Cutting Gym Class

A huge conflict with schools across America is the fact that schools are sacrificing their gym classes to save money and satisfy federal mandates towards test scores. More than half of the student’s national wide aren’t enrolled in a physical education course. The kid’s aren’t making up for the lost gym time either. More than 60% of students from ages 9-13 don’t do any physical activity out of school. Gym class requirements vary on state. Illinois is the only state to require daily PE for all class levels. Schools/communities across the country are creating programs for kids to start moving even if the state doesn’t mandate it. The reason why kids didn’t exercise in school was because they didn’t like getting dressed, getting sweaty during the day. Some PE teachers are rising to challenge of getting kids more active. Patrice Lovdahl has been teaching PE classes for 17 years stated that, “The key to keeping kids active in encouraging them to get exercise in all aspects of life.” This article is very reliable in many ways. For one, it was published by ABC news. ABC news is a very well known news cast around the world. This article was also published on September 30th, which makes it somewhat recent. I chose this topic to write about because I’m very passionate about being active and exercising. When I become a PE teacher I want to push my students to become and stay active and help them to understand that being active is important for their health no matter how old you are. If you aren’t healthy now it can affect you in the future. I believe that gym class should be required in all gym class levels in all gym class levels across the country.
Works cited
Sealey,Geraldine. “Just Do It? Many Schools Cutting Gym Class.” Original Report Health. ABC news, 30