So, I lived in India as a foreigner over 12 years ago now and, back in both 4th and 5th grade, our class teachers would record our weights and heights(I don’t remember if this one a year or for every term) and would later be written in our report card for our parents
As fat kid, having to step on the scale in front of the whole class was humiliating and its not like they did anything with those numbers. They didn’t mention them to parents, didn’t make life style changes recommendations. The least they could have done was take those measurements in private and not in front of the whole class
Is this still a practice Today in India school? Was it popular during the 2010(I lived there from 2012-2014)? For people who had their measurements taken, especially other fat kids, how did it feel?
What about other parts of the world?
In the early 2000s in the US these numbers were taken, but there was like 10 feet between the front of the line and the scale so hypothetically private. Didn’t stop your friends from asking what your numbers were the second you stepped off, so kind of a weird self imposed humiliation.
I don’t think we did this.
Sometimes we lined up by height, and by third grade, I was always first. In high school, there were two guys a bit taller than me, though. They played basketball, I did not, I’ve never been good at sportzballing.
The “fat” kids we made fun of back then would be considered pudgy at most by today’s standards.
In the Netherlands we had a couple of health checks in elementary school. I don’t recall exactly, maybe 2 in 8 years or so. It wasnot in front of the whole class though, kids were called in by the doctor one by one. This was in the 90’s. I assume the results would have been reported back to the parents, but I don’t recall anything of that.
I have this same memory.
It would have been the late 80s.
Yes i did, and then they lost it or something stupid. Government claims i have no medical history prior to covid. UK.
This wasn’t for a report card though, it was just because screening kids at school is more efficient. So it’s like a survey of childhood health and in the process they can give vaccines or check for headlice.
Well, that wasn’t a thing in Canada growing up.
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Only in regards to the wrestling team. Height was taken three times through the season and weight was taken two times a week not counting match/torni weigh ins. Regular school just recorded your mile time and if you were really unhealthy there was a alternative gym class called “health and wellness” or something close to that.
