and part of the goal of the PE class is to reach a certain body fat %. Those above it have to continue for X months or until it is reached. The others pass. Problem solved, its not discrimination, its a new school requirement.

Some of them might, yes. It's discrimination because they're only making the "obese kids" take it. I thought of this the first time too, but I went back and read it again and if they were making every kid take it for the same amount of time as everyone else, then yes, it would be fine. But they're not.

[EJ25RUN]

I can see potential law suits coming from this.

This is true.

McDonalds will be pissed.

[thepolecat]

yeah Im fat and my pe class in college didnt help- I took bowling- so cheap beer and fried food along with alot of sitting- I LOVED THAT PE CLASS!!!

[§treet_§peed]

I'm 6' tall and I weigh from 160-170 lbs. I don't know why but I seem to fluctuate when it comes to my weight. Last year when I was in perfect shape and had been working out everyday for the past two years and go into bodybuilding. I guess I would qualify as fat too. I weighed 182-188 lbs and at 6' tall that makes your BMI really high if your not taller. I don't remember what my percentage was because I only got it tested once. So if I were there, I guess I would of been considered out of shape and fat. Even though I could run two miles up hill with 60 pounds of weight on me in a back pack and five pound weights on each wrist and ankle in under 12 minutes, I worked out everyday, I had nice muscular definition, hell even had a descent six pack. Well fuck me running I guess.