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Topic: PE and other physical activities should not be mandatory in school.

Have you ever been in gym class and saw the popular sports boys playing football or running track and felt insecure or like you could never be like them? Or uninterested in the activities you're required to do in gym class? Well study shows you're not alone.
According to "The pitch" "PE makes those who do not play sports feel self-conscious and uninterested. Students give up if they need to run a lap around the track in an amount of time that they know they cannot achieve. It creates a sense of hierarchy that creates the impression that athletic children are superior to the unathletic."
Another source (careerride.com) States that some students may be afraid of getting physically injured while doing some of the required activities. A source that better goes into detail about that is the "national library of medicine". Studies showed that during the span of only one school year 32% of participants had been injured due to physical activities at school. There were no statistically significant differences in the number of injuries according to sex and age, meaning no matter your gender or age, you can still be afraid of injury during PE.
Though some people think that it should be mandatory to better a students health, that's not always what happens. Study shows that students who were in good shape and got bullied end up excersizing less the next year, making them more unhealthy and insecure than they were before.
In conclusion, students should be able to do PE if they want, but its overall mentally and physically harmful for many students