Title IX
Title IX helps ensure equality in education, including in the arena of sports. As a coach of female athletes, I have had the pleasure of being around many female and male coaches that, similarly to me, respect and see the female athlete as talented, hard-working and significant as the male athlete. We must not forget that female athletes put forth the same effort and deserve as much attention as male athletes. Through coaching female and male athletes, I have come to understand the physical fitness, confidence, and character athletics can bring to students. If I have children, I will encourage my daughters to participate in sports as much as my sons. Since there is as much skill, toughness, and sacrifice in female athletics as there is in male athletics, we must continue to support and fund our female athletics as much as we support male athletics.
About The Author
Tim
Tim Roberts, 27, is a sixth grade Language Arts teacher in the western suburbs of Chicago. He also coaches boys basketball and girls volleyball at his school. He received his bachelor’s degree in English from Eastern Illinois University and is currently writing his thesis to complete his MA in English Studies at Elmhurst College. He plans to pursue a second master’s in educational administration and become a job placement specialist for students with disabilities. In his free time, he likes to read, play sports, and run. He also likes to hang out with his fiancée, Ashley.
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