THW Make Gym Class Mandatory Throughout High School.

Alright thanks for accepting. Yes, that's what I meant, I was unaware that it was at the discretion of school boards. And sorry for the late reply, I was busy with other work. Okay, so let's start with my first argument. 1. Obesity sucks. Currently in Canada, in 2011, 26% of Canadians aged 2-17 years are obese. If these kids continue to live like they do now, in 20 years, the obesity rate of 35-44 year olds (when they grow up) will be forecasted at 70%. The main cause of this is because kids do not eat unhealthily and do not get enough excercise. If physical education was mandated throughout Canada, this rate will be much lower. These kids will get the health education and excercise they need in order to stay fit and healthy. As a society, we need to educate children on living healthy because it is important to their livelihood. When children do not understand the importance of living healthy at a young age, they are less likely to understand it as they become older, as it is much more difficult to learn new concepts at a higher age. So, we see that this is why it is important to instill this kind of living at a young age, so that they have this mentality when they are older, and perhaps pass it on to their kids. If they remain obese when they are older, it is obvious that they will pass these habits to their kids as well, as kids almost always follow what their parents do. What we have here is a vicious cycle. These obese kids will grow up to have more obese kids, which will grow up, etc. Anyone can see that a society that is obese is not a good thing. A lot of physical labour tasks such as mining, will not be possible because it will be difficult to find people who are fit enough to do the job, since the large majority of the labour force is obese. This in turn, is obviously bad for our economy, as without a labour force to mine diamond, for example, a large chunk of our GDP will be lost. So we see that not only the individual is affected by obesity, the entire society is affected. However, this can fundamentally be stopped just by educating these children on how to eat healthily so that this is not a problem. It is also commonly known that obese children are more prone to diseases like diabetes, heart failure, etc. However, when we have this resolution mandated, we see that this will be a problem anymore, because these children are not obese. By raising a society that the majority have obesity related diseases, it is obvious that they will require health care. As this house is Canada, we have free health care (haha Americans!), and we see that the taxes will have to be raised in order to cover the large influx of people who require care due to obesity related diseases. This will obviously cause unrest within the people, as always when taxes go up. The other option is we keep the tax rate and re-budget by moving a lot of the money allocated in infrastructure, education, etc. into health care. But we see that this is also bad because these sectors will not get the funding they need to operate properly. Roads will be poorly maintained, class sizes will be 30+, etc. Another option is that we just ignore the problem, and the large chunk of our work force will be taking weeks and months off on medical leave in order to recover from diabetes, cancer, heart failure, etc. However, once again this can all be solved by implementing mandatory gym classes as they are able to live healthily. Therefore, as a result of obesity, there are many problems in society. Alright so assuming none of you want to be obese, let's move on to the second argument I have today. 2. Use a condom Teen pregnancy in 2006 is 27.9%, which is lower than the 44.2% in 1996, of teens aged 15 to 19 years old. This is because Canada has adopted physical education classes to be mandatory up until grade 9. This helps because then teens can learn about sex, like methods to prevent birth, or rather, abstinence. It is obvious that if we extend the mandate up until grade 12, the rate will drop even lower. This is important because not only do we lower abortion rates, we also lower kids who are put up for adoption because of teen parents. This is ethical because as a moral society, we want these kids to grow up, most preferably with their biological parents, and with a parental figure. Let's face the truth. Not all of these kids will be adopted. This is unethical. All children should grow up with a parental figure, because they need someone to teach them what's right or wrong. Without this parental figure, these kids will not have the support they need in order to grow up into functional members of society. The most important aspect of a teen's life, believe it or not, is school. Some teens may choose to raise the child themselves, as they cannot bear the thought of adoption or abortion. This risks the teen's learning. It's not possible for a student to learn effectively and raise a child effectively at the same time. With a lower education, the teen will not have as high of a paying job as she possibly could have. This is bad for society, because as a society, we want people with high education, to be entrepreneurs in order to drive the economy. Furthermore, the teen will be in a financial crisis. There is now one more person to raise, and that costs money. Diapers, baby formula, powder, toys, these things must all be bought in order to raise a child. The teen surely will not have enough money, and it is not guaranteed that her parents have the money to raise the baby. This baby will not grow up in a desirable environment, and this is unethical, as we can easily solve this problem by educating teens on sex through physical education. Moreover, the teen father in the relationship most likely ditched. The teen mom will not have the emotional support she needs in order to raise the baby, and the baby will grow up without a father. How is this ethical at all? Easy answer. It is not. Alright so I presented my two arguments, entitled obesity sucks and use a condom. From these, we can discern that a lot of societal and individual problems can ultimately be solved through physical education, as well as actually benefiting the society. (e.g. more jobs will be created because more physical education teachers will be needed). Therefore, there are actually no reasons by we should not implement this resolution. I await con side to present her arguments (sorry if you're a male, I assume you're a female because you're name is debate_queen). I challenge her to come up with any disadvantages to this resolution. All benefits, no loss. That's why you should vote PRO. Also because I have a cool name. That is all. SOURCES: Obesity Stats: http://www.childhoodobesityfoundation.ca... Teen Pregnancy stats: http://www.ypoutreach.com...