Could You Run A Mile To Get Into College?!?!

@db20747 (43440)
Washington, District Of Columbia
August 30, 2023 7:52pm CST
Vivek Ramaswamy is running for president of the US of A! And he wants college students to run a mile!!! He proposes they run a mile as part of the SAT entrance test. This might be no easy feat. Many students are very smart but some are a little over weight! What Do You Think? Could you run a mile to get into college?!?!
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@LadyDuck (471494)
• Switzerland
31 Aug 23
I can easily walk a mile, but I cannot run a mile, I have a hearth problem.
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@LadyDuck (471494)
• Switzerland
1 Sep 23
@db20747 I am 72, the doctor told me that I can walk as much as I want, but NO jogging and no running. I usually walk 12,000 steps every day.
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
1 Sep 23
@LadyDuck this is a good idea to go at a slow pace.
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
31 Aug 23
I can walk about tenblocks then I will take a break. If I run I will jog very slowly
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
31 Aug 23
Ramaswamy is as big a huckster and con man as Trump is. He has absolutely no idea what it takes to be President. A look at his past shows he's a die-hard fascist and supports a Caste system for the US much like the one India is trying so hard to overcome. The only reason he's rising in the poles is because he is so much like Trump in who and what he hates, Trump's followers are being lured to Ramaswamy's camp and diving into his delusions as a replacement for the multiply indicted insurrectionist with the bad hair and fake tan. As for running the mile, Vivek would probably allow no accommodations for the differently abled. He might rather they didn't take up space in college classrooms.
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
31 Aug 23
Read he's seen as a runner up to Trump. He's played the stock game very well. Worth about 950 million.
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
31 Aug 23
@db20747 Yes. Like TFG, he scammed his investors. They lost a ton of money, and he got richer.
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
31 Aug 23
@DWDavis seemed like he was on to the next big thing. Sounded really high tech. Especially pharmaceuticals. He made the right connections and used the right language to get investors.
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@AmbiePam (92708)
• United States
31 Aug 23
I think if all the students were required to run a mile before they went to college, we'd understand why P.E. should never be cut from schools.
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@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
31 Aug 23
I will pass if it happens to me.
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
31 Aug 23
Running a mile is not my greatest talent.
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@writerjo (2540)
• India
31 Aug 23
This is a strange statement I will definitely run a mile to get the seat . He should consider this & announce something tolerable for students
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
31 Aug 23
You're in good shape. Yes, maybe consider something else.
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• India
31 Aug 23
That's an interesting one, I hope others are supporting him
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
31 Aug 23
Read his supporters are increasing.
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• India
1 Sep 23
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@jstory07 (139697)
• Roseburg, Oregon
31 Aug 23
What does running a mile have to do with the SAT entrance test.
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
31 Aug 23
A good question. I guess he thinks they should be in good shape.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
1 Sep 23
Aside from some exceptional cases due to illness and other health conditions I find it an absolute disgrace that a teenager can't run a mile. As we (that's the entire Western world) seem to be in the midst of a mental health crisis there isn't enough emphasis placed on the role exercise can play in helping people mentally as well as physically.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
1 Sep 23
@db20747 Just getting them out of their bedrooms would be a start!!
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
1 Sep 23
@WorDazza the computers only exercise hands.
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
1 Sep 23
Yes, we need to get the teens back in shape.
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