Being a student athlete has it's many pros and cons. The pros about playing the sport is that you can excel and be great at it, yet the cons are you have to know that books come before sports. You have to be able to cut it in the class to be able to participate in any sport. Out of all the sports, football is the sport most individuals look at, and say that most of the players are not well educated. People think that just because you play football that you don't care about education. The thing that has put me out of sink of not being labeled as a "dumb jock" is my mother, who has taught me that education is first, and everything else wold work out after that.
Attending Fairfind High was an experience I will never forget. At Fairfind I played football for four years and went through many ups and downs, not only on the field but in the classroom. Before Fairfind became a school, there was a plan to eliminate sports and have a school were education came first. Some how sports were able to go on but it would be hard to deal with the criteria of the work and play sports as well. Before school began my ninth grade year my mom told me how Fairfind had a vote, deciding whether there was going to be sports or not. Already knowing that I was going to play football, my mother had extra concern on my education. She told me that education is the key to becoming successful in life. She has instilled that in me ever since I was little, but she wanted to really let me know since my school really didn't want sports. I went to school on a mission that my mother had instilled in me about education, that I will work hard on the field but work even harder in the classroom. During my freshmen year I played junior varsity and kept a low profile not letting my teachers know that I played football. It wasn't until my sophomore year when I started varsity and had to work very hard on the field because it was a big boost from junior varsity to starting varsity.
Laurie: Do you know what Jock? Jock: What? ... Jock: Well it is a bloody disgrace This illustrates how a reader is able to interpret Laurie and Jock's tone as very angry and also arrogant. ... Geoff: It's not that I am not attracted to women, Jock. ... Ted: That's what I think of - Jock: overweight drunks? ...
The character Jock is revealed as being a very unlikable character, he is egocentric, gullible, prejudice and foolish. ... Jock appears foolish and gullible when Geoff reveals an unbelievable comic story about his incestuous relationships with his mother and legless sister and his father suicide. Geoff decides to teach Jock a lesson by catching him out in his own arrogance. ... Gerry and Jock try to exert power whilst defying tradition and loyalty that Ted, Laurie, and Danny possess. ...
Men (jocks) are steryotyped to be dumb and to be violent. ... All jocks are not as dumb as the media perpetuates them to be. ... Next the media perpetuates jocks to be violent. ... This is one example of how the media shows jocks being violent. ... Jocks are portrayed as being not intelligent and being violent. ...
This wasn't fair at all towards him because he was the nicest guy who would stand up for anyone that couldn't stand up for themselves against a bully or malicious jock. ... His idea was to get some of the misfits of Cutter High including Chris to get them all letterman jackets to get even with the super jocks of the school. ... The jocks of Cutter High were all jerks about it though saying there was a no tolerance rule about wearing a letterman jacket if you didn't earn it. ... He was the super jock of Cutter High that picked on Chris for wearing his dead brother's jacke...
We label each other as freaks and geeks, snobs and jocks, and the floaters. ... Most fights you see in high school are between freaks and jocks because the jocks have the attitude that they are better and cannot except their differences. ... The snobs and jocks are two groups that stay together. ... The jocks do not do the same I am sure but they do always look good and it is obvious that they are trying to impress everyone. ... Another way you could describe snobs and jocks are the popular crowd. ...
Jock Young attempts to address three claims made by those in support of whaling: (Young, 2000) (1) Granting excessive protection to a particular element of the marine ecosystem will lead to disruption of the biological balance in the same manner as excessive harvesting. ...
The "in crowd" was comprised of the jocks, the cheerleaders, the dancers, and the regular "in crowd" popular people who, did not participate in anything in particular. The jocks were of course the best-looking guys that every girl in the school wanted to date. ... The jocks were the prom princes and kings, and the homecoming kings. ... Of course they were the pretty girls that the jocks wanted to date. ... Then you have just the "in crowd" people, who were usually just thrown in because they were friends with the jocks, cheerleaders and dancers. ...
Though his parent did not make fun of him, his brother and his jock friends did. ... The cliché of jocks ruling the school is largely true. Jocks usually get the attention because they win athletic games not computer games. ... The most compelling line from the video is also aimed towards the jocks. ... Not only does he threaten the jocks but also ethnic minorities. ...
