Every student has had one in a class at some point: an athlete who clearly doesn't belong in the classroom amongst his peers. Perhaps he is outstanding on Saturdays, sacking unsuspecting quarterbacks or crushing running backs in the backfield. Maybe she is an ace softball pitcher, striking out opponents like Felix Hernandez. Or maybe they're just an athlete part of a team nobody cares about who still reaped the benefits of college scholarships and weaseled their way into a university a little over their head. Whatever the situation is, we've all been part of it at some point.
And when you read athletes' assingments like this, what is there to even say? I know that most of you probably don't click on the links that I post, but I highly suggest reading this short poem written by C.J. Leslie, a power forward at NC State. And, granted, another student could be pulling a prank, but doesn't that seem the less-likely explanation?
Going back in time a little bit, there is the famous story of Terelle Pryor, quarterback at Ohio State, forgetting to log off his computer in the lab and another student stumbling upon his work. Pryor was writing a research paper on...research. Again, pretty short "paper," so I highly suggest taking a look at it. Some athletes may go on to make millions of dollars and even those that don't, many will make more than I do in life. But at least I can always take pride in my ability to write complete sentences with proper syntax.
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