Chapter 4 Creating a Culture of Success

A section of chapter four that caught my eye was when a student named Andres was discussing how he had made fun of students who did well at school. Andres obviously felt bad for their decision to make fun of a student for academic achievement, which he admits was due to anger.

This section of chapter five jumped out at me because it reminded me of myself within school. However, unlike Andres, I was the one being made fun of for my academic achievement. Unfair pressure because of my academics would come from many of my friends but mostly from members on my football team. I was one of forty football players to consistently make honor roll throughout highschool. That fact alone would have probably caused them to leave me alone, however, for most of the football teammates their bad grades were affecting if they would be able to play in games or not. The team would rarely decide to press this issue on me within school because my other more academically inclined friends would usually back me up and destroy their argument with simple logic. However, on the practice field they were generally relentless with the insults about being smart. Even my coach would get in on it if I made an incorrect block. I realize now they were all just being ignorant and I did the correct thing in not slacking off and continuing my education.