Good Talent, But Bad Grades!
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Having talent is special to have, and it should be used in a positive way. Using talent as a way to succeed in life is great, because if you keep working hard finding success is what's going to happen. Playing a sport as a good way to keep away from the trouble happens around this world, and working hard will be a help to keep a positive mind. Being good at a sport requires the ability to work hard, and to put in lots of time. Everyone wants to have the talent like former NBA star Michael Jordan, and Scottie Pippen, but being willing to put in the hard work remains the question. There are student athletes in the world today who have great talent, but being able to keep that talent is the hard part.
One of the biggest issues in the sports world today is that we see great student athletes, but having the ability to keep their grades up is something that they find hard to achieve. Bringing in good grades is more important then the talent an athletes has, because without an education your considered a person that failed at his smarts in school. It's great to work hard at your talent, but working harder in the classroom is the importance's of everything. There's an understanding that school work can take your ability to send time on your sport, but if that is a problem focusing on your school work should be the main idea. Some student athletes have the talent, but they choose to fail in school when they know passing is important. It's not good for an athlete to depend on their talent, and forget about what happens in the classroom. That has happened to other athletes and with their dreams of going to colleges like Ohio State, Florida State, and others, they had to attend a community college and from their nobody hear of them. Not being able to bring in good grades will stop an athletes dreams from becoming true, because I have seen it. Student athletes that don't take school serious, and just worry about being a great athlete, that will erase their future plans and it's sad that we have that hear today.
Cincinnati Bengals' wide receiver Chad Johnson had to deal with the seem problem when he was in high school, and playing football, being the best was the only thought in his mind. School work wasn't for him, and playing football and trying to get his family a better life was his focus. Behavior problems, and not being able to stay out of trouble was what Chad Johnson was known for and not having anybody but his high school football coach. Their wasn't any question that having the will to put in the hard work, and not given up was what Chad Johnson was cable of, but the most important one wasn't good in Chad Johnson's book. Having his coach by his side, and being their for him was enough to turn Chad Johnson into a athlete that was able to bring in good grades. This is a great example, because their was times when Chad Johnson was looking at his to be a waist of time to everyone who tried to help him. If theirs any athletes that isn't willing to put in time to bring in good grades, then studying Chad Johnson's life is something they should take a look into, because he went through the same problem and it was almost over for him. Working hard is the key for a student athlete, but if school work is a problem and failing grades is an issues then taking care of that comes first. If an student athletes isn't willing to put in the time for their school work, then quiting on your talent should be a consideration, because it isn't going to work out with no knowledge of education. The sad part about all of this is student athletes understand this problem, but it's isn't important to them. These kids are young, and giving them knowledge isn't going to help sometimes, When their at the high school level there mind set is "I Know It All", and that stops them from becoming a person with knowledge at a young age. Jason Gwaltney was a high school football star at North Babylon, New York, and his productiveness on the football field had everyone predicting that he was going to the NFL. With his three seasons at North Babylon high school he was able to put up good numbers, he had 5112 yards and 90 touchdowns. In the year of 2003, Jason Gwaltney was able to bring in 2,601 yards and 45 touchdowns. In Jason Gwaltneys junior year, he was able to broke the Long Island record with 79 touchdowns in his career at North Babylon. Having the special talent is what everyone was saying about Jason Gwaltney, and with that he was able to attend West Virginia University. His freshmen season happen to be a great look for him, but with his inability to succeed in his class work he no longer could attend West Virginia University and he wasn't able to finish his freshmen season. With his big let down he had to enroll at Nassau Community college in New York, and with his class work being horrible has wasn't able to attend Nassau Community college as well. Personally, I think his high school teachers were just given him passing grades, because of who he was and that's sad. When this happens to a student athlete, it's going to make it hard for them to succeed in life and Jason Gwaltney is a great example.
