College Athletes Reading and Writing Ability.

CNN analysis: Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th-graders

Gamin, Sara. "Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th graders." CNN. Turner Broadcasting System Inc., 8 Jan. 2014. Web. 27 Jan. 2014. <http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-athletes-reading-scores/index.html?hpt=hp_t1>.

LaMonaca, Mike. "UNC Chapel Hill." Photograph. Flickr. Yahoo, 7 Nov. 2012. Media. 27 Jan. 2014. <http://goo.gl/wMc5pJ> 

In this article it is talking about the athletes education levels that now go to college. The teachers are finding out that most of them can't read past a 8th grade level. After learning this, they are questioning how they made it through high school without anybody noticing it. 

This relates to the normal high school students that don't care about how they do in school. Some of the teacher's will just give grades so the student doesn't have to stay in their class any longer. There is even cases in which teachers are payed to give grades to pass a child along. Nobody in the world can survive on their own without some type of knowledge of how to read and write. 

When I take a place in this article it really makes me think how often kids get pushed through school knowing anything. It makes me mad that some kid work their butts off to maintain grades that they try so hard to earn. Then you hear that college athletes can't do the stuff normal middle school and high school student can do, and they've got that far without anybody knowing. It affects my life by the fact people don't do anything and get stuff I or somebody else could never get in our lifetime. They didn't even work towards it, they got their gift to help them through it. 

Ethan Couch Story

Gray, Madison. "The Affluenza Defense: Judge Rules Rich Kid’s Rich Kid-ness Makes Him Not Liable for Deadly Drunk Driving Accident." Time News Feed. 12 Dec. 2013. 9 Jan. 2014. Web. <http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/12/the-affluenza-defense-judge-rules-rich-kids-rich-kid-ness-makes-him-not-liable-for-deadly-drunk-driving-accident/> 

The article I decided to read was about a 16 year rich boy named Ethan Couch getting away with what he done. He thought he could go out and get completely intoxicated and nothing happen. Something did happen and it killed 4 innocent people and injured 2 other people. Instead of getting the penalty for killing these people, he claimed he had a weird disease. “Affluenza” and that's pretty much saying he’s too rich to care about his actions he does.

This article really doesn't connect with our classes right now but it connects with wild teens. When they see this they can think they can get away with reckless actions. That’s sending a bad picture for teens that don’t think fully about the stuff they do. Then they’re gonna try and get away with stuff Couch did that tragic night and hurt themselves or others. This does connect with all high schools around the U.S.

My opinion on this is very deep. Couch murdered these people and got away with absolutely no time or anything. If anything one night in the most run down jail would have maybe done this boy good. Then his parents are paying a half million dollars to send him to a fancy rehab. If I put myself in the place of the person that lost a loved one I definitely wouldn't stop with his sentencing. I would push until I got some type of result. Couch will always think if I got away with this I can easily do it again.

Sprezzatura Images. "STOP Affluenza, or Pot. Kettle. Black. Bethesda Style." Photograph. Flickr. Yahoo, 25 Dec. 2008. Media. 10 Jan. 2013. <http://goo.gl/9I7MOc>