Sunday, March 4, 2012
Student Athletes
People may think that athletes in school have it easy but we don't. Some people think we get away with everything but that's not true. It's tough to be a student athlete. Between practice, games, traveling and class it is very hard to find time to do your homework or to get everything done that you need to do. Another thing is that even if your sport ends, you still don't get a break. There's off season and for fall athletes there is spring season which includes gym, practice, class and games. Most of the practices and games are late at night so you don't get back until late. For me, I play two sports so I have double the gym time, double the practice and all day track meets. Another thing is that there is a team GPA and all the coaches obviously want it to be high so they expect you to get good grades and get mad when you don't. I hold a lot of respect for other student athletes because it is a rough life. Even though it is tough, I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's the life I chose and I'm gonna make the best of it.
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Your ability to play a sport and keep up your grades will put you in a good position when you are looking for a teaching position. Those who are school administrators surely know how difficult it is to "juggle all of these activities" while you are in college and they respect those students who do. As a two-sport athlete you are proving to everyone that you can multi-task (big time) and still maintain an acceptable GPA. Employers are looking for those types of people. You are right............this is a lots of work but the work is well worth it. You should be proud of yourself I would like to hear more about your team and how it is doing. I do know that the Caldwell College female athletes are a very close knit group and they appear to be very happy with their life here at the college. They all make me smile. Dr. Ries
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