The Importance Of Scholarship

Gathering all the information possible, I have realized that a lot of people are unhappy in the world. Many people, for all sorts of different reasons. Zinsser states, “One of the few rights that America does not proclaim is the right to fail. Achievement is a national god, venerated our media---the million-dollar athlete, the wealthy executive---and glorified in our praise of possessions. In the presence of such a potent state religion, the young are growing up old.” Sure, many people fail but why is it looked down upon so greatly? Children in society today are taught to work and succeed in everything you do and you’ll make it to the top. I only began to realize this myself that I’m an elder in a teenage body. Through upbringing, sports, …show more content…
Having a scholarship is great and has lots of perks, such as getting payed to do what you love. Which is what every athlete dreamed of before getting into collegiate level. But growing up with lots of time given into the dedication needed to be great, many suffer from their grades. Learning that I could easily fall ineligible and lose my money and not be able to participate is a lot to lose. The only reason I am at St. Francis is because of the bowling scholarship being so well, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to afford to go to school here. This being so, driving home from practice every day and getting home at 9pm every night, being expected to do homework and study to full potential isn’t exactly what will happen. Staying up most nights until 2am because of the work load and still driving in the morning to school every day can take a toll. Thus, starting a cycle of not getting sleep which causes the time in the classroom to affect my education, then leading back to the problem of staying eligible. Being 18 years old and losing sleep over the fact that this University might not be a part of my future anymore if school gets too much to handle is frightening to