Blog assignment 6

I found very interesting essay about student-athletes by Zachary Tuthill and decided to work on it.
The first thing that catches attention is sufficiency of resources the author used. He described different examples of student-athletes by using their own words in quotation marks or paraphrasing them. For example, in second paragraph of his essay he used resource from ESPN.com to quote student-athlete Matt Leinart: “School’s done for me-I’m here to concentrate on football”, which gives us an opportunity to enjoy Matt Leinart’s view of the life and his desire.
Also, Zachary used paraphrasing method to describe student-athlete’s way of life and how do they manage their time to achieve success in both sides: academic and sports. For example, in his Athletes part he paraphrased David Castillo’s words: “He understood the sacrifice required to be a student-athlete and said he was one-hundred percent committed to football and school, finding little time to merely hang out with his friends”.
Zachary Tuthill used many resources to complete his work, for example, he used book sources, web sources, such as articles from the internet; also, he personally interviewed student-athlete from the University of Delaware. To my mind, the meaning of the essay completely relied on sources he found and cited. He used these sources to describe how student-athletes overcome difficulties and achieve success, without them his essay would have been just a probable discussion of student-athlete’s life.



Works cited:
1)Tuthill, Zachary. "Running Up Hill: The struggle of Student Athletes." Arak Anthology 2009-2010: 41. Department of English, University of Delaware.
2)"Leinart Dancing Through Final Semester at USC." ESPN.com: College Football. ESPN,26 August 2005. Web. 3 May 2008.
3) Anyaso, Hillary Hurd. "The Wide World of College Sports." Diverse Issues in Higher Education April 2006: 4+. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 26 April 2008.