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Every year Singaporean Students have to take this NAFA Test (Something like the Presidental Fitness Test) to see if they are phsically fit.
Now the test has 6 segmets that test different things such as stamina, leg power, flexibity and so on. They are:
Pull ups/Incline Pull up
Sit ups
Sit and Reach
Shuttle Run (40m)
Standing Board Jump
and what most students consider the most gruesome feat of the year, running the 2.4km (1.49 miles)
Each of these segmets have different targets that are needed in order for you to pass that test. The target can be affected by your age and gender
For example, Boys of older age have to do more sit ups than boys of younger age and that Girls have to stretch more than boys in Sit and Reach.
Now the reason why I brought this up is that, there is a foreigner in my school (Australian) who states that running the 2.4km (Male 15 years old must run it within 14mins and 25secs. Male 14 years old must run it in 15mins) in the targeted time is a very insane thing to do and that it pushes the bar for a healthy student way to high. Wow most of us locals believe the 2.4km is a torture tool, we still see it as a normal thing.
My question is, is it weird/extreme for 15 year old boys to run 2.4km(1.49 miles) within 14mins and 25 secs or otherwise be branded as unfit in other countries?
Also, imagine, can the male 15 year olds in your country do it and percieve it as a norm?
Now the test has 6 segmets that test different things such as stamina, leg power, flexibity and so on. They are:
Pull ups/Incline Pull up
Sit ups
Sit and Reach
Shuttle Run (40m)
Standing Board Jump
and what most students consider the most gruesome feat of the year, running the 2.4km (1.49 miles)
Each of these segmets have different targets that are needed in order for you to pass that test. The target can be affected by your age and gender
For example, Boys of older age have to do more sit ups than boys of younger age and that Girls have to stretch more than boys in Sit and Reach.
Now the reason why I brought this up is that, there is a foreigner in my school (Australian) who states that running the 2.4km (Male 15 years old must run it within 14mins and 25secs. Male 14 years old must run it in 15mins) in the targeted time is a very insane thing to do and that it pushes the bar for a healthy student way to high. Wow most of us locals believe the 2.4km is a torture tool, we still see it as a normal thing.
My question is, is it weird/extreme for 15 year old boys to run 2.4km(1.49 miles) within 14mins and 25 secs or otherwise be branded as unfit in other countries?
Also, imagine, can the male 15 year olds in your country do it and percieve it as a norm?
