I was a seventh grader watching a movie instead of doing class work. Now I’m wondering why I paid $200 to come to class and watch a movie.
The majority of us students know that we shouldn’t be shoving Whoppers down our throats every day and riding the shuttle bus around campus.
Time restrictions force us to.
Additionally, we all live in the glorious, carefree state of denial. Please, permit us this one luxury.
If the rest of the student body is as stubborn as me, they probably aren’t paying attention in class, anyway.
In fact, I wrote half of this article in that class.
According to the 2007 College Student Health Survey Report, 38.5 percent of the students surveyed were overweight.
Schools like IU and Ball State force their students to take a health class in their core curriculum, too. And they clearly are NOT working.
But, in all honesty, a lot of college students don’t have time to exercise.
I might anger a few athletes and coaches here that insist I can do squats and push-ups while using the bathroom or something, but I don’t care.
I’m double majoring, taking 17 credit hours and juggling friends and a relationship.
We’re all big kids, and we don’t need someone preaching to us about how we’re such naughty children for not exercising and eating well.
Eating massive amounts of french fries is not the only thing contributing to our weight gain; stress is a huge factor.
As much as a health teacher can tell me to calm down, listen to music and stop pacing the university like a jittery, caffeine-riddled maniac, I won’t.
Eventually, someone will find me crying in the corner somewhere muttering about a missed deadline.
Elissa Epel, a psychiatry professor at the University of California at San Francisco, said in an article on WebMD.com that chronic stress can lead to an increase in appetite and stress-induced weight gain.
No health instructor in the world can help me with stress. It’s a lost cause, like this class.
I could be spending $200 on something worthwhile…
… like a realistic light saber.
Have you seen those things? They’re kind of awesome.
