Many people around the world do not get enough exercise every day. Exercise is a way to ensure the health of your body and provide it with the necessary care it needs. Everyone can benefit from being a physically active person. Organizing physical education classes in schools for students will help promote the right amount of exercise. Students should be required to take a physical education class every day of the week during school because of the physical and mental health benefits it provides. Physical education classes will help students develop strong bones and muscles. Physical education increases “muscle strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, body composition and cardiovascular endurance” (“Why Kids Need Physical Education”). All of these characteristics are important for improving your body because being strong and having endurance helps the body function properly. “Without mandatory physical education classes, some students may choose to ignore physical activity altogether” (“Why Kids Need Physical Education”). Many students don't get enough exercise every day, so their bones and muscles are weaker than those who exercise daily. Children aged six to twelve become increasingly inactive over time (“Benefits of physical education at school”). Getting children to exercise at school is a great way to ensure that every student develops their bones and muscles properly (“Youth Physical Activity: The Role of School”). Physical education classes in schools ensure an adequate amount of exercise for the body and will help fully develop the bones and muscles of students. Having a stronger and healthier body also helps to fight again...... middle of paper ...... education courses allow students to release all their stress in a safe and beneficial. They reduce stress in students' minds and promote academic success by allowing students to concentrate entirely on school. “We need a cultural change and it must start with the children” (“Benefits of Physical Education in Schools”). Physical education should be compulsory because it will improve the health of the world. Works Cited “Benefits of physical education at school”. phitAmerica. Active and Web. February 19, 2014“Physical activity reduces stress. » adaa. ADAA, 2010. Web. February 20, 2014. “Why Children Need Physical Education.” » aahperd. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 2014. Web. February 21, 2014. “Physical activity among young people: the role of schools”. CDC. US Department of Health and Human Services, August 2009. Web. February 18 2014.