Everyone has heard the stereotypes about the air headedness of the jock and "bimbo" population. According to films, T.V. sitcoms, and news shows, many athletes tend to be portrayed as air headed Greek god-like people who only serve the purpose of being complete assholes and put points on the score boards. Many athletes are seen as stupid people who are allowed more tolerance on academic activities and feel superior towards everyone else. Many movies portray student athletes as just athletes that take snooze classes just to get by with a C and just make the grade in order to be eligible to perform on the field.
However, many people don’t realize that much of the time, there is a strong correlation between athletics and high performances in the classroom. Study halls and mandatory study hours actually propel athletes to succeed in the classroom contrary to the stereotypical idea that they had someone cheat for them in order to make the grade.
Many teenage based movies hype up the stereotypical characteristics associated with athletes. The news media is another enforcer of this stereotype seeing as when a riot breaks out in a college campus, it headlines the national news but when an athlete makes the All-Academic and the All-American teams in the same year, the news is just a quick news flash that airs for a whole eight seconds.
However, many people don’t realize that much of the time, there is a strong correlation between athletics and high performances in the classroom. Study halls and mandatory study hours actually propel athletes to succeed in the classroom contrary to the stereotypical idea that they had someone cheat for them in order to make the grade.
Many teenage based movies hype up the stereotypical characteristics associated with athletes. The news media is another enforcer of this stereotype seeing as when a riot breaks out in a college campus, it headlines the national news but when an athlete makes the All-Academic and the All-American teams in the same year, the news is just a quick news flash that airs for a whole eight seconds.
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What you said about how people tend to brand athletes as stupid or dumb is absolutely true. I think that the reason for many people assuming these things about athletes is because they are jealous of them and that’s the only way that they seem to feel better about themselves. Many people believe that athletes are dumb because they what are called selective memories. Whenever they hear about a smart athlete they disregard it because it doesn’t agree with their beliefs. Then as soon as they hear about a less than intelligent athlete they remember that because it agrees with their beliefs.
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