Should physical education be mandatory in schools:
Physical education does absolutely nothing for the children's health and/or lifestyle. Let me describe my PE experience.
Throughout my public education career, PE has been mandatory for each year. This has involved barely moving, standing talking with friends, half-hearted volleyball/dodgeball, yearly physical fitness tests that don't require effort, DDR, bouncing on fitness balls, and, most recently at my arts high school, watching sports documentaries and playing Wii Sports.
Unless public education is reformed, health classes can teach children what they need to know about fitness and nutrition, because PE classes are severely lacking.