And many have. Yet now comes a study showing an increase in the number of injuries in "phys ed" class.
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My high school, being a wholly owned subsidiary of the PhysEd department, was run by a head coach who delivered a steady stream of county championships, making his staff untouchable.
In my freshman physed class at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, we were required to learn to shoot a rifle for target shooting purposes (although I think planting the seed of arming future inner-city pharmacists was an ulterior motive).