Easy ‘A’ for College Athletes?
Do college athletes get an easy college education?
- Before your semester starts, decide what commitments you have that are so absolutely important that you can’t miss them. Make sure they can’t be rescheduled.
- Set up an appointment to meet with your professor to discuss these commitments. Make sure to tell your professor why they are an important part of your life, why they can’t be rescheduled, and most importantly, how they will enhance your experience as a student (and prepare you for life after school).
- Ask your professor what you can do to make up missed work beforehand to show him/her that you are really serious about taking the class and doing the work. Be willing to go above and beyond what was originally required of you in order to satisfy your professor.
- Follow through with what you discussed with your professor. Failing to live up to your end of the bargain will not only result in a lower grade for you, but it will also make your professor less likely to make exceptions for anyone else in the future.
- Stay in constant communication with your professor. Remind him/her of your upcoming event and when you will miss class. And of course, remember to say “thank you” for any exceptions they make…your commitment means extra work for them!
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Gee, I’m so surprised to see that a former jock is writing an article suggesting that jocks are terrific students. Are we not aware that school is supposed to be about EDUCATION, and no playing games? We’ve so immersed ourselves into sports in this country that we’ve completely lost the understanding that “sports” really means “play.”
No other country in the world connects sports and education the way we do. Other people in the world recognize that the value of an education is more important than the status of being a sports figure (however fleeting it may be for most of them). The idea that a faculy member would do more work and spend more time on students just because they chose to be on sports teams really staggers me. They need to be held accountable to attendance, deadlines, and LEARNING just the same as any other student (e.g., the ones you WOULDN’T allow to miss class or deadlines).