Why PE Should Not Be Mandatory For Students

As I sat on the sidelines as we played gym soccer I could see people who just seemed to not care about PE. I didn't really myself as the teacher would push us to strive in gym class. Then I thought to myself "Why does PE need to be mandatory." There are many things that are bad with PE. First of all PE causes bullying to many students. Secondly there are many alternative options to gym class. Finally, kids already get the amount of exercise they need daily. PE should not be mandatory for students to do. With physical education comes bullying. Studies show that 19.5% of kids feel like they are bullied in some form during their physical education class. Generally, two out of ten kids fell like they are bullied during their physical education classes, making them not want to participate and keeping them over weight. Bullying keeps kids overweight. The university of Florida suggest that physical education keeps kids on the sidelines because they feel like they don't want to participate. Bullying in PE may force kids not workout later in life. This is probably since kids already hate PE they feel like they shouldn't work out. Studies show that there is a decrease in healthy activities for kids outside of school. That will keep kids overweight even more. …show more content…
70% of kids from ages 6-11 get the recommended amount of activity they should have. So 7/10 kids get enough activity to not participate in gym class. Most kids already get 60 minutes of activity daily from just playing or biking. Kids already get enough activity from doing things they like to not participate in PE. 60% of kids play sports outside of school. So kids already get 60 minutes of play without gym class. After gym class you burn 350 calories and after hockey of basketball you burn 372. That might be because it's harder during an hour of practice. Kids don't need PE because they already get enough activity