Boy, how times have changed.
Any person now in their mid 20’s right now can look back at their childhood and remember how much of a waste of time the Presidential Fitness was.
But physical health and fitness should never be treated as a waste of time, it’s literally the force that keeps our bodies going.
Unfortunately it seems most schools today see the test as something to get over with just to show that their school participated, whereas, in the 60’s, it was taken so seriously that it actually made a difference.
Take a look at the psychical education in schools around the country in the 1960s and see why it led to one of “toughest” generations that we’ve had.
