Gym Essay

Obesity is a huge battle that lots of people are fighting in our country. Even kids struggle with their weight these days. As cities get bigger, people work longer hours, and a well balanced home-cooked meal can be harder to find. And since lots of people don't have time to cook a meal, they often don't work out. This is why physical education is important to me. Kids need to learn how to get active in this day and age. When people thought of kids they used to think of a playground, or a neighborhood game of kickball. Now when they think of kids they think of iPods, rotten music, and video games. These days kids get more screen time than sunlight. Physical education teaches us to put down the controller and get active. In gym we do lots to make sure we stay active like activity logs and fitness testing. To think some schools have gotten rid of gym is unbearable. As times have changed, gym classes have changed along with them. Physical education used to be about learning how to play a sport, and then running. Now in gym we learn about the nutritional value of food, human growth and development, and the harms of tobacco and other drugs. I have learned so much in class, especially in the tobacco unit. If we didn't learn about that, I bet a lot of kids would have picked up that cigarette, or given into peer pressure. So, why is gym important to me? Gym is important to me because it has taught me lots of life lessons that I will take with me through high school, college, and even after college. Kids learn a lot in gym. It's a part of growing up. With this battle of obesity in our country, I think gym is more important than ever.