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What? No. Heavens, no.

What kind of testosterone inspired nonsense is this? A few jocks get upset because they're tired of getting worse grades than those "scrawny geeks"? so they want a class designed strictly for them?

Look, the physically strong (and mentally weak) already have classes that are designed to help them maintain their 2.0 GPA - they're called, P.T., Shop, and remedial math. Stick with what you have and try and leave everyone else alone.

I know my share of guys that like to do bodybuilding on their own. For the most part they're guys that like to spend two to four hours a day at the gym, enjoy slurping down gallons of supplements and live, eat, drink, and breathe weightlifting. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with that, but some people have other hobbies that they'd rather be doing.

The next question I have is how would this compulsory bodybuilding class be graded? By who looks more like Charles Atlas? Great. Well, I know it's been a while since I was in high school, but I still remember kids cheating when they found that they were not doing well in class. Everyone knows how people would have to cheat if they're falling behind in bodybuilding: steroids. Could you imagine a school filled up with frustrated kids suffering from 'roid rage? It would make Virginia Tech or Columbine look like pre-school naptime.

Simply put, it's a forgone conclusion that schools are divided into little cliques. Each clique has their thing they like to do. The preps love to hang out and say how great each other is, the jocks like to work out and get drunk when they're not doing something sports related, the smart kids hang out and do randoms stuff that smart kids like to do (you may insert your own stereotype here if you like). Forcing kids to cross those lines can be dangerous. Just let them be themselves and aside from the core courses offered in school let them pick whatever classes they like.

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