Sport In Schools

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Competitive Sport in Schools; what is going on? Competitive sport is a contest between individuals or teams who are both striving for a goal that cannot be shared, for example, the winning of a game. Competition naturally occurs everywhere in ours lives, whether it be on the sports field, in the class room or in the work place, there is always competition surrounding us. Sport and business are the two things most people think of when the word competition is used. Competition and more notably competitive sport in schools is a highly debated subject; some schools believe in it and some do not. When I was at school we always did competitive sport and I loved it, as did the majority of children from what I inferred. However, there are of course the children that do not enjoy the competition in sport and just want to play for fun, or some do not even want to play at all. I believe that competition teaches children a lot in life and I am very interested in the reasons that some schools are stopping competitive sport for. 'The situation with competitive school sport isn't nearly as good as Ministers pretend.’ (Sarah Harris). The ministers say that sport in schools is very good but actually, if you look into it, in many schools sport is not up to the levels it should be, let alone there being any competitive sport taking place. 'It's very clear that large proportions of children still aren't doing any. I'm quite sure that a lot of teachers and head teachers are still ideologically opposed to competitive sport.’ (Sarah Harris). A lot of children still do not take part in any sport in schools, and this needs to change. It is thought that some head teachers and teachers do not like competitive sport taking place within their schools because they feel it can create problems between pupils and they are worried the children may take aggression out on one another
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