Sportology
Describe your early observations/experiences of sport in a way that enables you to put them in a broader social context, not just in terms of your individual life.
When children first play sports (or do not play sports) they do so in connection with ideas about themselves, about their bodies, and about the meanings of their experiences or observations. Along these lines, what do you recall from your first exposure to watching or participating in sport?
Opportunities to play sports, and the character of sport experiences, often are different for boys and girls and for children from different racial or ethnic groups and social class backgrounds. Write about how gender, race/ethnicity, and/or social class may have influenced the sports for you as a child.
Many young adults say that without their parents, they never would have had the opportunity to play sports as a child or adolescent. Explain the ways that your parent[s]/caregivers encouraged/facilitated of discouraged/interfered with your sport exposure or participation.
What do you anticipate in the future with respect to sports in your life, and how is that future connected with your past or present experiences, and what may be occurring in your life in the future?
