The only story I feel I could relate to was “Let Teen-Agers Try Adulthood”. I have never been racially discriminated against for being white. The only thing I can relate to is the fact that I used to play football from elementary to high school. And they took it a lot easier on us. You always knew who played football because, our team had us wear our jerseys to school every Friday for my entire life. I never realized the fact till I got a little older that half the audience at our games were teachers. And there were always rivalries between schools. At Central High School things were really easy for football and basketball players. Teachers took those two sports very serious. Botstein talked about the fact that sports dominated over culture even. He touches the fact teachers are often former coaches. And teacher for three classes were current coaches.
Hi Kyle,
ReplyDeleteDo you intend to use Botstein's essay for Task Three? If so, what is your focus for this paper if you intend to use this essay? You talk in great length about athletes. Would you agree or disagree that student athletes dominant the school? Once you answer this question, I would suggest that you use your personal examples to reinforce the claims you make.
Ms. C