Physical Education should be taught differently than it currently is.

Sorry I had to forfeit round 3, I was in the Appalachian for a week...Anyways.... 1. My opponent claims that 'Kids have less and less time to be able to 'consolidate', or process information. If PE gives more homework than kids will have nearly no time to consolidate. The public school system will fall further' However, evidence proves that: - Kids who are more physically active tend to perform better academically. - Eight health surveys involving population-representative samples of children and adolescents from the United States,15-17 United Kingdom,18-20 Hong Kong21 and Australia22 observed statistically significant positive correlations between physical activity participation and academic performance. -A national study conducted in 2006 analyzed data collected from 11,957 adolescent randomly chosen the U.S. To examine the relationship between physical activity and academic performance. Adolescents who reported either participating in school activities, such as PE and team sports, or playing sports with their parents, were 20 percent more likely than their sedentary peers to earn an "A" in math or English.17 -Time Management expert and author of the best-selling book, The Seven Habits of Highly effective people, Steven Covey, states that the average teenager spends nearly 21 hours a week on TV, video games, etc. That averages out to be three hours a day. An hour or so a day may be a debatable good relaxation time, but three hours is undeniably a waste of time. 2. My opponent claims P.E. Is not failing because there are a decent amount of fit people in the world (75%) -Childhood obesity is over 50%. If you are on a standard grading scale, under 50% in a grade is a terrifyingly low 'F' -Even if it were hypothetically 75%, a 'C' averages out to a 2.0 GPA. No good College will accept a student with a 2.0 GPA. My opponent, with all due respect, feels a 2.0 GPA is acceptable in the arena of physical fitness. America is equal to a mediocre community college in terms of physical health. 3. My opponent accuses me of being discriminatory towards certain body types. Required physical fitness is discriminatory to one's body type and personal choice concerning appearance. Furthermore, this includes dieting logs under the same logic. Furthermore, he has directly and indirectly claimed dieting and exercise to inevitably fail for certain body types. - There are three major body types : Ectomorph, Endomorph, and Mesomorph. There are specific weights, exercise methods, dieting methods, etc. For each type. However, ALL types require physical exercise and nutrients. If my opponent would deny this fact, I have the statistics to prove the facts correct. However, I believe it is obvious that everyone requires physical exercise for maximum health benefits. My fitness logs and diet are adjusted to different body types so they can reach their maximum physical and health potential. 4. My opponent accuses me of advocating socialism through diet logs. However, diet logs never excluded one type of food or another, they only require a healthy balance of food. If the diet logs succeed to an extreme, food companies may compete with one another, to an even greater degree than they do now, to produce healthful food products. Competition, by definition, is an important and vital aspect of capitalism, not socialism. Furthermore, I do not exclude unhealthy foods from diet, but advocate a lessening amount of them. I also anticipate the degree of cheating that will be on the diet logs. I never claimed the diet logs to be perfect, but only to improve health. 5. My opponent further claims that the lack of PE leaves time for students to be Physically Healthy on their own. However, school systems require students to be at school for a certain amount of hours a day. If their time is not consumed with physical activity, it will be consumed with rigorous academic work. As previously proven, this is not good for either the student or the education system. It will further prevent them from further physical activity. For many people, physical activity is the 'consolidation' my opponent has proven people need. 6. My opponent has further assumed that his statistics lead to proving that Physical Education drives students to participate in physical activity less. I have further looked over his statistics and there are, with all due respect, to many holes and assumptions to take his argument seriously. For example, we do not know when the two statistics leading him to this conclusion, http://www.drwoolard.com...... and http://calorielab.com......, were made. They could have been created three years ago, allowing things to drastically change. Or they could have been created three years within each other, giving no real correlation between the statistics due to possible change in time. A second example is my opponent further assumes that physical education is the reason why Colorado and Mississippi have such a drastic difference in their quality of health. He ignores other factors, such as the fact people from Mississippi have a less healthy diet than those in Colorado, especially due to fried foods. There are many other examples, but for now, the argument can sufficiently give two. 7. My opponent also claims that 'Strict PE requirements leave kids in gym classes that turn them off from the idea of being physically fit and healthy since they are quite strenuous, fatiguing and an overall annoyance to the students. This leads them to become fatter and fatter'. However, successful physical fitness is meant to be strenuous at times. Health experts, such as Dr. Oz, agree that, although gradual increases in strenuousness are necessary, easy physical exercise gets people nearly nowhere. A muscle, when exercised, is meant to be strained. If it is not it can not break down and therefore become stronger. If kids' physical exercise is not strenuous, it explains why obesity rates are so high and why it is so vital for strenuous exercise to become a requirement. 8. My opponent further claims that it is good for people to decide whether or not they exercise or eat properly. Although this has been previously addressed in previous rounds, I will address it again. There is an undeniably vital connection between health and happiness. If my opponent denies, I will be glad to bring out the evidence. A necessary part of health is both exercise and proper dieting based on the individual's body type. Reforming the education system will increase both health and happiness. It is vital for a happy and healthy generation to reform the Physical Education System. Sources: http://www.activelivingresearch.org... http://www.doctoroz.com... https://www.stephencovey.com... http://www.hotexercise.com... National Association for Sport and Physical Education and American Heart Association. 2006 shape of the nation report: Status of physical education in the USA. Reston, VA: National Association for Sport and Physical Education; 2006.