BEING A STUDENT ATHLETE The dedication required to balancing school work and practice is the most difficult part of being a student athlete. I find that student athlete proves to be harder than most people think it is. Everyone thinks that it is just an easy ride when you are an athlete at the University of Nebraska. The thing is, they could not be farther from the truth. I found it very difficult especially at …showed first 75 words of 1245 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1245 total…by the outdoor season. The "easy ride" that everyone thinks student athletes have and that I wish were true, is proving itself not to be true. If I had to say one thing that I have already started to learn, it would have to be how to balance life in general. It is making me a better person to have to deal with all of the stress and work as a student athlete. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**