"Yes, at first I was happy to be learning how to read. It seemed exciting and magical. But then I read this: "Atlas Shrugged," by Ayn Rand. I read every last word of this garbage, and because of this piece of .... I am never reading again!"
Posted on 04/21/2011 9:57:42 AM PDT by chickadee
Kemba Walker has read a book. You read that right: Walker, the University of Connecticut (UConn) star guard and NCAA Men's Basketball National Champion, Walker has just admitted to finishing his first book "cover-to-cover," in an interview for Sports Illustrated. While for many that is in fact an achievement, for a junior in college who will be graduating this May, who undoubtedly should have read quite a few texts over the years, it is an embarrassment. The incident once again illustrates the fantasy that is the life of a superstar Division I student-athlete.
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My understanding is that he has done the course work sufficient to earn a degree (in 3 years), but had never finished a book cover-to-cover until recently.
Perhaps he never found a book interesting enough to finish.
uhhh,, he’s an Aflete and not held to the same standards as the other students. . .
Heck, nowadays you can graduate from college without even having to write a single Term Paper.
Or perhaps they'd all been colored in first.
"Yes, at first I was happy to be learning how to read. It seemed exciting and magical. But then I read this: "Atlas Shrugged," by Ayn Rand. I read every last word of this garbage, and because of this piece of .... I am never reading again!"
Perhaps he never found a book interesting enough to finish”
Just want to congratulate him, what was the title of the book anyway? might give us some insight to his academic achivements.
There is NO way - ZERO - that he has actually taken all the classes necessary to graduate. My daughter took 18 hours a semester plus summer classes to graduate in 4 years - UCONN is handing this kid a degree.
Was it a picture book??
Was it “Good Night Moon”??
Bet it wasn’t “Atlas Shrugged”
The book was listed in the article - something about the $40 million dollar slave - high paid athletes who are, apparently, slaves to the white man who is paying them to play
Of course. Why would anyone be surprised?
Only 10% of college graduates read at a high level of proficiency, 15% are below proficient while 4% are functionally illiterate.
Why am I not surprised it would be something like that?
“Perhaps he never found a book interesting enough to finish.”
Now I don’t know what to think. I was listening to a discussion about this topic on the radio and several men called in to say that they hadn’t read many books cover to cover either. One was both an attorney and an engineer!! They don’t have an interest in reading and no one reads a textbook cover to cover.
“My understanding is that he has done the course work sufficient to earn a degree (in 3 years), but had never finished a book cover-to-cover until recently.”
“Perhaps he never found a book interesting enough to finish.”
Really, degree course work doesn’t require the reading and analysis of literature? What type of degree is he earnging. I had to read quite a few just in the basic literature classes I took in highschool and college.
That is the book. I don't think I'd have made it through that tome. Just a comparison to what I have read: War and Peace.
I am curious as to how many of these athletes who do not finish before turning pro also return to the classroom after their professional career is finished. Bo Jackson dropped out of school to become a pro-athlete but returned later and did get at least one degree.
To be fair, very few classes in any school, public or private or college, actually read any book cover to cover. We never finished a text book - but to say an attorney and an engineer NEVER read a book or only read a few in their entire careers seems really odd. I guess that means they used Cliff Notes or Spark Notes to do any coursework. But even as children they didn’t read library books in school? Slackers... ;^)
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