Wednesday, January 31, 2007

One Question: What does it take to be a student athlete and why is it important?

What Does it Take:In order to become a student athlete to me is succeeding in both academics and athletics. There are many more meanings for becoming a student athlete like just playing any sport and being descent at it and getting okay grades, but I don't think that's acceptable. It takes a lot to become a student athlete but hard work is the key to becoming a student athlete. a student athlete is not something that just comes overnight, it is something that takes a lot of hard work and time. Becoming a student athlete is like a habit, you want to all the time to try and do what it takes to become it.
It's Important:Becoming a student athlete is so important to me because there are so many opportunities with just being a student athlete. Succeeding as a student athlete is so important in general because it shows that throughout youe whole life, ou had one goal and that was make it to college and live a successful life........to be continued....
Why Do You Want to Become it?Another reason for what does it take to be a student athlete is that if you really want to become a student athlete, you have to go through a lot obstacles because all at one time you have to worry about your schoolwork as well as your sports and maybe if maybe you have a girlfriend that you have to worry about.
Question I've Been Thinking About For a While:What does it take to be a student athlete is a question that I have been thinking about for about two weeks. I have a couple responses that may be correct for this esential question. In order to become a student athlete, you have to pretty much block off anything in your mind that doesn't have to do with athletics or academics. Doing this can help you because you will be more focused in your sports as well as your academics. Becoming a student athlete takes a lot of sacrifice, but only the ones that are willing to risk it will succeed.
Why Is It Important?It is so important in becoming a student athlete to me because if you are a student athlete, you are treated differently because you are treated as if you are a pro athlete. This is so important to me because it is something that my Mom and Dad have been trying to make me become ever since I was like 10 years old with making sure that I study any free time that I have and that I workout any free time that I have. I know I've said this about a million times but it takes a lot to become a student athlete because there is such a lot of responsibility that you have to take care of, like managing family, school, sports, and girlfriend.
Preparation For Becoming a Student Athlete:This is a video on what you need in order to be a student athlete. It shows the preparation and the will to wanting to be a student athlete. This video shows route and ambitions you will have to take in order to become a student athlete.
Maui Trip Reflection:Over the last week and a half, I went on a baseball trip to Maui which was incredible, I would never forget it because our coaches were telling us that the only way for us to get where we need to go, we have to be students in the classroom and players on the field meaning to tell us that when it is time to focus on our schoolwork we have to focus and when it is time to focus on sports it's time to focus on sports.
What The College Coaches Think:
This is a video on how the NCAA commissioner tells everybody how the NCAA is taking advantage of our student athletes. He's talking about how the road to the Final Four is taking away sometime in the classroom. The NCAA commissioner is saying that becoming a student athlete is really important because it sets them for the future and that is to in whatever professional occupation they try to do.

What's a Student Athlete to me:In order to become a student athlete to me is to have the strive in the classroom as well as on the fiels on the court or field. I waant to be a student athlete because it is easier to get into college and it is easier to get scholarships in either academics or athletics.

Obstacles for being a Student athlete:
If or whenever you think you are a student athlete, there are many obstacles that you will have to face on order for yourself to really call yourself a student athlete. These obstacles include having to deal with having many issues in school such as having a girlfriend and at the same time having problems with your family because they don't like your girlfriend. This is a big obstacle because it takes a lot of concentration off on what you're trying to accomplish which what is happening to me now.

Reality and Life

Here is something that resembles my life as a start.

In my life I know my desires
That makes me anxious,
Making me feel like I am lit up on fire.
I know what life brings to me,
Reality and fantasy,
But most of all my family.
I know I love them with all my heart,
Beacause in life they gave me a good start.

I know I like to play sports
Such as football, basketball, and baseball.
These sports make me happy in many ways,
Like winning a championship or maybe just
Being in love.
I know it's hard to fall in love,
It takes time a lot of time.

I know school is suppose to be hard
Because I hate seeing my report card.
I know it's something everybody hates.
I know it's something nobody wants,
I do not know why people like it.

Kimo Makaula