Writing is a very interesting thing, it is most of the times the only way to appropriately and correctly convey thoughts to another person. For school age students it is frowned upon to question authority verbally so the only way they can express what they are saying is to write it down and hand it to another person. I do not know what this method is considered ok while verbally saying something is not. I have experienced this first hand, I did not agree with the teacher and I got in trouble for questioning the teacher verbally. Then I got the idea to write a letter and hand it to the teacher and the same exact point became valid and addressed in class. I do not know if by writing it down I became more educated and taken more serious or if my tone of voice is threatening, either way I have found many issues solved by the written word.
There are other ways that I have loved to write that are a more fun way to express myself, research papers. I have found that by writing research papers you can really tell someone how you feel in an educated way. My favorite research paper that I have written was on childhood obesity and charging parents with child abuse for having a minor that is extremely overweight. I have always felt strongly by this and actually found a court case in which the parents receive some kind of punishment for it in almost every state.
I will use writing assignments in both my health and PE classes. I want students to apply the principles and lessons they learn in these classes to their everyday life. This wil help further to empower the students to a brighter future. These writing assignments will include items like answering controversial topics, choosing between two hard things, how they will make smart choices, and how PE can hel their quality of life.
