Sports and Studies

Physical Education, Games, Physical Training, whatever it is called, sports is an integral part of school life. For a lot of students it is one special hour where they can break away from the tedium of classroom education. Unfortunately lots of schools have gotten into the habit of taking away even that reprieve.
Many schools have PT exam and PT projects. What is this need to theorise everything? Why does everything have to be about marks and grades? Shouldn’t students be allowed to indulge in a little bit of fun? Should everything be tied up with academics can’t sports be just a means of expending energy, of cultivating discipline and letting children be children?
And asking students to make a project on sports is just going to be a burden on them. They will not take it seriously because it is PT and not a mainstream subject, at the same time they cannot ignore it as it would affect their overall scores.
Maybe it is time to relax a little.