What is a Student athlete? In this essay I will be addressing the definitional issues associated with the term student athlete. The importance of this issue is momentous because of how frequently the term is used in the wrong context. Reading my essay will resolve or cease any confusion or misconception of the term “student athlete”. A student athlete is not someone who puts their sport before any classwork. A student athlete is not someone who doesn't take any pride in doing their own work. A student athlete is not a person who doesn't have any academic integrity and doesn't prioritize and get work done before any practice game/exhibition. A student athlete is one individual who is arguably one of the hardest working students on campus and
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They bring them in to represent their respective team and, in a bigger perspective, the entire university. That being said, they expect a lot more and hold student athletes to a higher expectation that most think. Coaches want their athlete to be present in class every single day. Missing a class is unacceptable and if one is to miss a class the student athlete must notify the coach and the professor explaining to them their reasoning for being absent. Athletes have more pressure bearing down on them than any other student on campus. Most of their pressure comes from school work, studying, and they standards they hold for themselves. The pressure that comes their sport plays a huge role as well. If a student athlete like myself wants tuition and everything of that nature to continue to be free, school must come first to maintain an academic scholarship. Without the correct grades you are ineligible. Some might say a student athlete’s academic achievement may suffer or may be affected due to the amount of work they endure during a regular school week with their respective sport as well as every single class. To the contrary, a student athlete is one of the hardest working students if not the hardest working. Breslow was an example of that. Craig Breslow, a well-known student athlete, studied molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University (3.5 GPA). He took the MCAT in preparation for med school, and scored a remarkable 34 on the exam, far above the average score of a 28. He did this all while excelling on the Yale baseball team. Some opposing arguments made would be that student athletes are becoming more of just “athletic students”, they do not take the class as serious, and that they are full time athletes instead of full time
They bring them in to represent their respective team and, in a bigger perspective, the entire university. That being said, they expect a lot more and hold student athletes to a higher expectation that most think. Coaches want their athlete to be present in class every single day. Missing a class is unacceptable and if one is to miss a class the student athlete must notify the coach and the professor explaining to them their reasoning for being absent. Athletes have more pressure bearing down on them than any other student on campus. Most of their pressure comes from school work, studying, and they standards they hold for themselves. The pressure that comes their sport plays a huge role as well. If a student athlete like myself wants tuition and everything of that nature to continue to be free, school must come first to maintain an academic scholarship. Without the correct grades you are ineligible. Some might say a student athlete’s academic achievement may suffer or may be affected due to the amount of work they endure during a regular school week with their respective sport as well as every single class. To the contrary, a student athlete is one of the hardest working students if not the hardest working. Breslow was an example of that. Craig Breslow, a well-known student athlete, studied molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University (3.5 GPA). He took the MCAT in preparation for med school, and scored a remarkable 34 on the exam, far above the average score of a 28. He did this all while excelling on the Yale baseball team. Some opposing arguments made would be that student athletes are becoming more of just “athletic students”, they do not take the class as serious, and that they are full time athletes instead of full time