I really don't know how I feel about this.

From the program goals for the alternative school my-nephew-the-freak expects to be sent to:

"Character development instruction may be taught in a classroom setting. If they do not receive character development instruction in this class, they will receive it through their health/physical education class."

The idea of character devlopment through health/physical education seems to me so archaic, it's absurd. The idea that sports somehow magically develop your character has never made any sense to me. Plus, an awful lot of the folks I know report mainly that their physical education teachers graded on how well they did (or rather, didn't do) rather on how they behaved and participated and whether they made an effort. It was not exactly a morale booster. Character devlopment, my ass.