Stereotypes Of Student Athletes Essay

Throughout my research I have come upon many useful resources on almost every aspect relating to stereotypes of student-athletes. I have decided to focus my research on what I feel like is the most applicable in understanding what is thought about a student-athletes and how these stereotypes can affect their athletic and educational performance. I will first determine all the different stereotypes not only student, but professors have as well as how the color of your skin has an affect on them. I will outline whether being a student-athlete is more difficult than a non-athlete or not and focus on race as a minority in the reasons behind these characterizations. I will also focus on the opinions of student-athletes, comparing participants results, …show more content…
I’ve always enjoyed being looked at as an athlete, especially with my sport becuase people seemed to think it was very cool. However, if I’m being completely honest there's a little part of me that wished people would just look at me as a normal student like them and not only as an athlete. Looking back on all the years spent on being a student-athlete, I’ve come to realize the way I was looked at by people started to change as I got older. When it came to senior year and everyone was getting rejection letters from colleges they really wanted to go to, I thought about how I don’t technically get to experience that. Not saying that was something I necessarily wanted to experience, but it’s something I wasn’t able talk about with my friends. I was constantly looked at the girl who didn’t have to worry about school because I had diving to help me get into college.
It was quite obvious people looked at me as someone who was lucky, and yes, I would agree with them. However, being an athlete and having that help me get into college is not something I liked to talk about a lot. It was cool going through the process and being recognized but I never