Question

How important is the role of sports in your life? Certain school officials in Mexico believe that sports should be a mandatory part of school life. They see sports as an important aid in combating physical and mental health issues. Read any online article in Spanish on this issue and write a summary of the article in English, explaining your perspective on the same. Feel free to use any online Spanish dictionary for words that you don’t understand.
Can someone help? I do not understand this.

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

How important is the role of sports in your life?

The article in Spanish that I read is titled "La SEP retomará enfoque en educaión física." (The Mexican Education Department will review its approach on sports). It appeared on the online site called "Observatorio," in November 2019.

The author writes about the way the Education Department of Mexico is going to evaluate the way sports are practice from elementary school to college level. This of course, in public schools only.

It is true that certain school officials in Mexico believe that sports should be a mandatory part of school life. They see sports as an important aid in combating physical and mental health issues. And this approach is shared by the author in his article.

He continues to say that up until today, not all schools nationwide have assumed that role of prioritizing the sports activity as part of the formative lessons learned in the school environment. That is why on the federal level. the Department is analyzing the kind of changes it needs to implement to stress the importance of sports in public education.