Welcome to the Spring 2014 blog for CI 526. Let the writing begin.

The following piece was inspired by a recent CNN literacy report that targeted the literacy gap between student-athletes and the general student population at 21 schools including Oklahoma and Oklahoma state.

CNN Official Report

sixteen soccer fields
run a 4.4
swish, baby - all net
all implicated in the CNN report
that North Carolina education is fraudulent
shine the spotlight instead of the stadium light
inside a new fight
to be different than anyone else
because I swim faster and have new warm-up suits
I am cut from the same cloth
but you see me differently
because I wear my name on the back of my shirt
but you've only revealed your dirt
We've never been advanced
but you want to advance your cause
as if you really care about me
It's not that complex
16 on the ACT
now you want to get rid of me
sixteen soccer fields
run a 4.4
swish, baby - all net
What's your official score?
What's your official sore?

by

A.W. Tatum
January 15, 2014
4:20 pm