High schools waste time with foreign language, fine arts and gym requirements.

So… um before I get started. I wanted to let you know, um I'm a girl… :) Additionally I don't know if I was a bit ambiguous, but I'm debating that these classes should not be required. "You can imply momentary value to the appreciation of fine arts. For at the age you are given these requirements, on the most part, appreciation for art and the class is a preset opinion." Forgive me if I was unclear, I confess to a type. The statement above meant by the time you are faced with these requirements you have already formulated an opinion if you truly enjoy fine arts or not. With that, you can assign monetary value. If you do not enjoy the class, and have no plan to invest the knowledge this class provides in anything personally beneficial, then there is no need for a compulsory attendance and social financial investment. The statements that diatribe school lunches is anything but completely irrelevant. It was a simple counter to the idea that school systems promote a healthy lifestyle, when the status quo food is anything but healthy. The criticism of school lunch was to demonstrate the contradictions of American school systems, which do not promote a healthy lifestyle as you suggested. As well, it must be stated that by the time you are faced with a high school physical education class you are already fine tuned into future health habits. There is little to no evidence to suggest that P.E. creates a healthy lifestyle. There is also no evidence to state with without P.E. students would be couch potatoes. I absolutely refute your statement that physical education is the cornerstone to activity and is quintessential to health. If anything sports activities can be debated as the cornerstone to adolescent activity, and they are not required. They are only suggested, which I feel should be the same for physical education, fine arts, and foreign language, suggested not required. The obesity epidemic in this country is a problem. But physical education is a pain killer to the carcinogen. For physical education to serve its purpose it must be a lifestyle, which it isn't. For the majority of high school students, I assure you, it is a required credit and nothing more. That returns to my argument of it being a waste. Beyond this, the true elixir to the obesity epidemic, lack of activity, and health begins with a conscience effort at home and at early youth Also, your argument states the 12 billion dollars spent is due to physical activities and fine arts. I disagree, for the rise in physical activates is an effect, to the cause, which is the conscience obesity epidemic. There would be a rise in physical activities regardless of the high school requirement. Thus it gives no accreditation for it being required. Again, your entire case does nothing to suggest it being a requirement. There is a key difference between what is needed and what is helpful. You do not need prior knowledge to a foreign language class before attending college, if you plan simply to begin a level one. It is helpful, I must admit, but it like others should be nothing more than a mere suggestion, if and only if the language is truly beneficial to your college language choice and life. Besides, you didn't even address the statement of how it is pointless if you plan to study a Slavic language in college when they only offer Romance in high school. Your best bet is to save the time and money and energy on a more beneficial class. And so on, going the opposite route does not discredit my observational evidence and surveys. It is nothing more than a different way to achieve evidence. I clearly stated that my speculations were valid and concrete. There are various criticisms to the evidence you suggest. The evidence you provided with science I might add is not statistically relevant to the majority, the people I address in my argument. You entire agreement is built on overly expanding on small effecting details. ****Music is not needed to become a good mathematician. ****You do not need to listen to classical music for a high or higher IQ. ****You do not need physical education to provide understanding of what a healthy lifestyle is. ****You do not need high school foreign language to prepare you for college. ****You do not need art to have an appreciation of art. ****You do not need fine arts to become emotional balance. The entirety of physical education, fine arts, and foreign language should at best be highly recommended, but they should by all means not be required and threat graduation. ****It will allow monetary savings for the city and state. ****It will save time. ****It will give students the freedom of choice in their educational career. ****And it will allow students to better prepare themselves for their college career and life goals by focusing on what they need.