The Positive Effects of Physical Education

After discussing physical education for a period of time in class it prompted me to think about the role physical education has played not only in my life, but continues to play in the life of adolecents and young kids. Physical education classes helped me to experiement with a wide variety of different sports allowing me to identify my likes and dislikes. This is important because when highschool roles around you cannot play multiple sports per season, but rather have to choose between a maximum of three sports (for the three seasons). Physical education classes allowed me to make a decision prior to highschool as to which sports I would try and pursue. Physical education classes are not only valuable in helping kids decide what sports they should pursue, but more importantly as a form of exercise. With childhood obesity rates rising Physical education is of the essence and it should continue to be emphasized in todays school districts.