75% of school-age children can't meet state fitness goals

According to this, Kids in Manteca, California, can't meet state-imposed fitness requirements, which included tasks like doing 15 sit-ups. Kids in fifth, seventh and ninth grade were tested, and the results were quite low, even compared to the rest of the state, where minimum fitness goals aren't being met either.

You may not live in Manteca or California, but I think this will be a trend throughout North America, and it's really a shame. The school I attended at that age required daily activity, and if we couldn't meet the minimum goals, we worked harder at it. Truth be told, I didn't enjoy it at the time but now that I'm an adult, I'm glad I had daily fitness requirements because it inspired me to make exercise a priority. And guess what? 15 to 20 years later, I still get daily activity.

What do you think?