re: Just came to a revelation: students/athletes attitudes haven't changed

i think i can relate to what you're saying.

in grad school as a TA i was shocked that there were kids (not just athletes) who didn't care about their grades. that were happy with C's. as an overachiever and graduate student the idea of a student happy with C's was unfamiliar and even scandalous. but then i got over the fact that some kids don't care, and my life became a LOT easier.

to be sure i would go out of my way to engage every student. but some didn't care. the ones that were struggling and were receptive to help i bent over backwards to accommodate. the students who didn't give a shite, i didn't give a shite about them. welcome to the real world i guess.

speaking of athletes, though. i have been an academic and educator for well over a decade now and won't go so far as to generalize about student athletes. so let me generalize about student athletes...some of the most dedicated, disciplined students i've ever enjoyed teaching have been student athletes whose athletic regimen is what got them "on track" with academics. of course, there were others that were damn near illiterate but they were in the minority.