Modern school

1) Do you think people in your country exercise enough? If not, why?

In my opinion, the majority of adults in the UK definitely don’t get enough exercise. You only have to look around at the level of obesity to see that this is true. I’d go as far as to say that the majority of people are very out of condition and never do any strenuous exercise.

I really don’t understand why this is the case. There’s more knowledge than ever before about the advantages to both physical and mental health of keeping fit, and the negative effects of not taking enough exercise are well-known.

Every town has a range of sports facilities including fitness

centres, gyms and swimming pool for people to use. Or they could just walk more or maybe cycle to work. There really isn’t any excuse not to take at least

some exercise every day.

Many doctor’s surgeries even run their own fitness programmes or will recommend some that you can join to help you get in shape. I wish more people would take their fitness seriously and take advantage of the opportunities to stay healthy.

2) Do you think competitive sport should be part of the school curriculum?

Yes, I definitely think it’s important for children to take part in competitive sports at school. In recent years there’s been a trend of having non-competitive sports days so that less sporty kids can take part without always being the loser. I disagree with this. I was good at sport and it was the only thing I really achieve a high level of success in at school. This was extremely important to me, so it works both ways. Life

is competitive and schools need to help children to cope with this.

I’m not saying that those children who hate sport and always fail at it should put through this negative experience. Rather, I think schools need to rethink how sport is taught. There is such a huge range of sporting activities to choose from these days that I truly believe there’s something every child can enjoy participating in. Schools need to provide the opportunities.