Argument Paper

Recently EMU has brought up the debate of bringing back skills/fitness testing for those who are coming into the physical education program. Students would have to pass this test in order to be accepted into the program. As a physical education major, who is about to graduate and this would not affect me, I am against the testing in order to be accepted into the program. The reason being is because it is unfair to test someone on a skill that they may not have been exposed to. If I came from a school district that never taught me about golf or the fundamentals of the sport, or from a home that couldn't/didn't expose me to golf, is it fair to me to be rejected from a program? Shouldn't that be included in the college curriculum? How could they expect everyone to be knowledgeable and perform adequately in EVERY sport? That, to me, is unreasonable. However, I do believe that by the end of the physical education program, every student should be tested in order to graduate. We need to set examples for our students, so we need to practice what we preach. I am not against the testing, just when the testing occurs. A class member said to me, "I would have failed getting into the Nursing program if they tested me before I started." Same goes with any program, you may not have the exposure, you are here to learn the content. The rebuttle for not knowing the skills was, from one of my professors, "Then they would have to take a class or get private lessons." This would cost someone more money to complete their program, although so would including everything into the program. I do not know the full extent of the test and what would happen: probation until skills are acquired or no acceptance until skills are acquired... The idea is still in debate.