So, growing up in America, every elementary school, middle, and high school kid had to take the pacer test multiple times a year. It consisted of a “suicide” drill, which is running back and forth bending down touching the lines on the gymnasium floor, over and over.

This test was always really difficult for me because when I was younger I had asthma & was a bit chunky. However, everyone was tested the exact same. You had to run for the entire period of the class (anywhere from 40mins-1hr) with little to no breaks in between.

Lately I’ve been hearing about school board members attempting to “ban” the pacer test. What are your thoughts on this? I’m aware that maybe every school does it differently, but this is how it was done for me years and years ago.