WEEK 13 (Text Response)

"The typical Division 1 college football player devotes 43.3 hours per week to his sport [scheduled practices, lifting sessions, watching tapes...) --That's 3.3 more hours than the tpyical American work week." (Atschuler, The Sports Digest) According to additional research from this same source, It reads more than half of student-athletes said they spend seven or more hours a week outside of scheduled practices, on their sport. (The Sport Digest) With all the time they put in, these athletes can barely juggle academics and athletics, making it near impossible to juggle school, sports and a job. I argue that athlete's deserve a paycheck for the hard work they put into their sport team. I am not saying alot, but a couple hundred dollars a month should be enough for their day-to-day necessities. It would simply act as a job for a source of money. We put a lot of pressure on our student-athltes. This acticle states how we push athletes very hard, almost too hard. Knowing this knowledge in detail, I feel even stronger when I say- I think they deserve to be compencated for their very hard work. It's their job and duty to perform on the court, field, ot ect. Why dont we pay them for thier effort? It's not right that we arent.... this acticle is very eye-opening to what we put athlete through. we really should compensate them!

BLOG: WEEK 12

I have consumed much of my time towards my next big writing project. (Writing Project 3) In doing so, I have gained a bunch of knowledge in researching my topic. My topic for this assignment is arguing why I believe college athletes should get paid. This always will make for a great blog topic. In the past few decades, the popularity of college sports has gained quite a bit of hype. Whether it be Division 1 football or basketball, these players put theie blood, sweat, and tears into the sport. Sports aren't about fun and games by the time you are in college. College sports have turned into a big time buesiness! These athletes bring in enormous revenue to their Universities, as well as increasing the popularity of that college's reputation. In recent years, a controversial question has come up and remains as a debatable topic. Should students who play sports get extra benefits by being paid because they are a college athlete? Yes, I believe so, The student athletes deserve at least enough money to have a normal students life. A couple hundred dollars a month should be enough for their general day-to-day necessities. The sport simply acts as a job for a source of money. Additional reasoning on why pay for play is good, includes: Scholarships do not actually cover all an athletes expenses, student athletes should be compensated for their work, it will be treated as their job that they get paid for, if sudents get paid than they may be motivated to stay in school longer and get their degree.

BLOG NUMBER 11

It's time for another text responce. And, that means I'm voicing my opinion again. Which, I feel these blogs have turned me into quite an opinionated person. I am centering my feelings on a topic and standing strong in where I stand. Usually, I choice topics, for our 'text responce' blogs, in which I am on the opposing side in relations to the author. In feeling against a topic, I tend to raddle myself up. I am a passionate person. I have always stood up for whats right! Because of this class, I am now an opinionated person and one who has learned to argue my point very well. Better or for worse, I am proud to develop a skill that emotionly charges an environment and puts purpose in conversation! Bring any argument on! The text I read this week, inspired by a classmates argumentative writing assignment, is about the pageant world. The article I read, as I did further research, is entitled: "Teen Beauty Pageants can Teach Teens Many Valuable Life Lessons". Along with my classmate, I am disturbed immensly by this article. Trujillo, the aurthor, mentions how beauty pageants help girls to develop 'thick skin'. If 'thick skin' in this article refers to: depression, compitition for who's prettiest (pageant losers= ugly), eating disorders, low self-esteeme, low self-confidence, and the lose of one's childhood, well than 'thick skin' is the perfect phrase! :( Little girls are getting all the wrong ideas of what beauty is, by participation in such events! Little girls are told how to dress, what to say, and how to portray themself, all of which take away from that individual discovering themself. All their actions are performed primarily to satisfy the judges, as well as their appearance. Sadly, their appearance is based on the false body image the media puts forth. for example, a skinny body is a perfect body. A child, who participates in these beauty pageants, has absolutely no ability to discover their inner self. Inner beauty is the most important lesson for every girl. A woman is only as beautiful on the outside, as she is in the inside. But, these compititions only highlight the appearience, rather than who the person is deeper than the survise. Hopless little girls are being taught to have such an unnatural obsession with physical appearances. Something that shouldnt even cross a child's mind. Little girls, in my opinion, are mothers trained protigies. (It's hard to find a nice way of putting it.) Dont mothers want better for their children? Why cant they find a better "hobby" (I wouldnt call beauty pageants a hobby) that will enable a girl to flourish, oppossed to withering their self worth in such an unhealthy, ridiculous competition.