Dear Athletes. . .

Football players. Basketball players. Baseball players. Etc. I try not to stereotype, but you all know what they say about them: big, tall, loud, rude, inconsiderate, lazy with their studies, blah blah blah....

I used to be the one giving them all chances... "No, they're not all like that... get to know them. I'm sure they have great personalities."

The few that I've come across lately have met every single got dang stereotype I've listed. Last semester, there was a basketball player in my History class who simply refused to come to class on time. I never saw him take any notes, AND he skipped a test day to go hang out in the cafeteria. He irked my soul! Seriously.

Now me, I'm fairly small (5'3") so it's easy for me to get lost among a big crowd of athletes. When it comes to waiting for something I need, like FOOD, I don't play. I typically try to make myself known. I'll speak up, inch forward, stuff like that. I don't think there's anything wrong with letting someone know "Hey, I was here first".

JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE AN ATHLETE DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE ENTITLED TO CUT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE WHO WAS QUICK ENOUGH TO GET IN LINE FIRST. AND IF THESE PEOPLE ARE SMART ENOUGH TO SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES, DON'T CATCH AN ATTITUDE  BECAUSE THEY TOLD THE TRUTH. YOU ARE IN THE WRONG.

DEAR ATHLETES,


 YOU CAN RUN, JUMP, THROW, CATCH, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU ANY LESS HUMAN THAN THE REST OF US. YOU ARE NOT THE GODS OF THE CAMPUS. SHOW SOME RESPECT!!!!!!!