For
It keeps them healthy and teaches teamwork.
Against
Forced sports can cause stress and embarrassment.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Absolutely. It encourages a healthy lifestyle for the future.”
“PE is far more than just exercise. It (ideally) teaches coordination, teamwork, new sports that the child would otherwise never encounter”
“If anything PE gave me a negative relationship with physical exercise. I hated PE.”
“Lots of kids were turned off from doing sports because they hated physical education classes so much.”