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High school jocks - Janitors, grocery baggers, mickey d's jobs?

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GoodToGo

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So I am reading this article in Maddox and I know he certainly has a habit of exagerrating things but do high school jocks really have fun in school only to get hired in McDonald's or any other sh1tty job? I did not attend high school in America so I really am curious about this.
 
Well, some jocks actually made it big, but those jocks were also smart people simultaneously. But keep in mind that doing really well in school doesn't always mean you're gonna make the big bucks...there's college jocks who are execs and such now too I think. Although of course, college jocks aren't high school jocks.

Plus there's also the jocks who actually were good enough to become pro sports players, and those are rich too.

So I guess my point is that as long as you're smart and a jock you'll probably be a-ok, but if you're a dumb@ss jock who wasn't at the PEAK of his sport, you're gonna be a loser.

Unless you win the lottery.
 
Originally posted by: TekDemon
Well, some jocks actually made it big, but those jocks were also smart people simultaneously. But keep in mind that doing really well in school doesn't always mean you're gonna make the big bucks...there's college jocks who are execs and such now too I think. Although of course, college jocks aren't high school jocks.
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So college jocks are much better off than high school jocks? Seeing the amount of time they spend playing and the fact that their grades plain suck (well most of them not all), how would they be better off?
 
Originally posted by: GoodToGo
Originally posted by: TekDemon
Well, some jocks actually made it big, but those jocks were also smart people simultaneously. But keep in mind that doing really well in school doesn't always mean you're gonna make the big bucks...there's college jocks who are execs and such now too I think. Although of course, college jocks aren't high school jocks.
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So college jocks are much better off than high school jocks? Seeing the amount of time they spend playing and the fact that their grades plain suck (well most of them not all), how would they be better off?
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Well this might not apply to all campuses, but at my college the football jocks have their own frats(actually it's not just football, other teams too) and frats have ways to make sure their members' GPAs stay decent, and also help hook you up after college with networking for jobs. Networking can help you a LOT with that sort of thing, so from what I understand the jocks who graduated from those frats are usually pretty successful.

And I suppose on campuses where the sports teams aren't in frats(haha which campus is that anyway) just being on the team means the team members will probably hook you up anyway.

By the way the method of boosting GPAs most frats do is that they have a collection of the old exams for the courses you're taking from like 20 years ago till now. So if a teacher only recycles older stuff, you have ALL of it. A lot of teachers just recycle from slightly longer ago than what they give you as a practice exam, so if you're in a frat you can just do like 10 incarnations of the exam and pretty much ace it.

I'm not in a frat but for this one class where I got the hookup from an older friend of mine, I nailed a 100 on the final exam. Originally the hookup had confused me since my friends old exams had the wrong answers a lot of the time(dammit) so my 2nd midterm wasn't quite as good(but still an A or A- maybe), but for the final I decided to check all the answers against the textbook and notes one by one, and by the time I walked into the final exam there was only ONE question that I hadn't just done the night before(I stayed up all night). So I finished the exam in like 10 minutes and got a 100. That was also an easy class by the way, but this sort of technique works for all kinds of classes, and I kinda wish I had access to this kinda thing for all my courses =(

So a lot of college jocks at my college actually have pretty good GPAs. Sure it's sorta cheating, but not really cheating either. More like an unfair advantage that's not really cheating since it's just old exams.

See this is the kinda crap you wish you knew when you were a freshman in college. But no, you only learn the ins and outs of college after being there for a while and by then you've already shot yourself in the foot time and time again. BLAH!
 
LoL TekDemon... going over old tests over and over is called studying. Most teachers post old tests/results for that reason.
 
Originally posted by: TekDemon


Well this might not apply to all campuses, but at my college the football jocks have their own frats(actually it's not just football, other teams too) and frats have ways to make sure their members' GPAs stay decent, and also help hook you up after college with networking for jobs. Networking can help you a LOT with that sort of thing, so from what I understand the jocks who graduated from those frats are usually pretty successful.

And I suppose on campuses where the sports teams aren't in frats(haha which campus is that anyway) just being on the team means the team members will probably hook you up anyway.

By the way the method of boosting GPAs most frats do is that they have a collection of the old exams for the courses you're taking from like 20 years ago till now. So if a teacher only recycles older stuff, you have ALL of it. A lot of teachers just recycle from slightly longer ago than what they give you as a practice exam, so if you're in a frat you can just do like 10 incarnations of the exam and pretty much ace it.

I'm not in a frat but for this one class where I got the hookup from an older friend of mine, I nailed a 100 on the final exam. Originally the hookup had confused me since my friends old exams had the wrong answers a lot of the time(dammit) so my 2nd midterm wasn't quite as good(but still an A or A- maybe), but for the final I decided to check all the answers against the textbook and notes one by one, and by the time I walked into the final exam there was only ONE question that I hadn't just done the night before(I stayed up all night). So I finished the exam in like 10 minutes and got a 100. That was also an easy class by the way, but this sort of technique works for all kinds of classes, and I kinda wish I had access to this kinda thing for all my courses =(

So a lot of college jocks at my college actually have pretty good GPAs. Sure it's sorta cheating, but not really cheating either. More like an unfair advantage that's not really cheating since it's just old exams.

See this is the kinda crap you wish you knew when you were a freshman in college. But no, you only learn the ins and outs of college after being there for a while and by then you've already shot yourself in the foot time and time again. BLAH!
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i dont know if what you're talkinb about apply to any campuses. never have i heard of a fraternity inwhich only athletes are a member of..or even associated with... nor have i known any singular athlete to be a member of a fraternity.
further, most of the athletes are bs Communications/Kinesiology/Education majors... meaning no jobs after graduation and no pro draft. in fact, at my school, 95% of the big-time athletes (bball & football) are under 'Education - Community and Youth Studies'... not only that.. its a NON-certification track (which all but officially disqualifies the degree)... conveniently, this degree plan is under "Frozen" status for the general academe... ie its only allowed for athletes

and all that other stuff relating to old tests... sure some frats have test banks... lots of professors also make old tests available for studying purposes.
basically everything just stems from the assumption that athletes are members of fraternities, with access to huge test archives, do well in school, and pretty much have a secured future....

all of which are wholly untrue

 
Originally posted by: fredtam
Originally posted by: fredtam
That guy has issues but I guess its partly true.
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I take that back. He is fccking hilarious after a bit more reading.
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i was about to infor you of this

its obviously all humor, and hilarious indeed. once your ead the current stuff, go to the archives...all funny as hell
 
I think you can make that generalization about any grouping, you're going to have the successful ones and not so successful ones, especially coming out of high school. It's just that jocks are much easier to identify vs MMPORG players (for example). Some of the most intelligent and dedicated people I've met have been jocks, they manage to balance schoolwork with practice, something I probably couldn't manage. And the networking is a definate plus.

Wait, come to think of it, I'm on the crew team so that would make me a jock too😉
 
Here is my observation from high school. The football team was exactly like that, as described in the article. The players did nothing but play and couldn't care less about studies. There was only one who was good at studies. Same with the bball team. But other sports like tennis, wrestling, and baseball had a lot of very bright students who weren't exactly the stereotype of a jock. But I guess jock usually referes to someone who plays football.
 
Two of my cousins were high school jocks. Studying and education was not that important to them, maybe they thought they could go pro.... They did not go to college and now they are getting by with crap jobs. But then I have cousins who did not consider studying and education to be important they are getting by with crap jobs too.

 
HS sports don't mean a whole lot unless you're exceptional. so if you suck at school and are just a decent player, you don't really have anything going for you.
 
Originally posted by: Hammer
HS sports don't mean a whole lot unless you're exceptional. so if you suck at school and are just a decent player, you don't really have anything going for you.
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If I am reading correctly, most of you are saying that only the exceptional cases do well?
 
If I had kids, I would not let them play organized high school sports unless they kept at least a B+ average in college prep courses. Education provides the best opportunities.
 
Just another Maddox rant while he saves up enough cash for more Taiwanese hookers 😉
 
Originally posted by: Sysadmin
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Just another Maddox rant while he saves up enough cash for more Taiwanese hookers 😉
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That shouldn't take to much cash 😉

Sysadmin
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He has to pay for round trip airfare, hotels, ect. the hookers are the cheap part :Q
 
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