I read a most interesting and disturbing article last week. It concerned a new course being offered this year at the University of Ohio. This institution is offering a course in "relaxation." Now you may find this hard to believe, but it is so. The Dean of Physical Education when quizzed on the nature of this course said, "well, the pupils will just, you know, sit around and relax." Amen. This would appear to me to be the last straw. Our children are now being taught how to drive cars, how to dance, how to play games, and now how to relax. It frightens me when I compare the educational programs of the Soviet Union with those of our old country and United States. While Soviet youngsters forge ahead in advanced science and math, we all sit around and "relax." Heaven knows relaxation is important, but I always found that the matter of relaxation is closely associated with a maximum expenditure of energy. If the human mind and body is fully extended by a good honest labor, nature will see to it that relaxation will follow. I think it's high time our school got back to teaching the three R’s and a V. Readin’, Ritin’, Rithmatic, and Values.
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