Sports

Should schoolchildren be required to do sports?

For

It keeps them healthy and teaches teamwork.

Against

Forced sports can cause stress and embarrassment.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Absolutely. It encourages a healthy lifestyle for the future.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • PE is far more than just exercise. It (ideally) teaches coordination, teamwork, new sports that the child would otherwise never encounter
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • If anything PE gave me a negative relationship with physical exercise. I hated PE.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Lots of kids were turned off from doing sports because they hated physical education classes so much.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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