The Pros And Cons Of The Dumb Jock Stereotypes

In “Writing To Change the World” Mary Pipher opens up her readers minds to the interesting idea that all writing has the ability to positively impact the world around us and lead to great social changes. Pipher gives good advice on how to make this type of writing and she also explains how each and every one of us in this world can make their own individual impact and contribution to positively affecting our world through the simple act of writing. Pipher Starts things off by explaining that “this is not a book on how to write; rather, it’s a book on how to write in order to improve the world.”

Gathering all the facts necessary to write an essay is not as challenging as it used to be before the Internet and it’s putting our intellectual

Stereotype- a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. Stereotypes show up everywhere, and the stories The Outsiders, a realistic fiction novel by S.E. Hinton, and the short story “The Athletic Snob” by Sam Barnes are no exceptions. In The Outsiders, the town Ponyboy Curtis lives in is divided in two: the rich, wild Socials, or Socs, and the quiet, tough Greasers. Throughout the course of the novel, Ponyboy, his brothers, and his friends start to realize that not all Socs and Greasers fit into people's ideas of who they are. The main character of “The Athletic Snob”, Joe Ricardo, also encounters false stereotypes when he meets an overweight boy named Piggy who doesn't play sports at

Two weeks ago, I laid down on my bed with a paper in tow while staring blankly into the white ceiling. I had an assignment for the track team’s end of the year party. I was not the captain, nor was I a key member of the team. I was not as fast as most of the varsity members. Even in the long jump, my best event, I didn’t make the top ten in states. English was not my best subject, and I especially despised writing

I am writing to share with you the work I have completed during the Spring 2015 semester in Mrs. Miller’s Engl 112 Dual Enrollment College Composition II course at Brooke Point High School. Continuing our work from the first semester, this course emphasized research and argumentative writing for both the social sciences and the humanities, and a very challenging multi-genre project on a topic of our choice. Mrs. Miller encouraged us to strengthen our research skills through the use of annotated bibliographies developed from using readings from our textbook (Graff 2008), and online research databases available through the Germanna Community College Library website, including Opposing Views in Context. I also used Academic Search Complete

I am a girl. I am blonde. I am a college student. I am an athlete. I am a girl, so I am only concerned with my physical appearance. I am blonde, so I am unintelligent and gullible. I am a college student, so I go out and party every weekend. I am an athlete, so I do not do well in school.

Cardale Jones, former Ohio State University football quarterback tweets; “Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain’t come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS” . This tweet continues the stereotype that athletes are stupid and do not care about getting good grades. On average athletes have a higher grade point average than non athletes. In a recent study, it presents that college athletes had a high grade point average, averaging a 3.25, than college students, averaging a 3.01. Not all athletes fall under the dumb jock stereotype.

I think if you had to choose between a girl and a boy to be on your team for dodgeball , you’d choose a boy . It’s in everyone's right mind and mine that boys are more violent than girls . In a lot of studies boys are typically the ones to be more physically aggressive . They are more likely to get into fist fights and threaten others violently . Rather than girls that would typically get into more social and emotional aggressiveness. For example like spreading rumors and having arguments . Boys are more likely to start cussing and getting angry , walking out and making a scene. Also boys are more than likely to be more violent in sports like boxing and competitive in sports like baseball , soccer , track etc…

In 1975, Robert Lipsyte wrote “Jock Culture” which was in “The Sportsmaster.” It didn’t appear in “The Nation” until 2011. Analysis will examine the credibility of the examples used by the author to stage his claims.

To complete Part two, read the following two essays linked here and discuss how the ideas presented in each have impacted your own high school and/or post-high school experiences, here at TTU or elsewhere. You’ll be writing a brief argument that synthesizes the content of these two sources in support of your discussion. The St. Martin's Handbook: Chapter 12f, "Synthesizing Sources" will help you with strategies for synthesizing your sources.

Taking the counselor’s advice, my subject tried out for football, which led him into the educational world of the black athlete. “I became somewhat of an ‘untouchable’ as far as the teachers were concerned. My coaches got tutors for me, but instead of helping me with my homework they sort of did it for me.” The fact that my subject was a good student, an intelligent student, became overshadowed by the idea that the only way he would be able to go to college was through sports.

Ironically, there is a stereotype out there that all athletes or ‘jocks’ are dumb and only care about their muscles. Well I’m about to prove that stereotype wrong. Yes, being an athlete you do have to take care of your body and make sure you are performing at your full potential, but playing sports is also mentally challenging too. The best athletes are the ones who strategize and play smart, whether it’s making plays or using their experience to their best abilities. They are the ones who have great sportsmanship and include everyone in a team effort. Being an athlete definitely kept me out of trouble, taught me how to work with others, but also taught me how to take care of my body.

I have always enjoyed writing, and I believed writing was a subject I was naturally good at. I turned in papers that were still rough drafts, I did not evaluate my sources, nor did I ever take the time to fully understand the prompt. It was not until my first semester of college, in my writing composition course, I realized that I had a lot of work ahead of me to be as good a writer as I thought I was. In the writing course, the students were required to compose several essays using different methods to help progress on the course objectives. The work in this portfolio demonstrates that I have used the methods of synthesis and evaluation of sources to advance my critical thinking skills and develop personal responsibility. Though I have

Over these past few weeks, I have learned many valuable writing skills that I will be able to take with me as I enter my sophomore year of high school. I’ve learned how to be an active reader using annotating. I’ve become a critical and analytical writer that can assert a position in a controlled and presentable manner. Finally, I am able to incorporate media sources and current events into my writing using credible sources. One of the biggest personal changes I’ve experienced in this class is a broader perspective. By watching TED talks and reading ATDPI, I’ve learned about topics I would have never thought about on my own. I learned about what life is like outside the United States in the TED talks by Kim Yong Jim and Malala’s father. I also

Since the beginning of the semester, my writing has changed and evolved to accommodate and sustain longer essays. With longer essays, there is more room for in-depth analysis. Further analyzing a topic has led me to findings that I did not know existed. As I continue to write, I uncover addition and superior methods to approach my writing to the benefit of me and therefore, my audience. Throughout the semester, I have incorporated techniques to further my narrative throughout my writing.