THW Make Gym Class Mandatory Throughout High School.

As Terry Doran said, "The purpose of high school, is to prepare students for a meaningful life in the 21st century; to be a good citizen, economically self-sufficient. .. ". Thank you for pointing that out. But mandating this does provide students a meaningful life! How can you have a truly meaningful life when you're obese? How can you have a meaningful life when you have a baby, and you're only in high school yourself? You can't. That's why we need this resolution. Rebuttals:I will start off with refuting my opponents weak points. Argument 1: It is detrimental to schools and students. Actually, the funding of a school varies. It does not depend on areas with higher economic status. The funding of a school depends on the type of school. For example, if you have a school with 2000 people, it is obviously going to get more funding than a school with 500 people. Also, not all taxes are collected as a percentage of income, as you can get tax from people spending their money on products. As you said in your 3rd argument, physical education is mandated until the 9th grade. This means that schools will already have a gym, because they need to provide this class for 9th graders at their school. Therefore, there will be no extra costs incurred. On the off chance that a school does not have a gym, the government can fund or subsidize the project to build a gym, as it is a government regulated bill. This way, all schools can afford to build one. Therefore, your argument of monetary damage to schools falls, as all schools will be able to afford these gyms, and still invest their funds into other courses. So it is not detrimental to schools and students. So I win on this point. Argument 2: It will cause rifts between studentsWe respect diverse religion and beliefs. These students can always be exempt with a special note from their parents. We already have this kind of system in place in elementary schools. We can extend it to high school as well. At schools right now, headwear is not allowed. But we make an exception for religious headwear because we respect diverse relgions and beliefs. We can do the same with sexual education. Why? Why is high school not a place for controversy? We see controversy in high schools all the time. Teens get drunk, smoke cigarettes, and do pot. This causes controversy. This doesn't affect the overall learning atmosphere of high schools, as all other students are still learning well. Most students do not even know this is going on at their high school. Yes, according to usnews. com. But we're talking about Canada, so those statistics mean nothing. Also, we have grade 9 physical education right now, so wouldn't that also create rifts? Are you suggesting that we remove grade 9 physical education as well? We believe that the potential benefits of this resolution, like obesity and teen pregnancy, outweight any potential disagreements. As a democratic society in the 21st century, bullying is also getting less common. We teach our students about morals and respecting each other. In fact, the racial discrimination against african americans is getting lower each year as a result. We see that this can also happen with any potential bullying this may cause. Over time, we would have no more bullying. Therefore, this argument is not valid. Over time there will be no bullying, and exceptions can always be made. Therefore, I win on this point as well. Argument 3: Four years of Physical education classes in High schools is unnecessary. Okay yes, 56.3% already take care of themselves, but what about the other 43.7%? And what about the minority that does not know how to take care of themselves? As a democratic society, we need to try to cater to as many people as we can. Having this resolution will benefit those exceptions, and it won't affect the majority. So why not have this resolution in place? And just so you know, we have a lot of mandates that you say are unnessecary by your logic. English classes are mandatory all 4 years of high school. The majority of teens know how to write essays and speak english, so why do we have this? Because of the minority who do not. Math is also mandatory, but many people take math classes outside of school and already know advanced math. So why do we have this? Because of the minority who do not. Therefore, as a democratic society, we need certain mandates in order to benefit the minority, in order to benefit those exceptions. We need to cater to as many people as we can. Therefore, I win on this point as well. As my opponent has not explained why this resolution exposes schools to law suits, I will disregard this subpoint completely. Rebuilding:Although my opponent's refutations did little damage to my arguments, I will attempt to repair them as best as I can. Refutation 1: ObesityAs you pointed out, Mary Strain said, "SAlso, since my opponent has not addressed my argument that if parents are obese, children will also be likely to be obese, so I assume she agrees with my point. Refutation 2: Teen PregnancyThe source you provided is an old source. If you look at the bottom, it says 1995-1998. Please look at this article. . http://news.yahoo.com...This article was published this month. Therefore, sexual education does have a positive effect on teen pregnancy and sex. ConclusionMy opponent says, "There is no reason to enforce a law unless it is proven that it benefits the public, and that these benefits outweigh the damages. "As I have shown you, it benefits the public greatly - lowers teen pregnancy and obesity rates in children. By not having this resolution we have damages as I have shown you above. Therefore, by my opponent's logic, we should have this resolution passed. As for spending billions of dollars? We don't need to do that. Many schools already have gyms as physical education is mandated for the 9th grade. Therefore, none of my opponent's arguments are still valid. Therefore, I have won this debate.