Should physical education be mandatory?
by Melissa
Lundy Created on: May 31, 2013 Last
Updated: June 01, 2007
Healthy Mind-Healthy Body
Our high school
students are becoming lazy, slow and less motivated. If you mix their ever
increasing low self-esteem with their
weight, a problem begins to rise to the surface. We are losing them to video
games and television, and we need to come up with a happy medium. Most students
believe that because of time constraints and lack of guidance there are no ways
of finding the right opportunity to participate in physical activity. There is
also been an increasing level of academic demand on high school students than
there used to be. Add it all up and health risks develop too.
Physical education
comes from the Latin words "physica", physics and "educatio". Meaning the
training of the bodily organs and powers with a view to the promotion of health
and vigor (www.pittschools.org/aes/hist/history.html). Historically you can
date physical education back to the ancient Chinese in approximately (c.2500
B.C.). They were able to develop a system of exercise and training that helped
promote mental development.
Currently, our
government is responsible for the mandatory regulations that are present. Students are enforced to participate in a
form of physical activity each day until Senior High School, grades eleven and
twelve. Physical education should become a mandatory requirement throughout the
student's scholastic career.
Opposition may argue
that if an individual does not have the desire to participate in physical
activity that he or she may never. Young Adults shouldn't be forced to
participate in courses they
have no interest in but, if they aren't forced too, where will they participate
in activity? Most of the general population cannot afford to have the proper
equipment to participate in particular sporting events. If P.E. isn't made
mandatory the students of today won't gain the benefits the program can
provide.
Physical Education
helps to promote students to participate in sports they may not have known they
had an interest in. Track and Field for example, is a valuable team competition sport which allows students the freedom of choice in what events
they feel to participate in. From there an interest in another team sport may
rise to the surface. Football helps to promote social functioning both on and
off of the field. The team wants to excel and to help accomplish that dream
they will work together. The people on the sidelines help to promote social
functioning by interacting with one another and the team. They also want their
particular team to excel and are willing to help cheer them along.
Physical,
intellectual, and social skills are all improved while participating in
sporting activities. Other subjects such as Mathematics may not provide all these skills. The objective of
physical education should be to teach skills for the leaders of today and
tomorrow. Educators, students and politicians should come together to insure
Physical Education is made mandatory at the eleven and twelve levels immediately.
The Chinese had it right; a healthy body equals a healthy mind.
Should
physical education be mandatory?
A-
Antes de leer:
1- Observe el texto e indique qué tipo
de texto es y cuál es su fuente.
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Después de leer:
1- ¿De qué trata el texto?
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2- ¿Según la autora, cuál se considera
el origen de la Educación Física
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3- ¿Por qué se considera necesaria la
obligatoriedad de la EF ?
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4- ¿Qué argumentos justifican la no
obligatoriedad de la EF ?
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5- Mencione a qué conclusión llega la
autora.
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Enumere las ideas clave del texto.
D- Indique a qué
refieren las palabras subrayadas en el texto. (Sólo indique en inglés a qué
palabra o frase dentro del texto refieren.)
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