Section A
Topic: Competitive sport

A1:
'Competitive sport for children at the heart of Olympics legacy' is written and published on August 11th 2012 shortly after the Olympic Games in London, and is an article from the British Prime Minister David Cameron's website. Here we are introduced to the upcoming national curriculum which includes a requirement for the primary schools to provide more competitive sport. In cooperation with the British Olympic Association and British Paralympics Association the aim is to offer all children opportunities to participate in competitive sports activities. The new changes is leading to more commitment from the schools to keep the children interacted with the activities which later is supposed to teach children be more competitive not only in sports but also generally to compare their results and then again aim for their best and achieve more. The Prime Minister David Cameron has made a statement saying that it is about time to stop the 'All must have prizes' culture and that the new national curriculum will help doing that.

A2:
In the article 'Competitive sport for children at the heart of Olympics legacy' the British Prime Minister David Cameron is very optimistic of how making competitive sport compulsory in the primary school only will have a helpful outcome and is going to do good for all the children by helping them aim for their best results, but this all good painted picture isn't the most advantageous way to go according to Sir Steve Redgrave. In her article 'Competitive sport is all very well but helping every child reach their potential must be Britain's Olympic legacy' she is very positive and encouraging about children is being introduced to sport in an early age but says it only can have a positive outcome if it isn't portrayed with only winners and losers. She believes that sport should teach children being competitive with themselves and not with each others as David Cameron lines it up. But opposite Sir Steve Redgrave, Mathew Green is in an article on his blog providing a very critical point of view on it. He is very skeptic about the outcome and actually believes the opposite of David Cameron and that the athletic sport should be taking more distance from the school platform to provide the best environment among the children. As David Cameron and Sir Steve Redgrave do, Matthew Green also share their enthusiasm and is also very supporting of competitive sports opportunities but believes it should be a personal choice based on one's own interest and not a compulsory project.

A3:
Playing sport can be great and helpful for your body to get fit. By being active in competitive sport can help you to stay healthy and letting your body develop in its best way possible but sports doesn't just provide physical health. Psychologically it can also do a lot for you and there for getting strong in a mental way. But for this to happen it is essential that it is something you want to do. To achieve the benefits from it you have to be into it and enjoying it, otherwise it can have just the opposite side effect and to actually being a part of breaking your mental health by constantly being reminded that what you are delivering isn't good enough. It isn't in any way possible to just have one method and believe that's the golden way for all children to be successful. Forcing someone into being athletic will only create an unhappy child, where introducing and letting children try it out once in awhile could end up making them interested on their own which will make the situation where the positive benefits starts to arrive.

A4:
From now on our school is obligated to introduce the students from an age of seven to more competitive sports opportunities. This is by law been decided in hope of keeping children interested in activities and making them more competitive which would make them want to reach their own high score and do their best in all situations of life. But this can both have some pros and cons. On one hand it is possible that our children will get into this with the enthusiasm as it is said to be which will make it possible for them to reach a whole new level in all kind of school activities, which will not only make the school healthier but also stronger with a team spirit. On the other hand this interest in sport aren't sure to be shared among all of our students which in some instance could mean we were about to lose these kids. There for it could end up dividing our students into two groups, the athletics and non-athletics. A long way from a team spirit with everyone onboard. Whether if this new law will have a positive influence will only time show. Have you thought about the consequences?