Is Gym Necessary?

            In times full of technology such as pagers and cell phones, it is easy for teenagers to be on the go. However, while on the go one thing remains important and that is food. Given our limited financial resources and generally low attention span, it is easy to understand why McDonalds and candy aisle of the local 7-11 have become common gathering grounds for teens across America. As Newton wisely said, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Simply put, a bad diet leads to bad health. Our government has long caught on to our poor eating habits and has mandated physical education classes. The current system however requires so little time and effort however, that it is even pointless to participate. If you do participate, it can be hard to deal with your athletic shortcomings on front of a gathering of you peers. Reasons like these are why I am against having mandatory physical education classes.
             As my schedule currently stands, I have three 45-minute gym periods through out my eight-day cycle. During this time, approximately 10 minutes is spent dressing and undressing. Time that is actually spent in gym class is usually spent lazily moping around or playing a far from entertaining game. Even if the time we spend in gym was used as efficiently as possible, there simply is not enough time for a substantial physical work out that would make a noticeable impact in the help of students.
             Secondly, a gym teacher cannot mandate how much work you must do. Nobody has an equal physical ability and therefore no one must put forth the same amount of effort. Asking one person to put in more effort than another would be unfair thus leaving gym teachers all around with the sad realization that nobody really has to do any thing. The realization of this fact coupled with usually low motivation towards any thing we do not find interesting worsens this problem by making the possibility of virtually no activity gym a reality.