Lab work for seniors for Friday, April 19: "Cut" and "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
Read Bob Greene’s article
entitled “Cut” (linked here) and then answer these questions on Schoolsville. Recommended length is 4-6 sentences.
1.
Which one of the
men who spoke in the article (including author Bob Greene) had the worst
experience in youth sports? Defend your
answer by quoting that man.
2.
Which one of the
men describes his reaction to being “cut” in the most emotional way? Again,
defend your answer by quoting him.
3.
Explain how
Granny’s jilting by George is similar to the experiences of these men who were cut
or belittled in youth sports. Compare and contrast how Granny and the men
reacted.
4.
The last man who
describes his “cut” experience is Dan Rather, now 81 years old. Briefly
research Dan Rather and his accomplishments. With what accomplishments are you
most impressed, ones that you might attribute to the “toughness” he developed
from being cut?
Post before the end of class.
For weekend homework, read carefully the Powerpoint on Granny Weatherall posted at Studywiz.
Post before the end of class.
For weekend homework, read carefully the Powerpoint on Granny Weatherall posted at Studywiz.
posted by JTF @ 10:53 PM
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1. In my opinion, I thought Dan Rather had the worst experience in youth sports (of the three authors). Whereas the other three were cut outright, Rather stuck around, only to be humiliated by being put in the game during the final out of the final game of the season. He was mocked by an adult man (more importantly, his coach), and yet, he found the strength and belief in himself to carry on. He spent lots of time thinking about “why an adult man would do that to a child.” It was emotionally upsetting and humiliating, but as the anchor of The CBS Evening News from 1981 to 2005, I think it is safe to say that Rather had the last laugh in this scenario.
2. Author Bob Greene had the most emotional reaction to being cut from a youth sports team. Greene says he “couldn’t stop” sobbing after seeing the team roster and realizing that his name was not on it. He wanted to be with the “in” crowd, and to achieve that status, making the basketball squad was crucial. He felt like a failure, but like Rather, Greene also had a successful career. He had a drive to be successful that was not present prior to this experience.
3. The jilting and the cutting of all parties involved certainly had emotional repercussions. It was a mortifying and embarrassing experience for all, as established in the first two responses. However, they all reacted with resilience and continued living their lives to the fullest. Granny was successful in that she found a man that she loved dearly and married him, staying with him until he predeceased her. All of the men featured in the story went on to great successes as well, and it was largely because of the fact that they were “cut” from their respective sports teams in their youth. The experiences of rejection gave them the drive and determination to never find themselves in that situation again.
4. Dan Rather anchored the primetime news program The CBS Evening News from 1981 to 2005 and stayed with CBS as a correspondent with 60 Minutes for a few more years. Rather was a journalist with CBS who rose to prominence at the age of 32 (in 1963), during the Kennedy assassination. Rather witnessed the killing of Kennedy, and reported on what he saw during the killing (despite the fact that forensic evidence disputed most of what he claimed to see). At 81, Rather is still active as a journalist, and hosts the weekly news show Dan Rather Reports for an independent network.
1.) I think that Maurice McGrath had the worst experience. He was physically told by the coach that he wasn't good enough. He didn't want to talk about how much it hurt but he said,"oh, did it hurt."
2.) I think that the last guy Dan Rather describes his reaction to being cut in the most emotional way. He said that "it was a totally humiliating thing for him to do." He said that he "just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear", and he said that the memory is still so vivid in his memory.
3.) Granny's jilting is simliar to the experiences of these men who were "cut" because they both had lasting memories of those times and it shaped them into who they are today. Some men have tendencies to be overachievers and be aggressive and just like Granny they aren't the same.
4.) By researching Dan Rathers, I found that he was promoted in many different areas of the news, year after year. It made me think that maybe he was somewhat of an overachiever and that could be attributed to him being "cut" when he was younger.
1.) The man in the article that had the worst experience in youth sports was Malcolm MacPherson. Unlike the other men, Malcolm was able to make the team, despite the tragedy of his parent being killed in a car accident. MacPherson had a taste of success as he made the team, however in the first game, he “clutched.” He did not catch the ball. The next day, the coach read the lineup, and MacPherson was off the squad.
2.)The man that describes his reaction to being cut in the most emotional way is Dan Rather. After having rheumatic fever, he was small and skinny, but he still tried out for the baseball team. Not having “cuts” he was on the team, but never got to play. Rather describes feeling invisible to the coach and as he would go home, daydreaming about finally getting a chance to show his talent and help the team win a game. Everyday, he would go to practice hoping to impress the coach, but he never even looked his way. Rather describes feeling humiliated as the coach told him to go out to right field, in front of all the other guys on the team. Rather stood there and “wanted to sink into the ground and disappear.”
3.) Granny’s jilting by George is similar to the experiences of these men who were cut or belittled in youth sports because as other women were getting married, Granny was jilted just as the men would stare at the team lists and not see their names or were embarrassed in front of the team. Granny and these men share an understanding of perseverance as the disappointment of not feeling good enough lit a fire of ambition in all of them, never wanting to not feel good enough ever again
4.) Dan Rather is a journalist and a former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is a managing editor and anchor for a television news magazine Dan Rather Reports. I am most impressed by his accomplishment of being a news anchor and having a news magazine named after him. I think this attributes to his “toughness” because even though he did not become a star athlete like he had once dreamed of, he was able to become famous. I think that Rather takes pride in knowing the coach that once humiliated him would have seen him on television, living a successful life.
1) I would have to say the one with the worst experience was Malcolm MacPherson. He was going through an unimaginably tough time in his life, as he stated his parents had just died in a car crash. Even though, he managed to keep himself together and make the team, but he choked during the first game and was cut.
2)The most emotional experience out of all the cut boys was probably Dan Rather, who struggled through the entire season only to be put in on the last pitch of the last game of the season. He was still trying to find his identity then, as he said, and that does something to a young boy.
3)The similarities between Granny's jilting and the cut boys come to that they all were waiting most of their lives for this commitment, and were dropped. However the similarities stop there. Granny is somewhat bitter and never got out of this bitterness, while the men made something of their experience.
4)Dan Rathers managed to become a news anchor on a major news station. That takes a lot of dedication and commitment. To testify to how he got this toughness, you can look at his experience, you can look at how he stayed on the team for the entire season, despite never being put in until the last pitch. He pushed on however, despite a crushing blow to his esteem.
1. I believe that Malcolm MacPherson had the worst experience. As he said,"...as you can imagine, it was a very difficult time in my life." He had just lost both of his parents, and his coach judged him off of one missed ball. To only have one chance, and not knowing it is your only chance, is one of the worst experiences, especially when you do not seize that opportunity.
2."I held myself together as I walked out of the gym and out of the school, but when I got home I
began to sob. I couldn’t stop. For the first time in my life, I had been told officially that I wasn’t good
enough. Athletics meant everything to boys that age; if you were on the team, even as a substitute, it
put you in the desirable group. If you weren’t on the team, you might as well not be alive." As you can see, Bob Greene definitely describes his reaction as the most emotional among the other speakers. He was completely devastated.
3. Granny was expecting to be happy just as these boys expected. They were all completely surprised by their experience and it hit them hard. They were crushed and began to feel unimportant. The men reacted by promising themselves that they would never feel that way again and would be successful. Granny reacted by promising herself that she would be a good mother, and she was. But she let it get to her and upset her. The men put it behind them but used it as fuel.
4. Dan Rather went on to be a news anchor. He decided that he would not let anything bring him down. I am most impressed that he is now managing his own show, and I believe that this is a sign of his toughness, as he has not let anyone hold him back on his journey to the top of his dream.
1. The man who had the worst experience in my opinion was Maurice. He may have tried to act stoic but his experience was definitely the mot hurtful due to his coach being so honest; “H_e_ _s_a_i_d_,_ _‘Y_o_u_’r_e_ _n_o_ _g_o_o_d_._’ _T_h_o_s_e_ _w_e_r_e_ _h_i_s_ _w_o_r_d_s_._ _I_ _a_s_k_e_d_ _h_i_m_ _w_h_y he was saying that. He said,‘You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here.’ I didn’t know what to do, so I went over and sat off to the side, watching the others practice. The coach said I should leave the practice field. He said that I wasn’t on the team, and that I didn’t belong there anymore.
2. The Man who described his experience with the most emotion was Malcom. He said “I remember what I did: I walked. It was a cold spring afternoon, and the ground was wet, and I just walked. I was living with an aunt and uncle, and I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever. His description of his cut had the most vivid imagery and made me feel the most.
3. The Jilting and the cuts are similar due to the fact that they are both experiences that leave you feeling not good enough. The coach tells you yoou’re not good enough by posting a sheet and George told granny by laving her at the alter. While granny’s experience is much more severe, you can look at them in the same light and say that they were immensely life changing for those involved. They cuts made the boys hard working and the jilting made granny resilient.
4. For one thing, Dan Rather is a name everyone in America knows. He was a national journalist and anchor for the CBS network. The most impressive thing I see for Dan is that he was there for it all : The JFK assassination, Watergate, the numerous ‘events’ with George W. Bush, the list is endless. The cut made Dan strong and passionate about never letting it happen again and that shines through in his work.
The man that had the worst experience of being cut off of a team was Maurice McGrath. He was in eighth grade and was trying out for baseball when his coach told him “You’re no good… you can’t hit the ball, I don’t want you here.” He said that he sat off to the side of the field for the rest of the practice watching the other boys play. In my eyes, this is the worst experience because the coach wasn’t too much older than Maurice was and he told him he wasn’t good enough. He made Maurice sit on the sidelines and watch everyone else which was publicly humiliating to him.
Author Malcolm MacPherson was the most emotional about being cut from the team. When he messed up in a game he was cut from the team and so he decided to go for a walk. He said it was a cold spring afternoon and the ground was wet and so he walked to a tunnel and into a cave and stayed there for a while. When he came out he vowed to never let it happen to him again.
The jilting of Granny Weatherall is similar to an experience of the boys getting cut because they vowed to never let it happen again. They all tried to rid the experience out of their memory but it will always be a part of the person they are. When the experience happened to them they were all upset. However, while the boys moved on with their lives, Granny decided to pull the curtains down and let it run her life in a negative manner.
Dan Rather when he was thirteen years old was never put in to a baseball game until the last pitch of the season. Dan Rather is now a CBS News anchor and is now a managing editor and anchor for Dan Rather Reports on ASX TV. He has reported on large news coverages such as the assassination of President Kennedy and the Watergate scandal. He was mentally tough through his struggle of baseball which allowed him to get to be one of the best news anchor’s in America.
1. I believe that Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in youth sports. His coach rejected him from his baseball team and told him straight up that he was not good enough. He also told him that he wasn’t wanted. His coach said to him, “You’re no good.” This is something very hard to hard to hear at any age but especially at the young and sensitive age of fourteen.
2. Author Malcom MacPherson describes his reaction in the most emotional way. He had a very tough life living with his aunt and uncle since both of his parents passed. He describes his experience of being cut and says “I remember what I did: I walked… I just wanted to walk forever.” To me it seems that he is at his breaking point and could not have handled anymore bad news in his life at that time. He also said, “I drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave.” This shows that him being cut completely demolished any self-esteem he had left.
3. George left Granny at the altar on the day of their wedding. I can only imagine how she felt then. I am sure all of her self-esteem was destroyed by that experience. She relates to these men who were cut in their youth sports. They all were basically told that they were not wanted, not good enough, and not up to their standards. Whether it was George or a coach, they were all told by someone that they thought they loved or admired, that they were not needed. Those experiences can stay with someone for a lifetime.
4. Dan Rather is an American journalist. He is the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News and is also now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports. He was a news anchor for 24 years on CBS and he has also contributed to 60 Minutes. I am most impressed that he now has a news show named after him. It seems that he has worked very hard to get to where he is now and I believe that his experience as a young boy has helped his drive and ambition to never be told “no” again. Even though all of his friends made the baseball team and he did not, I’m sure none of them now have a show named after them and have been an anchor on CBS news. That is truly something worth bragging about.
1. I think the boy who had the worst experience was Dan Rather. He explained in the story that he was sick and was extremely skinny and would sit the bench every game. He said that the last game during the last pitch, the coach put him in. This was embarrassing for him because everyone knew the only reason the coach was putting him in was it was the last game of the season. It was the worst story because he only wanted to play one game and had dreams about it but they were never able to come true. In his words, he says, “It was a totally humiliating thing for him to do. For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team. I stood out there for that one pitch, and I just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear."
2. The man with the most emotional story was Malcolm MacPherson. He explains that he tried out for the baseball team right after both of his parents were killed in a car accident. When he explains how he felt about this, he says, "I walked. It was a cold spring afternoon, and the ground was wet, and I just walked. I was living with an aunt and uncle, and I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever. It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave. And when I came out of that cave, something inside of me wanted to make sure in one manner or another that I would never again be told I wasn’t good enough." This is extremely emotional because he was upset about his parents dying and then right after that devastating occurrence, his self esteem was driven into the ground.
3. When Granny Weatherall was jilted by George, she was left at the altar by him on their wedding day. This humiliated and belittled her. In the story, the men were humiliated by coaches and teammates alike. Some men in the story were left to sit on the bench much like she was left alone at the altar. They were all concerned about what others would think and about how they would live to see the next day. However, they both fueled that negative energy into constructive passion. They developed a fire and never wanted to be hurt like that again. To never be hurt again, they worked hard at everything they did in life to accomplish whatever they wanted to.
4. I think that Dan Rather's greatest accomplishment was earning the title of "the hardest working man in broadcast journalism". Also, it is a great accomplishment that he is holding down the top job at three national news programs simultaneously: CBS Evening News, 48 Hours and 60 Minutes II. To have jobs at these three stations, and to have been named this title, he must have been extremely hard working. I think that this is due to his being cut from the baseball team. In his own words, “When you’re that age, you’re looking for someone to tell you you’re okay. Your sense of self-esteem is just being formed. And what that experience that baseball season did was make me think that perhaps I wasn’t okay."
1. In my opinion, Malcolm MacPherson had the worst experience with youth sports. The reason I think this is because he said his parents had just died. This is a horrific event, and if that happens to you than just about anything else even minutely bad has the potential to send you over the edge. Not catching that ball was embarrassing to him and caused him to not make the team. This was enough to really crush him. “I was living with an aunt and uncle, and I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever. “ That is a very, very sad line. He is feeling totally depressed and rejected. He even says “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave. And when I came out of that cave, something inside of me wanted to make sure in one manner or another that I would never be told I wasn’t good enough.” Clearly this event scarred him for life.
2. I think that Bob Greene showed the biggest emotional response. He says, “When I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop. For the first time in my life, I had been told officially that I wasn’t good enough. Athletics meant everything to boys that age; if you were on the team, even as a substitute, it put you in the desirable group. If you weren’t on the team, you might as well not be alive.” This is a very intense emotional reaction. He could not keep himself from sobbing, and was talking about how he should not even be alive. None of the other men in the story had a reaction like this, because none of them cried. They just decided that they would change their lives- but Bob Greene was the only one who actually showed a physical emotional response.
3. Granny Weatherall was jilted by George at the altar on their wedding day. This truly is like the ultimate rejection- no woman ever wants this to happen. So, as a result Granny put her guard up for the rest of her life, and even at the end of her life she was muttering about how good her life had turned out and how she wanted to George to know how she didn’t let him get in the way of her life moving on. She says she never wanted to feel that way again. This is very similar to the men in the story. All of them at one point or another talked about how they would never let another person make them feel so rejected and jilted ever again. As a kid, being accepted onto a sport’s team is a very big deal. As a woman, getting married is a very big deal. Being jilted from either one of those event’s in the eyes of a woman or a young boy is traumatic and results in mental defense mechanisms and hardening of hearts. However, Granny was able to move on and get married again. Many of the men live with that rejection forever and went into totally different areas of work, just to make sure rejection never occurred again.
4. Dan Rather is a very successful man. He first was in the Marine Corps, then a station news director, then a television reporter, then a news director, then a CBS network correspondent. While he was a correspondent he became the first journalist to report the assassination of JFK. Through this he gained much attention and became the primary anchor for the CBS Weekends News, also while serving as White House correspondent. He became one of the most recognizable figures in national news media during this time, with his coverage of the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the Watergate scandal. He gained three anchoring positions and writes a nationally syndicated newspaper and hosted the radio program Dan Rather Reporting, which is heard on more than 300 radio stations worldwide. He received Emmy Awards for his broadcast journalism work, and got the Peabody Award. The amount of anchoring jobs he had was what shocked me the most. I think he toughened up so much from being ignored by that sports team that he wanted to be nationally accepted- and he was. He got many awards, became nationally famous as an anchor and author, and had a very successful life. I think his success definitely had something to do with being rejected and embarrassed from that baseball coach when he was young.
1. In my opinion Dan Rather had the worst experience in youth sports. He was made aware everyday that he was not good enough by having the coach ignore him and never play him. Also he was never told by the coach why he was not being played, the other kids were cut because “they were not good enough.” They were given a reason why they were not going to play and although they were sad about not being aloud on the team they were aloud to go on with their lives. Dan Rather still went to practice and kept his hopes up that eventually he would have the chance, he had hope. In this case hope was his enemy because is was always followed by disappointment. Until the very last game the coach put him and basically set him up for failure and scarred him for his entire life. “I’ve never known if the coach was purposely making fun of me-and if he was,why a grown man would do that to a thirteen-year-old boy.”
2. The author of this story Bob Greene, had the most physically emotion reaction to learning he would not be on the team. He talks about staring at the sheet hoping his name would magically appear and how caught off guard he was. Then he mentions that he held it together until he got home, where he emotionally lost it and started to cry very hard. He starts the story off with “I remember the last time i cried,” then begins to talk about this experience. He takes being cut as the first time he was “not good enough.”
3. All of these men were told they were not good enough in way or another just like Granny. She was left at the altar by George, to her she was not good enough for him. The men were not good enough physically for a baseball team in the coaches eyes and were cut when they were young. However Granny was prepared for marriage, had fallen in love with someone then had it all taken away because he left. Being left at the altar is a much more emotionally devastating thing than being cut from a baseball team. However they all remember it in a similar way. It is years later for all of them and they can still feel the pain and talk about it, Granny is on her deathbed and she is still remembering how it felt. Also, all the men took it to heart and allowed it to motivate them to become successful, Granny went on with her life and she even says if she could tell him anything that she would let him know she made out okay. That he had kids and was married to John, and she only lost one kid.
4. Dan Rather is now 81 years old and has become a big name in tv News reporting. He now lives in New York with his wife and kids and has his own TV show on HDNet called Dan Rather Reports. He wanted to earn a football scholarship and go to college in Houston. He did go to school there but never won the scholarship. He worked his way up in journalism and landed a spot on the CBS news show near him, and after covering Hurricane Carla earned a spot on the national CBS news booth. He earned the title “Hardest working man in Broadcasting.” I think that his failure in sports drove him to be so successful in his career because in the article he admits that the feeling of wanting to be accepted and know that you're okay is still present in his life.
Charles Vincelette
Creative and Critical
19 April 2013
Cut
1. In my opinion, Dan Rather who is the anchor of “CBS News” had the worst experience in youth sports. He expressed his sorrow when saying, “It was a totally humiliating thing for him to do. For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team. I stood out there for that one pitch, and I just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear.” Not playing for the team is humiliating itself but being put in for the last pitch of the season is taking it over the top. It was unfair for him to be neglected the way he was for the whole season despite him trying his hardest the whole time.
2. Author Malcolm MacPherson described his experience of being cut in the most emotional way. He expresses himself when he says, “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave. And when I came out of that cave, something inside of me wanted to make sure in one manner or another that I would never again be told I wasn’t good enough.” He displays how emotionally hurt he was, but at the same time how he rose from his experience. He takes a negative and positive outlook on his experience.
3. The two experiences of being jilted are similar because both of them were not expecting it. Most of the men expected to make the team and were shocked when they realized they didn’t make it. Granny expected her soon to be husband at the alter with her but was shocked when he never showed up. Also, the boys really wanted to make the team and Granny really wanted to be married. However, most of the boys learned from their experience, moved on, and grew from it. Granny never grew from it and obsessed over it. She never moved on and became a better person through it.
4. His most famous accomplishment was in the “'70s he became one of the most recognizable figures in the national news media, with his solid coverage of the major stories of that tumultuous era, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. “ He was on the face of the news and seen across America. He was able to discuss his opinion on major topics throughout America and inform everyone of what is happening with their country. His desire to succeed from being cut is why drove him to be the face of the news.
1.Author Malcolm MacPherson had the worst experience in youth sports because he was on the team and when he messed up once he was no longer on the line up. His parents had both just died in a car accident it seems like the coach could’ve cut him a break and been more understanding. The part that made me think his experience was the worst was when he said he didn’t know what to do so he walked; “I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever.” When his life was in turmoil sports should’ve been a comfort but instead it was just another stress.
2.Bob Graham described his story in the most emotional way. He had moved from a small school and told everyone at the big school he played baseball and said his life revolved around it. When spring rolled around he didn’t make the team he said it “altered his perception” of himself and he never felt good enough. When he tried talking to the coach all he said was there wasn’t enough room. This was an emotional story.
3.Both Granny and the men were both changed by their bad experiences. Granny getting stood up was something she couldn’t forget, “sixty years she had prayed against remembering him and against losing her soul in the deep pit of hell..” Granny became tougher, more stubborn, aggressive, and never wasted a thing. The men who were cut became more aggressive in life because they never wanted to feel not good enough ever again. Both granny and the men built up a wall and changed so they would never have to feel how they felt then again.
4.Dan Rather is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel AXS TV. He contributed to 60 minutes. he was often the first reporter to get information. When 9/11 happened he reported for more than 53 hours in four days. He would report on air all night for presidential election. I'm most impressed with his commitment to reporting, especially 9/11. His little sleep and determination towards whatever he was reporting on showed how tough he really was.
1. Malcolm MacPherson definitely had the worst experience in youth sports. He was cut after one mistake in the first game. Most people would be understanding and sympathetic because everyone gets better with practice. However, the worst part is MacPherson had just lost both his parents in a car accident. All death is hard to deal with, but unexpected death has to be the worse kind of pain for a child. Sometimes it feels like everything bad happens at one time, and I’m sure that’s how Macpherson felt after he was cut from the team. When something like that happens, it can change a person. MacPherson said “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave. And when I came out of that cave, something inside of me wanted to make sure in one manner or another that I would never again be told I wasn’t good enough”. His parents’ death and being cut from the team gave MacPherson a driven attitude in life.
2. Bob Greene’s reaction to the cuts was the most emotional. A typical guy does not cry easily, but when Greene found out he wasn’t on the team, he “began to sob”. It is hard to be told that you’re not good enough and that is why he was so emotional. The fact that Greene was only twelve years old probably precipitated the crying, but it is still rare for a boy to cry. Greene seemed to take the cut more to heart than the other guys in the article. His self-esteem was affected the most. Greene said, “…the boys whose names were on the list, who were still on the team, who had been judged worthy while I had been judged unworthy”. The word “worthy” is a bit dramatic to use in reference to a 7th grade baseball team, which shows how much Greene was hurt.
3. I believe being left at the alter is far more drastic than being cut from the baseball team. Although the two situations are completely different levels of seriousness, they do have their similarities. Both situations left the person feeling disappointed, hurt, and like they weren’t good enough. Granny reacted by falling to the ground and all the players cut from the teams either cried or expressed their emotions verbally. The level of emotion Granny felt had to be significantly higher. She lost the love of her life. The one person who she trusted left her alone and humiliated. Granny and the cut players all felt the same emotions in their situations, but Granny definitely had it much worse.
4. Dan Rather tried out for the baseball while he was suffering from rheumatic fever. The illness resulted in weakness, but he was still willing to give the sport he loved everything he could. He said he sat on the bench game after game, which shows that rather had a lot of tolerance and patience. Most people would not put up with being part of a team you can’t even play on. But, his love for the sport must have been very strong because he stuck around through the whole season. That is impressive. He said “you were supposed to figure out that you weren’t good enough, and quit”. Rather did not do that. He is a tough man for sitting through the whole season and even tougher for putting up with the coach, who isn’t described too positively. The coach put him in the last game of the season when there were two outs and two strikes, if that isn’t humiliation then I don’t know what is. Dan Rather’s story impressed me.
1. All of the men who spoke had pretty bad experiences, but I think Maurice McGrath had the worst one. It is one thing to just be cut and not have your name put on a list, but it’s even worse to have the coach verbally say “You’re no good.” I would much rather just be cut and that be the end of it. I would not want the coach calling me out and saying how bad of a player I am in front of the rest of the team. Getting cut from the team is bad enough, so the coach shouldn’t have embarrassed him like that in front of everyone else. Also, after that he went to sit on the side of the field to watch the others and was told to leave. That was just unnecessary and only made him feel so much worse. There is a much better way of “cutting” kids from the team that doesn’t necessarily lower their self-esteem or embarrass them so much. Maurice definitely had it the worst, in my opinion. He was publically humiliated, which made him never want to be hurt like that again.
2. I think Bob Greene had the most emotional experience when he was cut from the team. He said he couldn’t hold in his tears once he got home and he could not stop. He said, “If you weren’t on the team, you might as well not be alive.” I think he took the rejection the hardest and was the most upset by it. The other men walked it off or talked to their parents about it, but Greene cried and could not get over it. He did not want anything like that to ever happen again so he decided to use that rejection as fuel to work even harder. He said, “It seems obvious to me now that being cut was what started me in determining that my success would always be based on my own abilities, and not on someone else’s perceptions.” This whole experience though ended up benefiting him and made him a more ambitious, successful person.
3. Granny’s experience of being left at the alter is similar to the men being cut on the team because they all wanted it so bad and worked so hard for it. The men had practiced and give it their all, and Granny had loved and bought a dress, cake, and rings. After trying so hard, they were abandoned and didn’t get what they wanted. The men and Granny’s experiences changed them forever. They all reacted similarly, as well. The men used the rejection to make them more ambitious and hard working. They didn’t want to experience that rejection ever again so that made them only work harder to be successful in everything they do. Granny, after being left, was more independent and ambitious to make her life good again. She had to bring herself out of the hurt and pain of being jilted.
She became more strong-minded and independent because she had to.
4. Daniel Rather is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He was an anchor for 24 years. He has received numerous Emmy Awards, several Peabody Awards, and various honorary degrees from universities. He played football, graduated from high school and became the first member of the family to go to college. During his days on the news, he covered everything from the Kennedy Assassination, to the space race, to political conventions, to wars in Afghanistan, and the horrific attack on New York City on September 11. He had a very successful career, even after hearing about his experience as a young boy. After being cut from the team as a teenager, he developed a sense of “toughness” and made a life for himself. Looking at his life now, he was changed for the better and came out on top.
1. The man who spoke in the article that I think had the worst experience in youth sports was Dan Rather. In the article, he said that someone who was on the baseball team, for his school, was supposed to realize that he was no good and quit. All season, he sat on the bench and the coach never put him in. Then, on the final game of the season, the coach put him in and he was inexperienced and he never had the chance to play before that moment. The coach should have let him play more before just putting him in like that.
2. The man who describes his reaction to being cut in the most emotional way was Bob Greene. Greene was the only one who said he cried when he was cut. He said that he just stood looking at the list and “hoping against hope” that his name would “miraculously appear” if he looked hard enough. He said that he held himself together as he walked out of school but he began to sob when he got home and could not stop.
3. Granny’s jilting by George is similar to the experiences of these men who were cut or belittled. Granny swore to herself that she would never let that happen to her again and the men who were cut told themselves that they would never be “cut” again. Granny and the men became stronger from their experiences and they became successful throughout the rest of their lives as a result.
4. Dan Rather has had many accomplishments throughout his life. Several of his accomplishments were very impressive. He received several Emmy Awards. He also received the Peabody Award, which is highly coveted. His accomplishment that impressed me the most is that he was able to simultaneously hold the top job at three national news programs, including CBS Evening News, 48 Hours, and 60 Minutes II. I think these accomplishments can be attributed the toughness he gained from being “cut.”
1.I think Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in youth sports. The coach went up to him at practice on day and flat out told him that he was “no good.” McGrath said that the coach said he “should leave the practice field.” I think Maurice was publicly humiliated more than the others. The coach told him he didn’t want him there because he couldn’t hit the ball. He said that to this day he can still almost hear that coach saying that he was no good.
2.I think that Bob Graham described his reaction to being cut in the most emotional way because he said that it altered his perception of himself. His view of himself was knocked down and his self-esteem was lowered. His whole life up to that point was baseball and he said that he was told that he wasn’t good enough to be one of them. He now knows that it changed him and he didn’t want it to happen again. Being cut helped him to determine that his success would always be based on his own abilities.
3.Granny’s jilting by George is similar to the experiences of the men because they were all let down. Granny was left at the alter and the men had to leave their sports against their will. Granny and the men were shocked and upset when it happened. The events affected all of them for the rest of their lives. Granny still thinks about it, just like the men do. The men and Granny recovered differently from their rejections. Some used the rejection to make them stronger and others let it get to them.
4.Dan Rather was an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS evening news. He was an anchor for CBS news for 24 years, which was the longest tenure of any networks news host. His career began in 1950 as an Associated Press reporter in Texas. He also announced for the University of Houston football team for four seasons. Some of his other accomplishments were reporting during the Soviet War and he earned the title the “hardest working man in broadcast journalism.” I think being a reporter developed from being cut because you have to be tough to be a reporter and he was reporting from the front lines. You have to have thick skin to be a reporter because you are always under criticism and you are always in the eye of the public.
1. I thought the man that had the worst experience was the last man, Dan Rather. The reason for this was because he was only put in for pity. And being pitied is one of the worst feelings you can have as a human being. It feels like people are looking down on you, like you are below everyone else. Rather, maybe not knowing what that was, felt that feeling. “It was a totally humiliating thing for him to do. For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team. I stood out there for that one pitch, and I just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear.”
2. The guy who is most emotional about being “cut” is the first guy, Bob Greene. He said even remembers crying and it seems that he doesn’t cry much because the last time he cried was when he was 12. So it must be a big deal when he starts to cry, something must have really gotten too him. He also describes his fierce determination to succeed. “I had tried desperately in practice, but the coach never seemed to notice. It didn’t matter how hard I was willing to work; he didn’t want me there.” And after all of his hard work he still failed and all that time he put in was for nothing.
3. When Granny is jilted she is totally humiliated just like the kids who were cut from their youth baseball/basketball teams. The worst part for all of them and Granny was that they had the feeling of not being good enough, like other people were below them. Confidence was totally crushed and the boys all seemed to recover it but Granny never really could. She struggled the rest of her life to make it seem like she was good enough for George. The boys all just used their “cut” experience to fuel their success for the next 40 or so years.
4. I think Rather’s largest accomplishment was being made anchor for CBS news. Being made anchor is a huge deal for someone involved in television broadcast. It’s like being made “partner” at a law firm or opening your own practice as a doctor. You become “the man” everyone is jealous of you because you’re the one who is popular and who the people know. I’m sure his rise through the broadcasting world was fueled by his determination to show his coach he was good enough. It had to have taken a lot of time and patience to get the stories no one else had. He also seemed to revolutionalize nightly news. It said that he made the news more friendly and less blunt then before.
1. I think the man that had the worst experience in youth sports was Malcolm MacPherson. He was in ninth grade and his parents had just been killed in a car accident. He was already going through a rough time when he was cut from the baseball team. At one of his games, he let a pop-up ball fall to the ground right in front of his feet. The next day he was cut. He was so upset that he just wanted to walk and not go home. Being cut “drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel.” This shows just how much that one missed play affected him.
2. In my opinion, Bob Graham told the most emotional experience of being cut. He was cut at age sixteen from his high school baseball team. Bob saw the cut list one day and realized that he did not make the team. Bob’s experience was emotional because it “altered my perception of myself.” An experience like this can affect a kid forever. Bob said “My view of myself was knocked down; my self-esteem was lowered.”
3. In the story, Granny was very upset and surprised when she was jilted by George. Each of these men experienced a similar situation when they were cut by their coaches. Most of the men did not see the cut coming, just as how Granny did not see the jilting coming. The experience was one that stayed with each individual for the rest of their lives. Granny and the men reacted similarly in their emotions and changed their outlook on things as a result. Although the men were cut from sports and Granny was left at the altar, both experiences are similar.
4. Dan Rather’s experience of being cut from the baseball team was embarrassing for him. He was not played the entire season until the last inning of the last game. Dan said he’s not sure if he “can point to one event in his life and say that that’s the thing that made him the way he is.” However, his later accomplishments suggest that he developed a toughness and determination from being cut. I was most impressed that Dan Rather rose up the ranks in the journalism industry and became anchor of CBS Evening News. I believe his experience of being cut led him to accomplish such great things
1. I think that Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in youth sports. He was the only one to find out that he was cut because his coach was screaming at him. The coach said, “You’re no good. You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here.” This would be very difficult to handle and I would much rather have a list posted that said I did not make it. Maurice must have felt horrible about himself, knowing that he was cut. He said, “I didn’t know what to do, so I went over and sat off to the side, watching others practice.” I can only imagine how Maurice feels, because I would be very upset.
2. The most emotional cut was Malcolm MacPherson. His parents had just died in a car accident and he was still very upset. He went out for the baseball team thinking that he would make it and it would help get his mind off things. However, just when he thought things could not get worse, the coach read off the lineup and Malcolm was not on the list. He was terrified; he walked around and did not want to go home. His is very sad for him because now he has three things to worry about: his mom, dad, and baseball. I am sure that he wanted his parents there to comfort him at this time. Even though he lives with his aunt and uncle now, they would not give the same comfort, as his parents would have.
3. There are many similarities and differences in Granny’s story and these stories about youth sports. George never showed up to marry Granny. George ditching Granny really effected her emotions and “got into her head”. Granny was very upset and was still upset on her deathbed. However, the people in the youth stories moved on from being jilted. I am sure that for a few days/weeks after they were cut they were upset. However, they were not satisfied and wanted to become better, so they worked on it. Greene says, “But I know that my ambition has been enormous ever since then: I know that for all my life since that day, I have done more than I had to be doing, taken more assignments than I had to be taking, put in more hours than I had to be spending.” They didn’t stay upset their whole lives, they moved on and tried their best to be the best. However, when they look back on their lives today, they will realize how upset that they were, and because of their perseverance, they are where they are today. Rather says, “I wish I understood it better, but I know the feeling is still there.”
4. Dan Rather is now an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. This is very surprising because when he was younger, he was into sports. I am very impressed that he is now managing editor and anchor of the TV news magazine Dan Rather Report on the cable channel AXS TV. As you can see for Dan, learned how to get through hard times. After being humiliated on the field, Dan decided to move on to bigger and better things. He is now very successful and learned to never give up.
1. In the article “Cut”, Dan Rather had the worst experience in youth sports. Despite his sickness, he still went out for the baseball team and made an effort. Although he went to every practice and played to the best of his ability, his coach didn’t even acknowledge him as a person sitting on the bench. Dan finally got to play in the last inning, with two outs and two strikes on the batter. That experience was humiliating for Dan and lowered his self esteem greatly. “It was a totally humiliating thing for him to do. For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team. I stood out there for that one pitch, and I just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear. Looking back on it, it was an extremely unkind thing for him to have done.” His coach humiliated him in front of his entire team, friends, and family.
2. In the article “Cut”, Bob Greene described his reaction to being cut in the most emotional way. Being cut was the last time he remembers crying and being extremely emotional. He couldn’t stop crying the day he was cut and for once in his life, he felt as though he wasn’t good enough. At that age, being on the team meant everything to Bob. “If you weren’t on the team, you might as well not be alive.” With a beautiful life to look forward to, it is terrible to have this type of attitude and to feel as though you shouldn’t even be alive.
3. Granny being jilted by George is very similar to the men’s experiences in youth sports. Both Granny and the men worked to their full potentials for something they really wanted and got let down. However, through these experiences, both Granny and men tried harder and harder to be more successful in the future. Granny was able to move forward, get married, and become a hard worker when her husband died. The men were also able to put their negative experiences behind them and move forward in becoming successful businessmen. Becoming more independent, Granny never felt bad for herself and didn’t want George to be killed. Although the men were a lot younger in their situations, they were still able to pull themselves out of the pain of being jilted.
4. Some accomplishments that might attribute to the “toughness “of Dan Rather being cut is that he was promoted to the CBS national news desk in 1964 and became one of the most recognizable figures in the national news media, with his solid coverage of the major stories of that tumultuous era, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the Watergate scandal. Carrying the burden of being cut and feeling like a useless kid sitting on the bench, he grew up to be one of the most well known figures in society. He now stands up for what he believes in with a tough and courageous attitude, allowing his thoughts to be heard and understood by all.
1. Malcolm MacPherson in the article had experienced the worst. His parents had been killed by a car accident. He was in junior high school baseball team when he was in 9th grade. However, he was cut because he was not good at one game. He was so disappointed; it was first time he was cut in his life. He was so sad and he says "I just wanted to walk forever."
2. Bob Greene was the man who describes his reaction to being “cut” in the most emotional way. He was in 7th grade in middle school. He expressed his emotion as sobbing and crying. He also said "If you weren’t on the team, you might as well not be alive."
3. The experiences of these men and Granny's are similar because the are 'cut' by the sports team coach or boyfriend at the worst place. They are cut in the gym or field and she is jilted at the alter right before the wedding. Granny's experience would be worse because she was jilted by person whom she loves so much. However, they accept as that point to overcome and make self more strong.
4. I was most impressed that he retired from the CBS Evening News in 2005, after 24 years as anchor, the longest tenure of any network news host. He is the longest tenure of news host, who was cut from middle school baseball team. I wants to attribute that he kept practicing even though he was cut. He also overcame the big mistake he made in the ninth inning.
In my opinion I think that Malcolm MacPherson had the worst experience in youth sports. Being cut for one little mistake you’ve done could possibly be the worst feeling ever. He says, “The next day at practice, the coach read off the lineup. I wasn’t on it. I was off the squad.” That was probably the worst feeling. After his parents died he was just looking for something to do probably to get his mind off the situation. His coach cut him after one little mistake he made and that in my opinion that is extremely unfair and really hard to grasp since the only thing you learn from the situation is that you can’t make mistakes.
In my opinion Bob Greene describes his reaction to being “cut” in the most emotional way. He says, “I held myself together as I walked out of the school, but when I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop. For the first time I had been told officially that I wasn’t good enough.” At that age you are extremely vulnerable to people’s attitudes towards you and being a boy especially means you need to act a certain way. You have to act tough and the fact that he cried shows he really was hurt. It emotionally hurt him enough to respond that way and I think he took it the hardest.
Granny jilted by George is similar to the experiences of these men who were cut or belittled in youth sports because both tried really hard for something and got let down. Through the experiences it made them try harder and be more successful in the future. They were both able to put the negative of the situation aside and take the positive and turn it into a drive to do better. Granny was able to move on, get married, and be a successful hard worker when her husband died and the men became extremely successful businessmen. Granny reacted by becoming more independent, she didn’t feel bad for herself and even said not to kill George when the man promised he would. She took herself out of the pain of being jilted and moved on. The men did the same thing but it took them longer to coup with the pain. They were probably more depressed and saddened by the situation since they were younger and maybe didn’t understand it as much and didn’t think anything good could come out of it. Both Granny and the men eventually turned out well.
Dan Rather is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports. Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years and also contributed to CBS's 60 Minutes. He became embroiled in controversy about a disputed news report involving President George W. Bush's Vietnam-era service in the National Guard and left CBS Evening News in 2005, and the network in 2006. An accomplishment that might attribute to the toughness of Dan Rather being cut is that he was promoted to the CBS national news desk in 1964 after his reports during the national mourning period following the Kennedy assassination. Rather was quickly promoted and this was because he is now a dedicated hard worker because he stands up for what he believes in allowing his thoughts to be heard by all and maybe doesn’t want to be “cut” again.
I think Maurice McGrath’s had the worst experience out of all of the men. Not only did he get cut from the team, the coach out right told him that he was not good enough. The coach said, “You’re no good.” And when Maurice asked him why, he responded by saying, “You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here.” Even though the other men were cut from the team, they were not intentionally put down by their coach like Maurice was. Yes, not seeing your name on the team list can damage your self esteem, but being outright told that you aren’t good enough and not wanted, destroys your confidence even more.
Author Malcom MacPherson’s story was the most heart-wrenching. He starts his recollection of his experience by stating that his parents had just been killed in a car crash and that “it was a very difficult time” in his life. The worst part is, he thought he did pretty well in practice, so his confidence was high when it came to listening to the line-up. However, in the first game he “cluched.” He remembers it like “he was moving in slow motion, but the ball was going at regular speed.” He was already emotionally damaged from his parents’ death and now he has to deal with rejection from the baseball team. He was so upset that he say, “...I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever.” He continues by saying, “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave.” Being cut broke down his self-confidence and made him feel like less of a person. Even though the other men felt the same way, his story touched my heart because of his parents’ tragic death.
Granny’s experience is similar because she felt “rejected” too. She was at an exciting time in her life, getting married and ready to start a family. This is just like how these men were excited to join their favorite team and start the year with a new group of men that would become their “families.” They each felt that sense of rejection, and on top of that, not being wanted. Their situations are also similar because both Granny and the men never really got over their experience of being “cut,” or “jilted.” Granny kept Georges letters, and the men still use it as a driving force to succeed today. The rejection never left Granny or the men’s hearts. However, the men seemed to not linger on the fact that they got “cut.” They put the rejection into their everyday work and motivated them to do better so that they made sure they were never cut again. Even though Granny went off and married John and had children with him, she still had George’s letters and leads us to believe that she never really got over him.
Dan Rather was a Journalist, a CBS Evening News anchor (1968-2005), and a 60 Minutes correspondent (1968-1981; 1999-2006). In 1988, he also began hosting the CBS news show, 48 Hours. He earned the title of “the hardest working man in broadcast journalism,” in recognition for holding down the top job at three national news programs simultaneously. He is currently the host of Dan Rather Reports, which is a weekly program that airs on HDNet. I’m impressed by the fact that he held down all three jobs at the same time. That takes a ton of hard work and determination to keep yourself so involved. I think the fact that he was “cut” as a child definitely contributed to his success. I feel like that was what kept him going the back of his mind. He wanted to prove to himself that he could do it and that there was not anyone that was going to tell him that he couldn't.
1. I believe that the person who had the worse experience in youth sports would be Maurice McGrath. Even though all their situations were different, Maurice received the most straightforward answer out of all of the other men. As an adolescent, criticism and rejection is hard enough, but the way McGrath’s eighth grade coach told him he wasn’t part of the team was really blunt. McGrath stated that “He said, ‘You’re no good.” Those were his words. I asked him why he was saying that. He said, ‘You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here.’… The coach said I should leave the practice field. He said that I wasn’t on the team and I didn’t belong there anymore.”
2. Bob Graham seemed like his story was the most emotional. He talks about how he was highly into sports and that it was basically his life especially during high school. He was so into sports that the cut that he received was “the clearest thing I have in my memory.” He was so emotional about it and determined to make the team that he would even go and plead to the coach. He said that his “self-esteem was lowered. I felt so embarrassed; my whole life up to that point had revolved around sports, and particularly around playing baseball.”
3. Granny being jilted by George left an emotional scar for decades. When George left Granny on the altar, she never was the same. She became more defensive and a stronger woman but she never forgot about George. Like Granny, the men after being cut never forgot that moment. Even though they were different in situations, they both felt rejection and it made them more determined and stronger in character.
4. Dan Rather first started as a host in a Houston radio station and slowly reached his fame in the 60s and 70s by doing high-end news reports on major stories such as the Vietnam War and the Watergate Scandal. He then became a journalist and had his own newspaper column. His experience of being cut gave him the motivation he used throughout his career. As he explained, that he practiced everyday without even his own coach knowing shows the determination he had and he then was able to use that. Throughout his career he put in more work than what was seen but in the end, was worth it by all the success that he created for himself.
1. Malcolm MacPherson had the worst experience with youth sports in my opinion. He lost both of his parents in a car accident, which is hard for everyone I am sure, but he was only a young boy. So he practices to the best of his ability and misses one pop-up ball and is kicked off the team. I think he had the worst sport experience because he already lost his parents and now he doesn’t want to go home to his aunt and uncle. Malcolm said, “I was living with an aunt and uncle, and I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever.”
2. I think Dan Rather spoke about his sport experience in the most emotional way. Because his school did not cut, it was up to you to decide when you should quit yourself. He was never played but stayed on the team the entire season giving it his all. He wanted the coach to notice all the hard work he had put into the sport he loved. He was invisible. I cannot imagine how awful that must have felt. Finally, the last play of the last game he is put in outfield. He was embarrassed. I don’t think there is any worse emotion as a child than being embarrassed.
3.Granny talked about how she was jilted and how she was changed for the rest of her life. She became someone who instead of counting or relying on someone else, she took everything on herself. She only trusted herself. She was a hard worker and became a tough woman. This is similar to the men that were cut from the sports teams because they all agreed that they are now changed. They refuse to be anything less than successful. They need to be considered “good enough.”
4. Dan Rather worked his way up through the journalism field all the way to the CBS national news desk. People gave him the title of “the hardest working man in broadcast journalism.” I think this is the accomplishment that most clearly shows how tough he became possibly originating from being cut. This shows what he had in him to make it as far as he did in his career. He was a hard working, determined man who no matter what gave it his all (tough) to make it to the level he desired.
After reading Bob Greene’s article cut I think that Maurice McGrath had the worst experience with being cut. He had tried out for the baseball team in eighth grade and was verbally told he was no good. The coach just went up to him during practice and told him to leave because he wasn’t good. I think this was the worst experience because the others were written and you saw it on a list that you didn’t make it. However being told straight to your face that you aren’t good can really hurt someone. I cant’ imagine being in his shoes and being told that
I think Bob Greene’s experience was the most emotional. It might not have been the worst experience but I think that it hurt him the most. He says, “I held myself together as I walked out of the gym and out of the school, but when I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop. For the first time in my life, I had been told officially that I wasn’t good enough. “ He went home and cried which meant it had hurt him a lot. None of the other guys were as emotional as Bob Greene. He even says he tried so hard to please the coach but yet he didn’t even notice him.
Granny Weatherall was jilted at the altar by George. Jilted is another term for abandoned or rejected. Just as the five men were rejected from athletics Granny was rejected from marriage. This left a deep scar on Granny just as it did to these five other mean in Bob Greene’s article. However, the men learned from this rejected which made them stronger. Granny was very hurt when George left her but in the end she has a family, house and husbands of her dreams. In the end everything worked out just like it did for the young men in the article.
Dan Rather has turned into a very successful man despite his rejection at a young age. He worked for The Houston Chronicle after graduating college. He was a CBS correspondent during the assassination of President Kennedy which won him a national title. He earned top seat at the show 60 Minutes. He then earned the title of “the hardest working man in broadcast journalism,” holding down the top job at three national news programs: CBS Evening News, 48 Hours and 60 Minutes II. He has received numerous Emmy Awards for his broadcast journalism work. These are only some of his accomplishments. I am very impressed with all of them but the most impressive one would be earning the title of “the hardest working man in broadcast journalism.” As a kid he was told he was not good enough and was totally humiliated in front of his whole team. Earning this title is something to be very proud of. Even if you are cut from something, don’t give up. Dan Rather did not give up after being told he was not good at something and he is now very successful.
1) I believe that Malcolm McPherson had the worst, most traumatic childhood sports experience. The reason for this is that Malcolm had originally made the team and was playing. While at second base he dropped a pop up and soon found himself off of the team. I found this extremely cruel since he go kicked off the team for a single play. On top of this, both of his parents had recently died, making the situation even harder for him.
2) I feel that Dan Rather presented his story in the most emotional way. He talks about being a bench warmer, but then he talks about how it shaped him and turned him into the man he is today. He describes how at that age he, and so many other children, is looking for somebody to tell them that they’re okay. His coach did not do that. His coach never even looked at him until the last pitch of the season when he sent Dan out to right field. He was humiliated and still remembers it vividly.
3) In all of the stories that the men told of their childhood sports experiences, they were jilted by their coaches. They were stood-up, cut, and forgotten about. In the case of the men and Granny Weatherall, they felt completely humiliated and abandoned.
4) Dan Rather was a reporter and anchor at CBS News, also reporting for 60 Minutes and 48 Hours. In his early career he found a spot on the CBS affiliate in Houston, Texas where he was the first journalist to report the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He then began White House beat reporting, which led to the CBS Weekend news, which late led to him taking over Walter Cronkite’s position on CBS Evening News. I find these professional accomplishments as rather impressive simply judging by his humble beginnings. He reached such a level of success even though he was the first person in his family to go to college and graduate. One thing that I think can be attributed to his toughness that was developed from being cut was in his early years at the radio station where he would arrive at four in the morning, read the news, and eventually get his own radio show on his only day off. His determination finally paid off for him.
1) I believe that Malcolm McPherson had the worst, most traumatic childhood sports experience. The reason for this is that Malcolm had originally made the team and was playing. While at second base he dropped a pop up and soon found himself off of the team. I found this extremely cruel since he go kicked off the team for a single play. On top of this, both of his parents had recently died, making the situation even harder for him.
2) I feel that Dan Rather presented his story in the most emotional way. He talks about being a bench warmer, but then he talks about how it shaped him and turned him into the man he is today. He describes how at that age he, and so many other children, is looking for somebody to tell them that they’re okay. His coach did not do that. His coach never even looked at him until the last pitch of the season when he sent Dan out to right field. He was humiliated and still remembers it vividly.
3) In all of the stories that the men told of their childhood sports experiences, they were jilted by their coaches. They were stood-up, cut, and forgotten about. In the case of the men and Granny Weatherall, they felt completely humiliated and abandoned.
4) Dan Rather was a reporter and anchor at CBS News, also reporting for 60 Minutes and 48 Hours. In his early career he found a spot on the CBS affiliate in Houston, Texas where he was the first journalist to report the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He then began White House beat reporting, which led to the CBS Weekend news, which late led to him taking over Walter Cronkite’s position on CBS Evening News. I find these professional accomplishments as rather impressive simply judging by his humble beginnings. He reached such a level of success even though he was the first person in his family to go to college and graduate. One thing that I think can be attributed to his toughness that was developed from being cut was in his early years at the radio station where he would arrive at four in the morning, read the news, and eventually get his own radio show on his only day off. His determination finally paid off for him.
1) I think Maurice McGrath (3) had the worst experience. to have a coach just blatantly come out and tell you that you stink and that you need to get off the field cause you’re that bad has got to be the worst story I’ve ever heard about being cut. The coach didn’t even say it in a respectable manner, just “You’re no good’ I don’t want you here.” Then to have to deal with all of your best friends all being on the team and always talking about baseball, that must make you feel like an outcast even in your own friend group. McGrath even says to this day, “I can almost hear the coach saying those words. You’re no good.”
2) Malcolm MacPherson (4) has the most emotional experience of being “cut.” His story starts off with both of his parents dying in a car crash. I don’t know if I could go on in life if that happened to me. Next, he had a chance to be a hero and he blew it in front of everyone by dropping an easy popup. Third, he was then cut from the team completely. MacPherson didn’t know what to do with himself after that, “It was a cold spring afternoon, and the ground was wet, and I just walked.”
3) George is the character in the story that left Granny at the altar and jilted her. Granny still secretly loves George and wants to show him that she can do it on her own without him. The stories of these men who got cut and the story of Granny are the same because each were struck with a life-changing conflict, the men were cut from their teams and Granny was left at the altar. They are also the same because both Granny and the men had their ambition ignited. The men wanted to prove that they were better than what the coaches thought they were and Granny wanted to prove to George that she could be successful without him. They are different because Granny’s story is more emotional than the men being cut from grade school and high school sports teams.
4) Dan Rather is a journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel AXS TV. I think that you can attribute the fact that he was an anchor for the CBS Evening News team, which is one of the largest news shows in America, and his ability to go start his own show to the toughness he gained from being cut.
1.) All of the men in the article had bad experiences from being “jilted” from teams, but I believe that Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in youth sports. In the article, McGrath described how he played for the baseball team at St. Philip’s School of Pasadena. His coach was a Occidental College student who was too frank for an eighth grader, who told McGrath, “You’re no good. You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here.” I couldn’t imagine being in eighth grade and someone telling me to my face that I wasn’t “Good enough.”
2.) Bob Greene was the most emotional cut story within the article. Bob tells his story of how he didn’t know that the cut list was going up on the board, and how his name wasn’t on the list.
“I held myself together as I walked out of the gym and out of the school, but when I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop. For the first time in my life, I had been told officially that I wasn’t good enough. Athletics meant everything to boys that age; if you were on the team, even as a substitute, it put you in the desirable group. If you weren’t on the team, you might as well not be alive. “
3.) Granny was jilted when George left her at the altar. The men were jilted when they were cut from the teams. In some ways, the emotions between Granny and the men are very similar. They both have a love for a certain person or sport, and they put so much effort into their “relationships.” Then all of a sudden, that love and hope of being together/playing, is yanked right from their feet with no warning. The cruel and savage actions of the coaches and George make the boys and Granny feel both self-conscious and non-worthy.
4.) Dan Rather was a boy who played for his school’s baseball team. Even though he was on the team, his coach treated him like he wasn’t even there. HE made him feel invisible. Today, Dan Rather is an American journalist who had the position of CBS Evening News anchor for over 24 years and hosted CBS’s “60 Minutes” for a couple of years. The news and media industry is probably one of the most brutal, survival of the fittest careers. I’m amazed at how he had such a large position of Evening News. The struggles of having to prove himself to his coach and team has definitely made him to be the hardworking and persistent man that he has become.
1. The man with the worst experience in youth sports was Maurice McGrath the middle school baseball player. The coach on the team he was cut from told him “you’re no good”. This must have been soul crushing, because not only did he get cut from the team, but he was openly mocked for not being good. That is why Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in youth sports.
2. The man who describes reaction to being cut in the most emotional way was Malcolm MacPherson. Malcolm dropped a ball in a baseball game and was cut the next day. He said that being cut was such a blow to him that all he wanted to do was walk forever. After losing his parents in car crash this event must have felt terrible for him, and probably made him feel pretty worthless. This is why Malcolm Macpherson’s reaction to being cut was the most emotional.
3. Granny’s jilting is similar to the men’s experiences because after what happened to them they gained a drive to be better. They want to show the person that jilted or cut them that they have done greater and better things from when they left them. All of these men and Granny have that one event in the back of their heads that pushes them to become successful. That is how Granny’s jilting is similar to the men’s experiences in being cut.
4. The accomplishment of Dan Rather’s that I am most impressed at is his job as a correspondent for 60 Minutes. This is a very well respected tv show, and being a correspondent on the show is a very hard job to get. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to be appointed to a position like that. Dan must have worked really hard to get there.
1.I believe that Maurice McGrath, a senior vice president of Genstar Corporation, had the worst baseball cutting experience in youth sports. What made his experience of being cut from the baseball team so pitiful was how the coach treated him. The coach showed no encouragement toward Maurice to work harder and try and get better. Instead the coach says, “You’re no good”. Maurice asks why and the coach says, “You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here”. Maurice was uncertain on what he should do, so he just watched the practice. But then the coach came over to talk to Maurice and said that he wasn’t on the team, and that he didn’t belong there anymore. As a coach, telling a kid that he sucks at a sport is about as low as you can be. The coach should have told Maurice that if he works harder he would have another shot the next season. But basically all the coach did was embarrassed Maurice and made him feel bad about himself. The result also affected Maurice when it came to hanging out with his friends. Instead of playing baseball, he had to go home after school.
2. A man that describes his reaction to being cut from a baseball team in the most emotional way is Malcolm Macpherson. Malcolm Macpherson story is very emotional because of the timing in his life. Right before he got cut from the team, Malcolm explained that both of his parents were killed in a car crash. Malcolm was already having a tough life before he was even cut from the team. What’s different with Malcolm’s story is that he made the team but then got cut for making a mistake in a game. A kid was up at bat and hit a ball towards Malcolm. Malcolm explained, “That the ball dropped to the ground and he didn’t catch it”. As a result, the coach cut him. Malcolm became
sad and depressed for that part of his life. However that part of his life gave him motivation to work hard and achieve all the goals that he has.
3.Granny’s jilting by George is similar to the men’s experiences of being cut from youth sports because they are both being let down. Granny is being let down because George left her and the men were being let down when they were getting cut from youth teams. It is almost like that both Granny and the men at the time they were being cut was a dark time. Granny says that she wants to see George and tell him that she had a good life before she let’s go of her life and dies. All of the men that were cut from youth sports use that dark part of their lives to help strive and motivate them to accomplish their ambitions. So Granny and the men that got cut from youth sports have similar problems in their lives but they use that negativity to strive themselves. This in result has made those men successful in real life and has allowed Granny to be happy with her life in the story.
4.Dan Rather is an American journalist and a former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He also reported for 48 hours and 60 minutes. He is now an anchor and managing editor for AXS TV and has also published a 2012 memoir. I am most impressed with Rather’s accomplishment of becoming the first journalist to report the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In my opinion that is a pretty historic accomplishment when it comes to the news. What is great about that accomplishment is that it helped him move up as a journalist and news anchor. These accomplishments show that Rather is not a man that gives up. His hard work, effort, and motivation have made him such a success in the journalism and news world. Being cut from youth sports is what has made Dan Rather into the man he is today.
1. The man that had the worst experience would have to be the one who was on the team and never played. His name was Dan Rather. His experience was the worst because he went through practice every day and continued to try to be a part of the team but he never got anywhere with his efforts. That is the worst in my opinion. It is more humiliating to be on the team and never play. Then to have an experience where the coach does play you like Dan Rather had, “For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team. I stood out there for that one pitch, and I just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear.” It almost seems to me that Dan Rather might have been less humiliated if he had been cut from the team in the first place and had not been made a fool of in front of all his other team mates. The whole season had just been a waste of this child’s time.
2. I believe that Author Malcolm MacPherson described his story of being “cut” in the most emotional way out of all then men’s stories. His story started off with both of his parents dying, which brings a whole other set of emotions to the table in this story. You not only have the emotion from the feeling of failure but there is also the emotions from the sadness of a major death in the family, in this case both parents. The way that Malcolm MacPherson describes the aftermath of being cut shows the extent of his emotions, “I remember what I did: I walked. It was a cold spring afternoon, and the ground was wet, and I just walked. I was living with an aunt and uncle, and I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever. It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave. And when I came out of that cave, something inside of me wanted to make sure in one manner or another that I would never again be told I wasn’t good enough.” These are the words of a man who was hurt but in that hurt, he decided to never let that happen to him again and after that moment in time when he was “cut” he decided to never let anyone tell him that he was not good enough ever again in his life.
3. Granny’s jilting by George is similar to these boy’s jilting’s by their coaches and sports in general but they are also different. The situations are similar because George left granny at the altar and granny felt like she had failed George in some way. She later felt the need to prove herself to him on her deathbed and wanted to show him how content she was with her life and that she did well without him. These men did just the same but their George was their coaches and the people who cut them from the team or did not let them play. All the men said that they wanted to be the best they could be and not have someone tell them they were not good enough ever again just as granny did not want to seem not good enough for George and be a success without him. The situations are different though because granny was not trying out to be George’s wife, she did not see getting jilted coming unlike the boys who knew a cut was near and that there was a chance that they might not make the team. Also granny still cared about George deep down because she kept his letters and the men did not keep any good memories of the coaches to cut them or treated them unfairly.
4. Dan Rather worked his way up at CBS News from reporter to anchor and helmed CBS Evening News for more than two decades. He’s also reported for 60 Minutes and 48 Hours. Resigning from the network after a questionable story on President George W. Bush Rather has worked as an anchor and managing editor on AXS TV and published a 2012 memoir. In his earlier life, Dan Rather entered Sam Houston State College in Huntsville, Texas. At Houston State he edited the school's paper, interned as a reporter for the Associated Press and United Press International, and worked part time at a small radio station. In 1953, earned his bachelor's in journalism and became the first member of his family to earn a college degree. Something that I believe was a result of his determination from being cut was after he went to work at KTRH, a radio station owned by the Houston Chronicle newspaper. He went to work at 4 AM every morning to read the news and, eager to prove himself, he eventually persuaded his boss to give him his own show on his only day off. His hard work and dedication earned Rather the position of station news director in 1956. This determination would show the dedication that a man determined to succeed in life would have.
1. I believe that Maurice McGrath had the worst childhood experience out of everyone. His own coach told him straight to his face “You’re no good.” Unlike many of the other cases where there was simply a list showing who got cut, Maurice had a personal encounter. I think being called a failure by someone you look up to as a coach is much more hurtful. If he had known he was extinguished by glancing at a list, he wouldn’t have experienced such a lack of self-confidence and motivation. Instead, his own coach had to haunt him with the words “You’re no good” for the rest of his life. Even worse, the coach said he couldn’t even hit a ball and he didn’t deserve to be a member of the team.
2. I think Author Malcolm MacPherson reacted to being “cut” in the most emotional way. His parents got killed in a car accident prior to being cut, making his experience much more dramatic than any of the others. Because his parents’ death has already thrown him a major curveball, a slight occurrence of failing to make a team is made into a huge ordeal. After he heard the news, he took a long walk. He explained that he “just wanted to walk forever,” suggesting just how painful of an experience it had been for him. He also said “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave.” Although he experienced strong pessimistic emotions, he also felt this shortcoming is what motivated him to lead such a successful life in the long run.
3. Granny’s jilting by George is very similar to what the men experienced when they were cut from teams when they were younger. When Granny was experiencing hard times with George a long time ago, she thought that the two of them separating was equivalent to her world coming to an end. She was hoping George would want to spend the rest of his life with her, but he ended up breaking her heart. Now, as she sits in bed right as she is approaching death, she realizes that all that happened between them made her a stronger individual. She found a man that made her even happier than George, and she raised wonderful children out of a beautiful relationship with another man. She even wishes to rub all of this newfound happiness in George’s face, yet at the same time thanking him for making her realize her full potential. This can relate to the same thing the other men experienced. Just like Granny, once they heard about being cut, they jumped to conclusions and thought that they could never make anything of themselves. But as their lives went on, they looked back at that moment in life, using it as a constant reminder to strive for more and more each day. They never wanted to be seen as a disappointment, and they did everything possible to be as successful as they could. Just like Granny, they sought even greater things out of life after such a terrible event. It made them stronger than before.
4. Although Dan Rather’s has accumulated an enormous amount of achievements throughout his life, I believe his biggest achievement which is linked directly to his being “cut,” would be his move to attend college. Not only did he wish to attend college, but he also followed his lifelong dream of being a journalist. Neither of his parents attended college, and his father didn’t even graduate high school. I think that Rather’s would not have had enough courage to even attend college if he had not been cut from the team. If he was handed everything in life without working for it, he would not have made it through college at all. Because he got cut and experienced a downfall, he understood that only through hard work and determination, can things happen with great success. He realized that he must emphasize his strong points, which was his ability to write.
1. I believe that Dan Rather had the worst experience. He was never recognized by his coach and for the entire season he sat on the edge of the bench. Yes, he was apart of the team but he did not feel like he was apart of the team. At the last game of the season in the last inning and last pitch he entered the field. Dan Rather did not know if it was the coach trying to give him a message that he shouldn’t be on the team or if it was just his way of being nice. Dan Rather thought to himself “I stood out there for that one pitch and I just wanted to sink into the ground.” This made Dan feel worse about himself because he felt that the coach was just throwing him a pity party and never gave him any shot in proving that he could play baseball.
2. In my opinion the most emotional man was the author Bob Greene. Bob remembered being cut vividly and told us each moment of him walking up to the cut list and not seeing his name. Greene said “I held myself together as I walked out of the gym and out of the school, but when I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop. For the first time in my life, I had officially been told that I wasn’t good enough.” Greene continues with his story and tells the reader how this experience since has changed him for the better. He was so emotional during this time that he then realized that he needed to get himself together and have the drive to then be better at something else. He wanted to be more successful later in life than the boys whose names were listed on the top of the cut list and especially the coach that had cut him.
3. Granny and these men went through some of the same experiences. Granny was left at the alter by the love of her life George. This made her feel unwanted and the experience stuck with her for the rest of her life. Each of these men felt unwanted by the coaches that cut them just as Granny did by George. The men all took this to heart and it affected them for the rest of their lives. The men did not ever want to experience this feeling again so they all took action. The men all strived to become successful Granny on the other hand did experience another jilting. She was not jilted by George again but by God. Granny and the men had similar experiences in the way that they both felt unwanted and kept this with them for the rest of their lives.
4. Dan Rather is an American Journalist and former anchor for CBS evening news. Today he is 81 and is the editor for the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports. I believe that Rather’s greatest accomplishment was becoming a news anchor on CBS. CBS is one of the biggest networks on television and I believe that being an anchor on CBS is a very prestigious career. In his writings about being on his baseball team and not playing he expressed that “But when you’re that age, and you're searching for your own identity, and all you want is to be told you’re alright.” I believe that Rather did find his own identity, even if it wasn’t at that the time, he turned out to be more than alright.
1.I feel that Maurice McGrath, who is now the senior vice-president of Genstar Mortgage Corporation, had the worst experience in youth sports. Maurices eighth grade baseball coach said to him “you’re no good” after he tried out for the team. For a thirteen-year old boy, those are the worst words that can possibly be said to you. Those words can destroy any self-esteem that you have built up in life, however, they can also fuel an ambition inside of you to be succesful in whatever you proceed to do.
2.I believe that Malcolm MacPherson was cut in the most emotional way because he had just gone through a very emotional time in life with both of his parents dying. After he got benched, he says “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave.”
1.Malcolm MacPherson may have had the worst experience out of all the men. I can only imagine what it is like to loose both of your parents especially as a freshman in high school. This alone has got to be one of the hardest things a person can go through. People, especially boys cling to things like sports. Then he tells us how he got cut, “The next day at practice, the coach read off the lineup. I wasn’t on it. I was off the squad. After all that and the tryouts and everything he made one mistake and was cut from the team without even really being talked to about it? As a freshman in high school if I had just lost my parents and had been kicked off the team I wouldn’t of known what to do with myself and would have been completely heartbroken.
2.Bob Greene had the most emotional experience. He didn’t even know the cut was coming that day and was not prepared for the news. Also, he was still in middle school and hadn’t matured completely. He says, “When I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop.” He tells us about how he was so emotionally hurt by being cut and by the way the coach did it that he went home and cried so much he couldn’t stop.
3.Granny’s jilting and the men being cut are very similar. All these men were told that they were not good enough and that is exactly how Granny felt when her fiancé ran off. The men all described how this point in their life changed them. This was the same for Granny. From then on she wanted to be perfect and she worked really hard to keep everything perfect. The two situations differ though because the men were just cut from a sports team but Granny was left. I think that Granny’s situation was much worse.
4.Dan Rather had a very successful work and personal life. He and his wife had two children and he worked hard and became a well-known CBS evening news anchor along with many other accomplishments. I think his news anchor job was his greatest accomplishment. CBS is a renowned TV broadcasting program that many people aspire to be a part of.
1.Malcolm MacPherson may have had the worst experience out of all the men. I can only imagine what it is like to loose both of your parents especially as a freshman in high school. This alone has got to be one of the hardest things a person can go through. People, especially boys cling to things like sports. Then he tells us how he got cut, “The next day at practice, the coach read off the lineup. I wasn’t on it. I was off the squad. After all that and the tryouts and everything he made one mistake and was cut from the team without even really being talked to about it? As a freshman in high school if I had just lost my parents and had been kicked off the team I wouldn’t of known what to do with myself and would have been completely heartbroken.
2.Bob Greene had the most emotional experience. He didn’t even know the cut was coming that day and was not prepared for the news. Also, he was still in middle school and hadn’t matured completely. He says, “When I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop.” He tells us about how he was so emotionally hurt by being cut and by the way the coach did it that he went home and cried so much he couldn’t stop.
3.Granny’s jilting and the men being cut are very similar. All these men were told that they were not good enough and that is exactly how Granny felt when her fiancé ran off. The men all described how this point in their life changed them. This was the same for Granny. From then on she wanted to be perfect and she worked really hard to keep everything perfect. The two situations differ though because the men were just cut from a sports team but Granny was left. I think that Granny’s situation was much worse.
4.Dan Rather had a very successful work and personal life. He and his wife had two children and he worked hard and became a well-known CBS evening news anchor along with many other accomplishments. I think his news anchor job was his greatest accomplishment. CBS is a renowned TV broadcasting program that many people aspire to be a part of.
1.Malcolm MacPherson may have had the worst experience out of all the men. I can only imagine what it is like to loose both of your parents especially as a freshman in high school. This alone has got to be one of the hardest things a person can go through. People, especially boys cling to things like sports. Then he tells us how he got cut, “The next day at practice, the coach read off the lineup. I wasn’t on it. I was off the squad. After all that and the tryouts and everything he made one mistake and was cut from the team without even really being talked to about it? As a freshman in high school if I had just lost my parents and had been kicked off the team I wouldn’t of known what to do with myself and would have been completely heartbroken.
2.Bob Greene had the most emotional experience. He didn’t even know the cut was coming that day and was not prepared for the news. Also, he was still in middle school and hadn’t matured completely. He says, “When I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop.” He tells us about how he was so emotionally hurt by being cut and by the way the coach did it that he went home and cried so much he couldn’t stop.
3.Granny’s jilting and the men being cut are very similar. All these men were told that they were not good enough and that is exactly how Granny felt when her fiancé ran off. The men all described how this point in their life changed them. This was the same for Granny. From then on she wanted to be perfect and she worked really hard to keep everything perfect. The two situations differ though because the men were just cut from a sports team but Granny was left. I think that Granny’s situation was much worse.
4.Dan Rather had a very successful work and personal life. He and his wife had two children and he worked hard and became a well-known CBS evening news anchor along with many other accomplishments. I think his news anchor job was his greatest accomplishment. CBS is a renowned TV broadcasting program that many people aspire to be a part of.
1. I feel that Dan Rather had the worst experience in youth sports. He was not cut, unlike the others, but he was humiliated. Dan said, “ When you’re that age, you’re looking for someone to tell you you’re okay.” All you truly want at that age in sports is to play and to play well. Dan was not able to even get his coaches attention, yet be able to be told to play in the game. I feel what his coach did by putting him in the last play of the whole season was terrible because I know from experience that no matter what your role is on the team it gets comfortable. No one wants his or her own role to change and if someone does it usually is negative for someone. In this case it was negative for Dan because he had so much pressure on him from his other teammates and he wasn’t used to any pressure at all. He had no experience under his belt.
2. The author, Malcolm MacPherson described his “cut” experience in the most emotional way. I think that he had a right to be so emotional in this experience also because he had just lost both of his parents. One way he shows his emotions is by saying, “I was living with an aunt and uncle, and I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever.” He expresses that he is not going to be consoled by his parents, so he just wanted to be alone. He obviously felt worthless. Malcolm also says, “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave.” One event could effect someone’s opinion of him or herself completely.
3. Granny’s jilting by George is comparable to being cut by a coach when you were younger. Granny lived her life in order to prove to George that she could do it on her own. She maintained the farm and barely lost any children. The men who were once cut also lived their life in order to prove their coaches wrong. They took those experiences and never let them happen again. They always wanted to be on the top of the pack.
4. Dan Rather’s most impressive title is “the hardest working man in broadcast journalism.” When he was named this he was holding down the top job at three national news programs simultaneously: CBS Evening News, 48 Hours and 60 Minutes II. Meanwhile, he was writing a nationally syndicated newspaper column and recording a radio program. This shows how after his getting cut experience he kept working hard to never get let down again. He retired from CBS, but he still anchors a show on HDNet. He continues to work, so he will not be let down.
1) In my opinion Dan Rather had the worst experience in youth sports. Though all of the other men had bad experiences with being cut from the team, Dan was not cut from the team, but rather just an invisible person on the team. The fact that Dan described himself fantasizing about being including saying, “At home in my room I would fantasize that there was a big game, and the three guys in front of me would all get hurt, and the coach would turn to me and put me in, and I would make the winning hit. But then there’d be another game, and the late innings would come, and if we were way ahead I’d keep hoping that this was the game when the coach would put me in”. The coach did not even cut him from the team, but rather he tortured him and humiliated him by having him be on the team but completely ignoring his presence. No matter how hard Dan tried the coach refused to acknowledge him in any way. What makes this the worst experience out of them all is that at the end of the season during the last game he put Dan on the field for the last pitch. This to me seems like a selfish way for the coach to make himself feel better about ignoring Dan the entire season; all this did was emphasize the utter embarrassment that Dan had been feeling the entire season.
2) To me Bob Greene describes his experience of being cut in the most emotional way. To Bob this was not just becoming part of a team, but it was more like what decided if he was worthy enough to live. He describes this moment in a life or death manner saying, “I held myself together as I walked out of the gym and out of the school, but when I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop. For the first time in my life, I had been told officially that I wasn’t good enough. Athletics meant everything to boys that age; if you were on the team, even as a substitute, it put you in the desirable group. If you weren’t on the team, you might as well not be alive.” The way he describes his experience is heart breaking to see how such a small decision made by one coach can completely alter a little boy’s life.
3) Granny’s jilting by George is similar to the experiences of these men who were cut or belittled in youth sports because they both in a way altered their lives completely. In both stories, it is explained that these incidents will something that they will always hold with them and remember; these incidents were lessons that may have changed them for the future. Granny reacted to her jilting by George by moving on and trying show that she will be okay and go on with her life, but at the same time she kept his letters and this shows she really was hurt and still does care. In a similar way some of the men who described their experience of being cut said that this just simply encouraged them to do better in not only sports, but through everything in life. These experiences show that when something happens to someone they may not want to remember it, but by remembering it, it will only help them work harder in life to prove them selves.
4) Dan Rathers is a very accomplished man. He is a journalist and a former news anchor for CBS Evening News. Dan also contributed to CBS’s 60 Minutes. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rathers Reports. I am impressed that he has gone on to become something that has such an impact on other people’s lives, he is a loud voice in the media; I would not have thought this after reading his story from his experience on the baseball team. I think that his experience of being ignored and looked down on may have made him angry in a way that made him work harder in order for others to notice him. I think his experience at a young age, though hard, may have benefitted him in the future.
1. The writer that had the worst experience was Maurice McGarth. In his portion of the article he wrote that the coach said to him, “He said, ‘You’re no good.’ Those were his words. I asked him why he was saying that. He said,
‘You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here.’ The coach did not even wait to the end of practice to tell him. He not only told him how bad he was but humiliated him in front of the whole team.
2.I believe Bob Greene's was the most emotional because of the first sentence. "I remember vividly the last time I cried. I was twelve years old, in the seventh grade, and I had tried
out for the junior high school basketball team". This to me seems the most emotional because he is now a grown man and that is the last time he remembers crying. It is obvious that this experience traumatized him. It is easy to put yourself in his shows and feel the hurt of not seeing your name on the list.
3. Granny’s jilting is similar to these men being cut from the teams because she was left without anyone to be on a team with just like the men were. They were all told indirectly that they were not wanted. Granny used the jilting as an excuse to prove herself to George that she can have a normal life without him, she can do all the family things without him. The men used it as an excuse to prove how strong they were to themselves. They were never going to be humiliated again by their inability.
4. Dan Rather is an American journalist and the former news anchor for CBS Evening News. He now does reports on the cable channel AXS TV. He also has received many Emmy Awards, and Peabody Awards. I am most impressed with him winning several Emmy Awards, this is prime example that he was not going to be a failure. He was not going to let his setback in high school baseball lower his self esteem and ambition.
1.) In my opinion, Bob Graham had the worse experience being cut. I am sure the others being cut was horrific but the others also had never been on the team before. In this situation, Bob had been on the team before at his old school. Suddenly, in his new school, there were more kids and more talent, and he found himself cut.
2.)Bob Greene had the most emotional reaction. I only ever seen a boy cry twice in my life- once when he jammed his arm through a window and the other when he got hit with a soccer ball you know where. Reading that he went home that afternoon and sobbed really made me feel awful, just reading it. Realizing he had hopes and dreams and all within a second, they all came crumbling down on the floor with his self-esteem.
3.)When Granny was jilted it seemed that at first, she was upset, but afterwards she became stronger because of it. She met George and is now much more independent and strong because of it. Likewise the men are the same. They were devastated at first, but now are very successful.
4.) Lastly, I am very impressed that Dan Rather has won the Peabody award seven or more times as well as a famous new journalist. Because he was cut, he used his determination lead his way to success!
1) I think the man that had the worst experience in youth sports was Dan Rather. His high school was very small, so when he went out for baseball the teams weren’t cut. The coach just ignored the bad players, even though he was trying so hard to get better. His coach finally did put him in though. “It was a totally humiliating thing for him to do. For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team. I stood out there for that one pitch, and I just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear,” he said.
2) Bob Greene described his experience in the most emotional way. His first sentence was, “I remember vividly the last time I cried.” It was when he was cut from his seventh grade basketball team. He didn’t cry the whole day, until he got home he started to sob he said.
3) Granny’s jilting is very much similar to these men being cut from there chosen sports teams. They wanted so bad to be on the team, but were told they could. As Granny wanted so bad to be married to George, but George never came to the church. So Granny in a sense wasn’t aloud to marry him. They all were deeply scared and changed by their experience.
4) Dan Rather earned the title of "the hardest working man in broadcast journalism," holding down the top job at three national news programs simultaneously: CBS Evening News, 48 Hours and 60 Minutes II. This might have been from the toughness that had come from his very bad experience with his youth sports. He said it himself, “I don’t know if a man can point to one event in his life and say that that’s the thing that made him the way he is.” The one thing that Dan knows now is that that bad sport experience didn’t come without benefits.
1. In the story “Cut” by Bob Greene, the men who had the worst experience in youth sports was Maurice McGrath. “I went out for the baseball team, and one day at practice the coach came over to me. He said, ‘You’re no good.’ Those were his words. He said ‘You cant hit the ball. I don’t want you here.’ I didn’t know what to do, so I went over and sat off to the side, watching the others practice.” I believe this was the worst experience because being directly told that you are not good enough for something is hard. Maurice wasn’t even given a chance by the coach he was immediately shot down.
2. In the story “Cut” I believe that the author Bob Greene had the most emotional experience. “I held myself together as I walked out of the gym and out of the school, but when I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop. For the first time in my life, I had been told officially that I wasn’t good enough.”
3. Granny’s jilting by George is similar to the men in this story because like Granny, the men were let down and disappointed with the outcome. Granny is left alone at the altar and heartbroken. The men in the story are let down on their dreams of playing the sport they love. Their dreams are both shattered by the decisions of another and are both haunted by the memory.
4. Dan Rather is an American journalist and a former anchor for the CBS evening news. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports. He has written and published several books. I am most impressed with the awards he won in his career, several Emmys and Peabody awards, and various honorary degrees from universities.
1. I think Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in youth sports. True that others like Malcolm MacPherson had a worst situation than the others, the worst experience. The coach just went up to him at practice one day and flat out told him that he was “no good.” McGrath said that the coach said he “should leave the practice field.” I think Maurice was publicly humiliated more than the others and hurt deeply about it. The other players were mostly cut by a list, but Maurice was just told he sucks. The coach told him he didn’t want him there because he couldn’t hit the ball. His treatment was more harsh than the others. He even says that to this day he can still almost hear that coach saying that he was no good.
2. I think Bob Graham described his reaction to being cut in the most emotional way because up till then all his life revolved around sports, and it was the only thing he knew. When he didn’t see his name on the list he said that it altered his perception of himself. His view of himself was knocked down and his self-esteem was lowered. He was told that he wasn’t good enough to be one of them and play the sport he so deeply loved. Now that he is looking back at it, he that it changed him and he didn’t want it to ever happen again. Being cut from the team helped motivate him and to know that his success would always be based on his own abilities.
3. Granny being jilted by George is similar to the experiences of the men because they were all let down. They all expected something and it did not happen. Granny was at the alter expecting to get married and was just left standing at the alter. While the men were trying out for sports they loved and forced to quit because they were not see as good enough to have on the team. Granny and the men were shocked and very upset when it happened. Those events affected them all for the rest of their lives. Granny still thinks about it all the time and how it changed her life, just as the men do. The men and Granny had to learn to overcome there rejections. Some of them used the rejection to make them stronger and others did not let go.
4. Dan Rather is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS evening news. Rather was an anchorman for CBS news for over 24 years, which was the longest tenure of any networks news host. I think that being a journalist is one of the most impressive and attributes to his “toughness.”He went from feeling so bad about being cut to being a journalist, where every sentence, phrase, and word is judged. He had to overcome a lot after being cut. The coach embarrassing him deeply affected him, and he remembers it vividly to this day. He had to over come being judged by one person, to being judged by millions. That truly shows his toughness. He went on and had as very successful career, and didn’t let a bad memory of someone judging him keep him down.
1.) I think the guy with the worst experience was Maurice McGrath. In his writing, he describes the exact words the coach said. “You’re no good. You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you hear.” To have a mentor, a person who is supposed to be more mature and an example and role models for those younger than him, say something like that is unfathomable. To have yourself verbally abused in such a way in front of your peers is the worst possible embarrassment.
2.) I think Malcolm MacPherson describes his incident in the most emotional way. He talks about how the incident sparked his ambition, and drove him to excel. “Once that fire is started in us, it never gets extinguished, 5 until we die or have heart attacks or something. Sometimes I wonder about the home-run hitters; the guys who never even had to worry about being cut. They may have gotten the applause and the attention back then, but I wonder if they ever got the fire. I doubt it. I think maybe you have to get kicked in the teeth to get the fire started.” I think he describes this fire in the most vivid and comprehendible way.
3.) Granny and the men have much in common. The jilting of Granny really affected the rest of her life. It was something that was permanently imprinted in her mind, something that she thought about on her death bed. Something that emotionally scarring is bound to have some affect. The boys used this turmoil to drive them, but to Granny it was just another memory.
4.) I thought it was neat how Dan Rathers took on controversial topics, and spoke his mind. He also won seven Peabody awards throughout his career. I thought his coverage of controversial topics really should that he wasn’t afraid to tear into what was really happening, to talk about injustice. This was probably sparked from his “Cut.”
1) “You’re no good” are words that strike down a person’s confidence. The phrase is short but in no way sweet. When Maurice McGrath heard these words, his world came crashing down. The thought “I didn’t belong there anymore” depicts the emotions he felt. He was rejected and insulted and the same time. As far as being cut from a team, this is the worst way it can happen.
2) Malcolm MacPherson experienced the most emotional situation. ‘Both of my parents had just been killed in a car crash… it was a very difficult time in my life…’ His emotional state when he was cut created the most emotional reaction. Although all he did was “walk… I just walked” do not underestimate how emotional walks can be. From personal experience, I understand what just walking is; I do it all the time when I’m emotionally worked up. Then from his experience, Malcolm developed a fir and an ambition that “to this day, is out of control.” Here Malcolm made a complete 180 degree turn from sad to determined, proving the enormous amount of emotion caused by this event.
3) The experience these men went through when they were “cut” changed them for life. This is similar to Granny’ experience when she was jilted by George. In the story, both positive and negative results came from Granny’s experience. She raised healthy children and saved many sick lives. On the other hand, Granny never overcame her love for George. She denies her broken heart and this, in turn, makes her not understand herself. The men’s experience relate to Granny’s in the way that it affected their lives. All of the men turned their seemingly negative situations into positive ones. They turned their despair into determination and drive. However, no negative long-term effects are spoken of. This is where the two experiences contrast. The men had a short termed pain, but reaped the benefits of long term glory. Granny grew from her experience but denied the pain and, therefore, denied her true self.
4) A little know fact about me is that I’m named after President John F. Kennedy. With this in mind, Dan Rather impresses me most with his coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Not only did he cover one of the most historic events in American History, but Dan also caught the attention of CBS and gained the White House correspondent position on the network. He displayed immense toughness covering the event. Telling your audience that their leader was assassinated is no easy job. This toughness learned though Dan’s experience being “cut’ allowed him to deliver the news.
I think that the man who had it the worst was Dan Rather. While all the other people the article talked about their experiences were told that they failed to make the team, Dan was allowed to join the team, but never allowed to actually play until the final part of the final game in which “the coach turned to me and told me to go out to right field. “It was a totally humiliating thing for him to do. For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team.” This is especially cruel because at least the others got to have their hope extinguished first thing. Dan was forced to continue hoping for the whole season.
For the most emotional, I would have to go with Bob Greene. He is the only on who expressed a physical reaction of sobbing. As he puts it, “I held myself together as I walked out of the gym and out of the school, but when I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop. For the first time in my life, I had been told officially that I wasn’t good enough.” To sum up the effect this cut had in his mind “. If you weren’t on the team, you might as well not be alive.”
Granny’s jilting strengthened her. The experience made her tough and strong just like the men who experienced being cut. And just like the men, her experience shaped everything about her. She made sure never to waste food again like the wedding cake was wasted. She did the physical work by herself. She made herself strong, like the men did. And I can bet that just like Granny, the men will be haunted by the event for the rest of their lives. The major difference between them is that Granny has not come to terms with it. She never got remarried. Her pain is deeper then the pain of the men, who only worried because they were young, and they have not learned how to deal with that sort of lose at that age. Granny had to endure the loss of the rest of her life because of her jilting.
In my research about Dan Rather, I was surprised to learn that he asked his boss for his own show, one that he would do on his only day off. After this, and over the course of three years, he moved up the corporal ladder and got recognized nationally when he was the first reporter to cover John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Continuing his normal style of giving his all, he held three national news programs: CBS Evening News, 48 hours and 60 Minutes II simultaneously. I suspect that his desire to achieve this much was more then likely brought on by the cut that he received.
1. I think that Author Malcolm MacPherson had the worst experience. He was already going through a tough time with the loss of his parents. Baseball was his way to get away from his thoughts and enjoy himself. He messed up. That's all he did, he made a mistake and in return he was kicked off the team. Author states, “I remember what I did: I walked. It was a cold spring afternoon, and the ground was wet, and I just walked. I was living with an aunt and uncle, and I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever." This tells me that he really was just lost without baseball until he realized he never wanted to feel that way again.
2. I think that Bob Greene had the most emotional "cut." He really took it personally when he didn't see his name on that list. He was so upset about it but when the next day came his emotions changed. Bob says, "I had not known the cut was coming that day. I stood and I stared at the list. The coach had not composed it with a great deal of subtlety; the names of the very best athletes were at the top of the sheet of paper, and the other members of the squad were listed in what appeared to be a descending order of talent. I kept looking at the bottom of the list, hoping against hope that my name would miraculously appear there if I looked hard enough."
3. Granny's jilting is similar to the stories of the men in the sense that the men were all "jilted" too. Baseball meant the world to each of the men. When they were “cut” from the team it was like losing someone dear to them just like Granny felt when she was jilted. Granny and the men both remember each moment ‘til this day. The only difference is that the men grew from their memory; they never wanted to feel that way again. The men took it and turned it into something positive for themselves while Granny’s emotions about that memory never changed.
4. Dan Rather has made many accomplishments in his life since his baseball experience. The one that stood out the most to me was that according to the Academy of Acheivement, “He earned the title of ‘the hardest working man in broadcast journalism,’ holding down the top job at three national news programs simultaneously: CBS News, 48 Hours and 60 Minutes II.” This proves that Rather took his experience and made the best out of it. He learned to stay driven at what he does best because you will accomplishment what you deserve. This statement proves that he has developed “toughness” and no one can stop him.
1.The mean to me who had the worst experience in youth sports was the last speaker, Dan Rather. Dan was the most positive of all the men to me because he knew he necessarily couldn’t be cut from the team he just wouldn’t play. So every day he still went out to practice and still gave it everything he had just so he could impress the coach. I thought it was very hurtful and disrespectful that the coach didn’t play him until the very last pitch of the season. “I just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear. Looking back on it, it was an extremely unkind thing for him to have done,” is how Rather felt when he was called to enter the game and I think every other child would of felt the same way if they were in his situation.
2.The man that described his reaction to being “cut” in the most emotional way is Malcolm MacPherson. To me he may have tried to be making the team for his parents, which he did. But after making one mistake that could of happened to anyone, they cut him. ”I just wanted to walk forever,” was how Malcolm when he found out he wasn’t on the team. Malcolm didn’t want to go home or see anyone. You figure out that he started to question himself when he said “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel.” MacPherson still became a successful person and used this situation as something to drive him.
3.Granny’s jilting by George is similar to the experiences of these men who were cut because all the situations that happened to them weren’t expected by them to happen. It was shocking to granny and all of the men and they let it keep them down for a while but not for long. The granny and the men who were affected all used their situations to make them a better person and used it as determination to get what they want.
4.The accomplishments that I’m most impressed with Dan Rather is him becoming a news anchor and all the awards he won for that. He received the Peabody award numerous times which his given to broadcasters with the most achievement and service. Rather kept working his way up as a young news broadcaster, and he used his toughness to never stop working hard until he was at the top.
1. I think that Malcolm MacPherson had the worst experience with being cut from the team in high school. His parents had just died, and then his self esteem was shattered just for missing one ball. He says “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave." This shows that he really felt bad about himself on top of the traumatic death of his parents. It was probably even harder to deal with without his parents being there for him.
2. Bob Graham described his experience in the most emotional way. His coach did not even try to comfort him, or give him another chance to make him feel good about himself. He says that his perception of himself was was totally altered. He felt embarrasssed and his self esteem was lowered. He thought that he was not good enough to do something that he loved to do: "And I was told that I wasn’t good enough to be one of them."
3. Granny's experience is similar to those of the men cut from their highschool baseball teams because she was made to feel like she wasn't good enough. Her self esteem was lowered, and her perception of herself was distorted. However I think the men took a bad situation and overtime made it into a good thing. They came out stronger, with great determination to do well. Granny does not appear to have ever recovered, or found love again.
4. I think that it is impressive that Dan Rather was a news anchor for a few credible news shows like CBS and 60 minutes. It shows that he did find confidence and self esteem again, because you need these qualities to be a news anchor. I read online that in the 1980s, Rather received further acknowledgement for his forceful and skeptical reporting on the Iran-Contra affair, which eventually led to an on-air confrontation with then Vice President George H. W. Bush. This shows that Dan is not afraid to be rejected, or experience a bad result during an interview. He is confident in what he does,and being cut from baseball may have been a large contributor to this.
1. In my opinion the man with the worst experience was Author Malcolm MacPherson. I feel this way because his parents were just kid in a car accident and the last thing he needed was for something else he loved to be taken away. Baseball seemed to be all he really still cared about and after one bad game, he was off the team. “I remember what I did: I walked. It was a cold spring afternoon, and the ground was wet, and I just walked. I was living with an aunt and uncle, and I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever,” Malcolm said. He couldn’t wrap his mind and his heart around another loss.
2.Maurice McGrath explained his “cut” more emotionally than the other men. He describes feelings that I’m sure all of us can relate too. The feelings of exclusion and loneliness. I know that at one point in everyones’ lives they have felt like this; “After I got whittled down by the coach, I would hear the other boys talking in class about what they were going to do at practice after school. I knew that I’d just have to go home.” Everyone wants to feel like they belong. And at that moment in McGrath’s life, he thought he was never going to “belong” again.
3. The way that Granny’s experience to the men is similar is because they all experienced something that was soul crushing. They were not wanted. Some more emotional than other but none the less, they felt and were treated like they weren’t wanted. The ways that they are different are the guys all became very successful and strived from the loss. I feel as if Granny didn’t become as motivated as some of the men.
4. Dan Rather has an extremely long list of accomplishments. Two of them stood out more then others to me; he attempted to join the Marine Corps and that he was the first in his family to earn a college degree. I believe that his situation with his coach when he was younger led him to be bigger and better so that no one could turn him down. He shows this by being the first in the family to have a college degree, proving that he wasn’t going to stop until he was the best. His other accomplishment I mention was attempting to join the Marine Corps. He was not accepted because of his childhood illness but there are millions of people in this world that have no illness at all, and still they do not attempt to achieve things such as this. He never fit in with his baseball team so maybe he still had that sense of longing when he tried to be a Marine. Maybe he still wanted to fit in.
1. In my opinion, Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in youth sports. I choose McGrath because his way of finding out that he had been cut was the worst and most humiliating. His coached said things such as: “You’re no good” “You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here.” And his coach also showed no sympathy. This was also the worst experience because the McGrath had to listen to all of his friends talk about the baseball team every day, which did not help McGrath get over the situation.
2. In my opinion, Malcolm MacPherson describes being cut in the most emotional way. I believe this because of the way MacPherson describes his walk home after being cut. He talks about being driven into a cave and “when I came out of that cave, something inside of me wanted to make sure in one manner or another that I would never again be told I wasn’t good enough.” MacPherson’s use of similes and metaphors really helps the reader feel what he was feeling and can help us relate to him better.
3. Granny being jilted by George is very similar to the men in this article because they all did not see it coming and it took them all by surprise. The men are also like Granny because these bad experiences helped to drive each person and helped them to become successful in their lives. They each took a bad experience and used it as fuel to work even harder in life and to never take anything for granted. Granny and the men from the article are all very strong willed and not afraid to go after what they want.
4. Some of Dan Rather’s accomplishments are being the CBS correspondent in Dallas during the assassination of President Kennedy, working for the CBS national news desk, earned the title “hardest working man in broadcast journalism,” numerous Emmys, and Peabody Award. I am most impressed with all the major events and tragedies that Rather has covered throughout history. I am also impressed with how invested he is in his job. He goes above and beyond what normal news anchors would do and he does everything he can to make sure he gets the job done right. I thing that the awards he has fought hard to receive are a result of the “toughness” he has gained from being cut during his youth.
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1.) Out of all the men who spoke I think Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in his youth sports. Being only in eighth grade and being cut from a sports team is bad enough, but when a coach looks a child in the eye and says “You’re no good,” that can just destroy a child’s self esteem. When the coach told Maurice to leave while he was just sitting on the side of the field watching his friends play was also uncalled for. There are so many other ways the coach could have cut Maurice from the baseball team without crushing his self esteem. Embarrassing a child in front of their friends/teammates is one of the worst things you can do which is why I think Maurice McGrath had the worst experience.
2.) The man who had the most emotional experience had to be Bob Greene. After being rejected from his team he said that he could hold himself together just long enough till when he got home and began to sob and couldn’t stop. He described being cut from his team as, “If you weren’t on the team, you might as well not be alive.” That shows how much Bob cared about playing sports. But when he grew up he looked back on the whole experience and said, “It seems obvious to me now that being cut was what started me in determining that my success would always be based on my own abilities, and not on someone else’s perceptions.”
3.) Granny’s experience of being jilted by George is similar to the men being cut on the team because they both wanted it so bad but only ended up being disappointed. They both put in all their efforts to what they wanted to achieve, But after trying so hard, they were abandoned and didn’t get what they wanted. The experiences that Granny and the men went through changed their life forever. The men used the rejection to work harder and Granny used the rejection to become more independent. She became a stronger woman.
4.) Dan Rather is a CBS anchor and has accomplished a lot. Being humiliated by his coach back in his grade school team helped him become who he is today. A big accomplishment is when he earned the title of “the hardest working man in broadcast journalism.” He is fully dedicated to what he does. During the 2000 election he stayed up on the air from 6:00 PM Tuesday till 10:00 AM Wednesday. Also during the 9/11 terror attack he was on the air reporting for about 54 hours in less than four days. Being humiliated by his coach definitely helped him become passionate about working to his full potential and not worrying about what others think.
1. I think that Maurice McGrath had the worst experience. The way that he was “cut” from the team was brutal. The coach told him that he was “no good” and then said, “You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here.” I thought middle school sports were coached by parents or teachers and that anyone could play. In addition to that, he made McGrath leave the practice field when all he was doing was watching the other kids practice. This “cut” created the mentality of always having to be on the team even “if I have to, I’ll sit on the bench”. In addition to this, he also pushes his kids to be “better than the rest” which could possible have a harsh effect on them in the long run.
2. Malcolm MacPherson’s reaction was very emotional. However, it may just be the fact that he is a writer and just has a way with words. He said, “I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever.” He also said, “something inside of me wanted to make sure in one manner or another that I would never again be told I wasn’t good enough.” MacPherson then talks about how being cut fueled his ambition throughout life like a fire.
3. When Granny was jilted by George, she married someone else and raised a family. She wanted to show George that she didn’t need him and that she was better off without him. She wanted to feel as if he missed out on a great life with her and that he didn’t deserve her.The men that were cut feel the same way. They, too, want to show their old coaches and the world that they are good enough and provide proof by showing how successful they are now.
4. Dan Rathers became the anchorman for CBS Evening News, which was a huge accomplishment. For a week in 1986 and during his final broadcast, he signed off with “courage”. While later on, it was related to 9/11, it may have originally stemmed from the being cut at a young age and the courage it took to move past it and become “tough”.
1. I believe that Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in youth sports. Being told that you are "no good" and "should leave the practice field. I wasn’t on the team, and that I didn’t belong there anymore" is very heart-breaking as a young child, especially as you are making the transition from middle school to high school.
2. Bob Greene had the most emotional way. "When I got home I began to sob. I couldn’t stop. For the first time in my life, I had been told officially that I wasn’t good enough. Athletics meant everything to boys that age; if you were on the team, even as a substitute, it put you in the desirable group". As an athlete, you make a name for yourself as being an athlete, when it's taken from you without you knowing, it can be truly devastating.
3. Granny being jilted by George is very similar to the men who were cut in youth sports. They both felt as if they weren't good enough for the team, and in Granny's case, to be married. For these men and Granny, the thought is constantly in the back of their mind thinking how they could have been better.
4. Dan Rather is a very accomplished man. The accomplishment that stood out to me was that he earned the title of "the hardest working man in broadcast journalism". Being hardworking shows that you have the drive and desire to reach your goals and do anything you set your mind to. He might have developed this "toughness" from being cut from his youth sports team, because he probably never wanted to feel the embarrassment of sitting out and going unnoticed again.
1 The man who wrote about what I believe to be worst experience in youth sports was Malcolm MacPherson. His was the most traumatic because he was going through something hard at the time. At the beginning of his section of the story, he says, "both of my parents
had just been killed in a car crash, and as you can imagine, it was a very difficult time in my life." Having to deal with his parents death and being cut must have very difficult.
2. The man who handled being cut in the most emotional way was probably Dan Rather. Dan Rather didn't technically get cut, but he severely over-reacted to something the coach did. Dan tells us, "It was a totally humiliating thing for him to do. For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team." I am sure it was not the coach's intention to embarrass him in front of the team, and Dan probably just over-reacted.
3. Granny and the men being cut from the team both grew from the traumatic experience. Granny was more bitter about it because she did not realize how much it changed her for the better. The men have already acknowledged the fact that they have set their goal to prove everyone wrong about their incompetence. Granny dwells on it in a negative way and refuses to talk about it in a positive way.
4. Dan Rather has many accomplishments. His rise to fame as a news anchor was a very important one. A biography about Dan states, "in 1991 and again in 2003, he was able to secure exclusive interviews with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on the eve of war with the United States." He could not have possibly done this without the toughness he received from being embarassed in front of everyone.
1. Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in youth sports. He was fourteen when he was cut from his baseball team. He didn’t have his name written on a cut sheet and posted somewhere; he personally had the coach come up to him and tell him that he was “no good.” He had the worst experience because he had his coach rudely tell him that he did not like him and did not want him on the team. His coach told him, “You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here.”
2. Dan Rathers describes his reaction to being “cut” in the most emotional way. He was never cut from his baseball team but it was clear that his coach did not want him on the team. He knew it too yet hoped that at every game his coach would place in the field. At the last baseball game he was finally placed in the field for the last couple of minutes. “It was totally humiliating thing for him to do.” Dan talks about his coach. “For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team. I stood out there for that one pitch, and I just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear.”
3. Granny’s jilting by George is similar to the experiences of these men who were “cut” because she too felt humiliated by it all. She could not believe that someone would do such a thing as that and was embarrassed. But she, like the men in the article, did not let that stop her from leading a successful life. She used that experience as a stepping-stone to better things. She spent all her energy into her children’s upbringing and keeping the house nice and neat. Like the men in the article, she can look back at this experience and say that it motivated her to become the person she was today.
4. Dan Rathers is highly accomplished man with many attributes on his résumé. I am most impressed with the fact that he has been so devoted to journalism his whole life that he earned his way to the top job in American broadcast journalism, anchor of the CBS Evening News. He is known as “the hardest working man in broadcast journalism.” He has covered many historical events such as the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. He did not let the memory of being “cut” from his high school baseball team let him down. Instead he used moments like that to motivate him to work harder than any other broadcast journalist has ever worked and it really paid off for him in the end.
1. Dan Rather had the worst experience on his seventh grade baseball team. Even though Dan was on the team he was humiliated by his coach. He sat on the bench for every game hoping to get in and play. The last game of the season was his most humiliating. He recalls that, “It was the last of the ninth inning, there were two outs, and there were two strikes on the batter. And the coach turned to me and told me to go out to right field. “It was a totally humiliating thing for him to do. For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team. I stood out there for that one pitch, and I just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear.”
2. Author Malcolm MacPherson described his experience in the most emotional way. “It happened to me in the ninth grade, at the Yalesville School in Yalesville, Connecticut,” he said. “Both of my parents had just been killed in a car crash, and as you can imagine, it was a very difficult time in my life. I went out for the baseball team, and I did pretty well in practice.” Malcolm was in a very tough time in his life and being cut from baseball didn’t help. It lowered his self esteem and made him feel unwanted. It also drove him to become the man his is today: ambitious and determined.
3. Granny’s jilting by George is comparable to the men’s experience in being cut from sports teams. They both look back on the memory in bad taste, not enjoying what happened. With Granny being humiliated by George and the men being humiliated by coaches they can compare. Also, Granny and the men both can’t seem to forget what has caused the bad memories no matter how much they want to. The only difference between Granny’s jilting by George and the men’s memories is that Granny still loves George and the men don’t like the coaches that cut them.
4. Dan Rather was a reporter and anchor at CBS News and retired after 24 years with the network. After being humiliated on the field, Dan decided to move on and persevere in his career. He has received many Emmy Awards and impressed millions. I think that being cut made him the person he his today, striving to be the best and reach the top.
1. All of the men including Bob Greene had unforgettable stories about being cut in their youth. The one who I thought had the worst experience was Maurice McGrath. Maurice’s experience took place in eighth grade when he was cut from the baseball team. Not only was he cut but he was told by the head coach that “he was no good.” No coach should ever tell a player that they are no good. That is not only unprofessional but also downright ignorant. Maurice explains how this has helped him have a different look on life. He also tries to explain this to his children so they don’t get hurt like he did. Maurice says, “I try to tell them that they should show that they’re a little bit better than the rest. I tell them to think of themselves as better. Who cares what anyone else thinks?” Maurice’s new look on life is to not worry about other people just be the best you can be.
2. I think Malcolm MacPherson describes his experience in the most unforgettable way. Malcolm was not only cut from the baseball team but also just lost his parents. This was a very hard time for him and he explains it in great detail. Malcolm was playing in the game and made one mistake which cost him his position on the team. His reaction to getting cut from the baseball team is what made his experience so emotional. Malcolm didn’t want to talk to anyone and just wanted to walk. He got very down about himself. Malcolm describes this when he says, “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave. And when I came out of that cave, something inside of me wanted to make sure in one manner or another that I would never again be told I wasn’t good enough.” After going through such an emotional time he explains how now he is driven by “fire.” His ambition and strive to do the best he can is out of control. This is what makes Malcolm who he is today.
3. When Granny was stood up by George at the altar she was taken by complete shock and it scarred her for life. This feeling is also similar to what the boys had to experience when they were cut from the team. From this jilting that both the boys and Granny went through changed them. For Granny she had to take charge and do things that should would never have to do if George was around. For example Granny explains how she had to work with an African American boy and dig up fence posts for one hundred acres. In the story Granny also is proud for how well she raised her children and how well they are doing now. She even brags about it a little and wishes that George could see. Just like Granny the boys changed after they were cut. They made sure it was known that no one would ever cut them again or make them feel down about themselves. The boys were young when it happened to them but still remember their experience like it was just yesterday. Every boy is a man now and is very successful. Some are apart of law firms and other are Presidents of companies. I would say that the “cut” they had to go through turned out for the better. The difference between the reactions of the men and Granny are that Granny took this more to heart. Yes they were both in a way “cut” but Granny lost the love of her life. I felt that Granny tried to raise her kids the best she could and do well on her own to brag to George about it. Unlike Granny I felt that the men strived to be the best they could for themselves but not to brag to the coaches that cut them.
4. When I researched Dan Rather I was quite impressed to read that he is an American journalist and former news anchor for CBS news. When Dan was playing baseball he describes that he felt like he was invisible to the coach. It really impressed me to read that he was the anchor on a major television network. Now he was anything but invisible. I believe that feeling that he got from his coach made him want to be heard by everyone. This may be why he is also an American journalist.
1. All the men had bad experiences with youth sports, but in Dan Rather's case, I think he had it worst. They all had their own love of the game, but Rather loved baseball so much that he tried out even with a rheumatic fever. Luckily, he wasn't cut from the team, but it sure felt that way. His importance on the team was clearly stated when he said, "The coach never even looked at me; I might as well have been invisible." He rode the bench all season, but he did get to play. To make things worse, his coach put him in for the final out of the season. "It was a totally humiliating thing for him to do. For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team," said Rather. It was bad enough not playing, but even worse to be put in to play the final pitch of the season.
2. Author Malcolm MacPherson's account of his youth sport failure had a lot of emotions behind them. His drive and ambition was ignited by being cut from his ninth grade baseball team. He describes his ambition as being an out of control fire. He also mentioned, "I think the fire would have pretty much stayed in control if I hadn’t been cut from the team." At that age, sports were the only worries a teenage boy had and that is exemplified when he said, "We’d rather die than have the ball fall at our feet." That's how much passion he had for the game.
3. The jilting Granny experienced by George was very similar to the "cuts" of the men because they all had a profound impact on their lives. Memories were the lessons in each story. Within in each jilt or cut, a brutal memory is left behind. Either Granny or the men let the experience of being denied keep them down. Instead, they all learned from it and became better people because of it. Many of them attribute their success to the fact that at one point in time, they failed at something. The men and Granny were strong enough to withstand embarrassment, anger, and grief to find happiness and joy.
4. I admire Dan Rather for all he has accomplished because he worked and found success in the same field I aspire to be working in one day. Everything he has done were all impressive, especially with his works with The CBS Evening News and for 60 Minutes. I'm most impress with his work ethic than translate to his successful body of work throughout his career. He went from being cut to hosting his own show, the Dan Rather Reports. He is a prime example of resilience and turning a bad situation into a success story.
1. I thought the man that had the worst experience was Dan Rather. The reason for this was because he was only put in for pity. And being pitied would feel worse then not being on the team all together. Im sure he knew people were looking down on him. The embarrassment from being pitied is shown in this quote. “It was a totally humiliating thing for him to do. For him to put me in for one pitch, the last pitch of the season, in front of all the other guys on the team. I stood out there for that one pitch, and I just wanted to sink into the ground and disappear.”
2. The guy who is most emotional about being “cut” is the first guy, Bob Greene. He said even remembers crying and it seems that he doesn’t cry much because the last time he cried was when he was 12. If he was crying, then it must have really gotten too him. He also describes his determination to succeed after being cut. “I had tried desperately in practice, but the coach never seemed to notice. It didn’t matter how hard I was willing to work; he didn’t want me there.” And after all of his hard work he still failed and all that time he put in was for nothing.
3. When Granny is jilted she is totally humiliated just like the kids who were cut from their youth sports teams. The worst part for all of them was that they had the feeling of not being good enough, like other people were above them. Even though their confidence was totally crushed, all the boys seemed to recover, but Granny never really could. She struggled the rest of her life to make it seem like she was good enough for George. The boys all just used their “cut” experience to fuel their success for the rest of their life.
4. I think Rather’s most impressive accomplishment was being made anchor for CBS news. Being made anchor is a huge deal for someone involved in television broadcast. It makes him the face of CBS, everyone looks at you differently when you’re the one delivering important news. He finally overcame his high school cut list and became to man he wanted to. I’m sure his rise through the broadcasting world was fueled by his determination to show his coach he was good enough. It had to have taken a lot of time and patience to get the stories no one else had. He also seemed to re-invent the evening news. It said that he made the news more friendly and less blunt then before.
1. I believe that Author Malcolm MacPherson had the worst experience in youth sports. He was already going through a very difficult time because both of his parents had died in a car accident. The only reason that he was cut from the team was because of one single mistake. “I felt dizzy as I looked up at the ball. It was like I was moving in slow motion, but the ball was going at regular speed. I couldn’t get out of the way of my own feet. The ball dropped to the ground. I didn’t catch it,” MacPherson describes the game where he messed up.
2. I believe that Author Malcolm MacPherson also described his reaction to being “cut” in the most emotional way. The way he described his experience made me feel the same way that he felt during that time. MacPherson says, “I remember what I did: I walked. It was a cold spring afternoon, and the ground was wet, and I just walked. I was living with an aunt and uncle, and I didn’t want to go home. I just wanted to walk forever.” This quote actually hit me because of the imagery that was painted in my head. Saying he wanted to walk forever made me think that he was really affected by this emotionally. MacPherson also states, “It drove my opinion of myself right into a tunnel. Right into a cave.” If these words don’t show emotion, then I don’t know what does. Tunnels and caves are dark places and that is the place where MacPherson was.
3. After George jilted Granny, she married someone else and raised an entire family. I think that Granny wanted to prove to George that she did not need him in her life and that she was probably better off not being with him. Similarly, the men that were cut from their youth sports also wanted to prove to their coaches that they were still successful.
4. Dan Rather is a very accomplished man who was an anchorman for CBS Evening News. One of his greatest accomplishments was earning the title of "the hardest working man in broadcast journalism". I think that being cut from his youth sports team might have led him to work harder later in his life and become such a successful anchorman.
1. I think Maurice McGrath had the worst experience in youth sports. The things that the coach said to him were life altering, “He said, ‘You’re no good.’ Those were his words. I asked him why he was saying that. He said, ‘You can’t hit the ball. I don’t want you here.’
2. The man who sounded most emotional while describing his reaction to being cut was also Maurice McGrath. He was simply sitting on the bench when the coach came up and said mean words to him. Also, Maurice McGrath said “I didn’t know what to do, so I went over and sat off to the side, watching the others practice.” This sentence sounds so sad because he was sitting there out of the group.
3. Granny’s pain, in a way, is the same as the men who were cut from sports teams. They both felt unloved and unwanted. Like they weren’t good enough. One man says “I was outwardly stoic
about it. I didn’t want anyone to see how I felt. I didn’t want to show that it hurt.
4. Despite having an illness as a child, Dan Rather tried very hard at practice but his coach did not even notice. “When I was thirteen, I had rheumatic fever,” he said. His coach humiliated him in the very last game of the season. However, Dan Rather has used his perseverance and toughness to become an anchorman for CBS Evening News. He has come far since being humiliated by his coach. I am impressed how someone with an illness could achieve so much.
1. In my own opinion, the person that had the worst experience with being “cut” from a team was the last person in the article, Dan Rather. The reason that I think that it was the worst for him was that he was at an age where you are just starting to have to deal with social stigmas and other people expecting things of you. Its an age where every child desperately just wants to fit in. Dan had to sit and watch while everyone one else played for an entire season. And the coach had the audacity to send him out on the field on the last play of the last game. Dan knew that the coach simply just pitied him. To me that is the worst way to kill someone’s self-esteem. Its not telling them they can’t play. It’s thinking that they are too weak to know the truth, so you keep them around because you feel bad. It makes you feel as though you are worthless, and unable to hold your own or contribute.
2. I would say that the 1st person (bob Greene) had the most emotional experience with getting cut from a team. The reason for this is because he was the only one who cried. Now granted he was young at the time (only in 7th grade) but the fact that this was the last time he cried shows that he was not one to cry often. This reaction to me was the most emotional because of the way in which it was written. He said that he stared at the paper hoping his name would appear. The description that he used made it feel like it hurt him the most.
3. The story of granny and the story of these four men all have very similar features. Basically, all of them were “cut”. The four men were cut from teams because they were not good enough. Granny was cut from George because he was not good enough. Granny then realized that she would never be “cut” again. She vowed to be harder, tougher, to make sure that she was never jilted again. The same goes with the four men who were cut from their teams. They all vowed to make themselves better. To make sure that they were never cut from anything ever again.
4. Dan Rathers was a star of prime time news from 1981 to 2005 and continued to be part of the CBS news team as a corresponded on sixty minutes. As of right now he even has his own magazine called Dan Rathers reports. Mr. Rathers was a man who was jilted at a young age. At just the age of 13 he learned what it was like to be rejected from something. Unlike many, Rathers did not let this setback shatter him, but rather, build him up. Rathers let this jilting work like gasoline to light the fire of his determination and drive. Everything he has accomplished from the point he was cut and on, is a direct result of the toughness he gained from being cut.
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