athletics

I was six feet tall in college. My Body Mass Index was 16. I won’t tell you the weight that corresponds to that, because this is not a thinspirational post. The obsessive among you probably have the formula memorized and may figure it out. I know I would have. For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, a body mass index of 16 is two points underweight. A healthy woman will fall between 18 and 24 on the index. I was not healthy. And yet, I was still too fat. Or that’s what everyone in my life told me.

At some point in life, primarily in high school, the "academics" are separated from the "jocks". These are the two extremes since there are obviously those individuals who fall in between those two categories. However, it seems like the jocks get more recognition than the academics. The reasoning behind that is one that still puzzles me to this day, but I think that I have an idea why.