Should the sports classes in college be compulsory

Whether should we have compulsory sports classes in universities has been a hot public topic today. For the sake that I think “compulsory” is not absolutely equivalent to “necessary”, it’s unreasonable to compel college students to have sports classes.

When students become adults and enter their universities, they need to direct their own life by themselves and make a decision among the choices. Obviously, compulsory sports classes have limited their rights of choosing. Some headmasters said it is essential to set some routine sports classes for better management. However, the essence of college education is to develop students’ nature, and their starting point, better management, has betrayed this principle.

Sports teachers mostly need to collect data of sports exams which demonstrates students’ physical qualities and affects students’ final scores. It may lead to pressure on students so that they cannot enjoy pleasure form exercises. Part hold the view that it’s obligatory for students to take the exams, and schools just follow the policy form the government. If we do it in this way, our college’s life may be dull and short of initiative. Ideas always more than problems, I believe schools can treat it flexibly if they really take it serious.

Instead of having classes, sports clubs or matches could be a better choice for students. It is true that someone who doesn’t feel like doing sports will refuse to join in this

case. What if they have the classes? One course’s training a week is also far from enough for their physical qualities as I concerned. What actually we need to do is changing their attitudes by encouragement.

To sum up, compulsory sports classes are unnecessary for college students. Especially in China, students’ rights of choosing their lifestyles need to be protected. At the same time, rigid regulation of examination is facing reformation. We are supposed to come out with more forms of training like sports clubs or matches. I hope more and more people will realize the significance of sports in the future.