Based on Sports Time Community’s nationwide survey, 48.3 percent of students claim that P.E. should be removed from their schools’ curriculum.

P.E’s objectives aim for students to feel refreshed and energized while gaining personal fitness. Thus students expect P.E. to be fun and competitive, have good equipment and allow them to get a breather from other classes. As a course P.E. fails to meet any of the above mentioned requirements that students have.

    First off, P.E does not seem to be as enjoyable as it should be. Teachers just expect students to show up in their sweats ready and eager to exercise.  They only focus on instructing their classes about fitness and the historical component of sports instead of the competitive part.

    For each unit, teachers give brief historical knowledge about the sports and explain the skills required to play while students want to have a competitive experience when it comes to playing sports.

Due to the lack of fun, students have no interest in wanting to participate in P.E. A percentage of them either text, listen to their iPods; or talk amongst peers. Students see P.E as a class where they have the freedom to sneak in their electronic devices and not worry about getting caught.

People automatically assume students are at fault for this when in reality P.E. itself is the problem.

    Along with not being fun nor competitive, the course fails to have enough equipment for students, which affects the quality of the lessons.

Students face a challenge in learning with inadequate facilities and poor equipment  maintenance. 
    Lastly, P.E. does not allow students to feel pumped up and energized, but causes them to feel worn out. Although fitness may be important, P.E. teachers take it to an extreme by assigning multiple fitness days each week. Students begin to feel tired, sweaty and their brains tend to lose focus in other classes because of it.

    It seems pointless to have P.E. when students lack interest, the equipment quantity and quality do not measure up and students lose focus in other classes.  So, why not remove P.E.?