PG 316: Importance Of Education For Young Professional Athletes

CHAPTER 6 (PG 316)
1. What is the topic of the passage?
Importance of education for the young professional athletes.
2. What is the central message of the passage?
Any professional athletes should not miss their education too as it is vital for their future.
3. Determine what is at issue. What is your initial personal viewpoint? Issue: Most of the parents of young sports athletes neglect education and gives priority to their children’s career. Personal viewpoint: We do agree that education should be given main priority despite being a young professional athlete as education is important for securing a good career after retirement from sports.
4. Distinguish among opposing viewpoints, and provide the rationale for each.
Opposing
Athletes are often forced to contend with the early age of career termination, the need to find another career to pursue, and the diverse ways in which they choose to or are forced to leave their sport. Many are lost when the reality of the real life sinks in and find it hard to cope.
Education can often be overlooked by professional athletes, once they have made it to their desired sports league. This is a major concern because many professional athletes have no funds or career options to fall back on. Without a college degree, higher education, or in some instances even a high school diploma; there are limited options to explore in the world outside of athletic.
An athlete with a good academic background will be able to adapt to a career transition easily. They are well equipped with good social skills and self- esteem which mainly comes from real world experience. These makes the scope of jobs wider and not only confined to the world of sports but to all walks of life. No doubt that an athlete who has a good education is able to maintain a good balance in their life by pursuing other career which might not be related to the world of
The story starts off with a young boy Bibi and his father, Bobinot shopping at a store. While shopping they notice clouds high in the sky and a storm is brewing on the horizon. Bibi is worried that his mother, Calixta who is at home alone, will be scared of the storm. Bobinot tells his son that his mother will be fine and not to worry about her. They shopped and waited at the store for the storm to pass. Meanwhile at home Calixta starts to shut the doors and windows when she sees that the sky is dark. As Calixta runs out to take the clothes which are hung out, she saw her ex-lover Alcee who is looking for shelter from the storm and she invites him in. Calixta tells Alcee that she worries about her husband and son who are out to shop at a store and they are not back home yet. She is at the window looking at storm and starts to cry. Alcee hugs her to calm her down. Claxita pulls away but her ex-lover pulls her closer and this had made his infatuation with her returns. Alcee kisses Claxita and it brought them to memories of their past romance so they ended up giving into their sexual desires. They spend time together happily and Alcee left after the storm ends. Then as Calixta is preparing supper, Bibi and Bibinot are back home. She is happy that they are fine. Then they sit down together to eat dinner. Alcee who is married to Clarisse and they have children. Later that night, he writes to