Taking aim at the young adult demographic, Jesse Andrews’ fictional work Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a force to be reckoned with. Written from the perspective of Greg Gaines, the awkward high school senior protagonist, who by choice does not belong to any one social group. With no ‘friends’ but a ‘co-worker’ Earl, he makes mediocre film parodies. Greg documents what happened to him during his senior year when his mother forces him to befriend a girl he once knew, Rachel, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The pair form a genuine friendship as Greg tries not to form any emotional attachment, as he believes would be the end of the world.…
Universities and NCAA Division I athletic programs are closely connected in many ways. One of the main ways these two are connected is based on finances. There are several financial positions that are established. While all points display problems with the finances, these perspectives are different problems. One perspective is that financial spending is usually not self-sustainable with rising costs, showing a need to use as many resources as possible to keep the programs alive. Some think that the limit of resources should be better distributed to academic spending. Some think that there are resources that are available for students to be paid as employees. My position is that some spending should be cut away from athletics, as it is proven…
New England was the colonial region had the best chance to be a country. New England seemed to have a little of everything. It has agriculture, manufacturing, shipbuilding and fishing. The Middle Colonies and the South were mostly farming areas. So New England had the best of everything and could have been a country and been successful.…
The theory of Utilitarianism was first developed by Jeremy Bentham who was a philosopher of the 18th century. Bentham developed this theory to create a modern and rational approach to morality which would suit the changing society.…
Many people believe that the money generated from the sports played by these kids should be given back to them as they are the ones drawing the fans to these events. However few realize how little schools actually gain money by participating in the National Colligate Athletics Association. A recent study conducted by USA today showed that there are only 40 schools that consistently turn profits from the sports that they host. (Whiteside, USAtoday.com) This means that out of approximately 200 schools who participate in division one sports, only 1/5 actually would have money available to give back to the student athletes. Furthermore, it would be unfair to provide the students who play the sports, the money that is generated from their events, rather then putting the money back into the schools. Although…
In the last few years our nation has been faced with enormous budget constraints. Nearly every state has either reduced education funding or has maintained funding at a certain level due to the economic downturn of the nation. School districts have needed to find ways to do more with less, especially in the Sunnyside Unified School District. Most of the funding in our district goes toward technology. Although technology is a big part of our 21st Century goals, over funding for one area has been detrimental for our athletic programs. This poses a problem because athletics can be an incentive for students and can encourage them to keep up academically to stay eligible to play. Another important aspect of sports is that it teaches valuable life skills such as adversity, teamwork, integrity, honesty, and responsibility. Sports also build school spirit for both athletes and non-athletes. For these reasons it is important that we keep high school athletics going for students and schools. To improve athletic funding, as an administrator reaching out to local businesses, implementing fundraising campaigns, and organizing booster clubs would be best to financially support the athletic programs at the school.…
Of all the money generated by the athletic department of a university, 80% is from football and 20%is form men’s basketball. The other 10 sports either break even or lose money. All of the profit from football and basketball is used to help small sports such as golf, swimming and woman’s volleyball, or the school reinvests it by buying new facilities or expanding the stadium. In order to pay player, $164,000 would be taken form that budget and distributed among 82 wild frat boys. All most every small sport would vanish faster than you could buy tickets to the game. My cousin Sally couldn’t afford to go to college but happed to be a dominant swimmer. Thus, a scholarship was available. How would this girl have made it if small sports had been cut?…
Student-athletes deserve more benefits because at most 10% of each sports’ athletes will go pro and make a living off of it. Benefits don’t have to be just receiving money, they can be anything to help the person out. Whether it be less homework, extra time for homework, or anything really. Athletes will make the most of their benefits and use them as much as they possibly can. They shouldn’t be punished for playing a sport in college, they should in a way be “rewarded” especially if they are a winning team. These young adults are putting their bodies on the line every minute of their game to make a name for their team and their school, this is the least that schools could do to help them…
The Utilitarianism theory supports individual capability to foresee the costs of an act. A Utilitarian considers the decision of giving the best profit to a large number of people; this is known to be ethically correct.…
This can lead to a bunch of money being used, prices going up exponentially, more arguments and fighting, and even making the school cut sports that students could play in. More problems would and will sprout from this if athletes start to be getting paid and it will leave a lot of smaller schools to be in a lot of trouble who will struggle financially with this. So the question on where should the money goes answer should be into the school itself because paying the athletes could be the downfall of a lot of athletes and schools around the…
Balancing sports and school is a very hard job that requires a lot of planning and hard work. Between the 6 hours of school and the 2 hours of sports plus homework is a very rough schedule to complete in just a night. The students have to work hard in school and right when they get home to complete the work that is due the next day. Also to make sure that the students get over the required GPA they have to do well on their tests, homework, and projects to achieve a good grade in each class. It takes a lot of time and dedication to do well in school and on the field. While this is a valid point, we have to think about the kids that have learning disabilities. It prevents them from getting over the mandatory GPA. Did you ever think that the one thing in their life that just “clicks” with them is a sport. It would be terrible if the one thing they loved to do was prevented because the just couldn’t get the required GPA to play. There are many options to help them out to help obtain that GPA the dream about to play that sport. Many schools offer programs so this doesn’t happen to the students who have a learning…
When in high school, one of the most memorable things to do is go to the games, attend homecoming, or the pep rallies every semester. One thing they all have in common is that they are tied to sports. High school sports are an important part of children's lives whether they are the ones attending the game or the one playing in it. A few years ago, Solano County tried to cut sports programs because there was no room in the budget for it. The community reacted by spending their whole summer raising money in any way they could by selling things to standing outside of the mall collecting donations with the fire department. High school sports programs are important and should not be on the list of school cuts.…
A better way to solve this problem would be to simply let the NCAA set a budget for each division and let the sports program use the money as it will. More of the money would be spent on the players less money would be spent on coaches after all don’t the players make the team. Although this would mean that the coaches’ salaries would be reduced but it would not reduce the quality of coaching. Most coaches do not have alternative opportunities that pay this well so therefore they would…
Utilitarianism is the idea that an action is morally right if the consequences of the action benefit everyone. In the case where a young man who cheated on his college entrance exam Utilitarianism says that this is not a morally right decision, because while the person who committed the action, the young man in this case, may benefit from the knowledge they gain from that education they got from that school, the action does not benefit the other young man or woman who did not cheat on the test and did not get into this college because the man who cheated took his place. The idea of Utilitarianism in this situation calls for the the young man retake the exam and use the new score instead of the score he got while cheating, because cheating only benefits one person not everybody.…
Utilitarian Perspective – The utilitarian perspective is choosing one ethical action over another, on what has the best overall consequences for all people who are directly or indirectly affected. A utilitarianism would view my co-worker’s misuse of company time as immoral as it could lead to losses of jobs by cutbacks or total closure. This has an impact on all employees for the benefit of one individual.…