High Schools in America seem to specialize in one thing, either sports or academics. In the book Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger argues that Permian High School excels in and only cares about football. On the other hand, Mt. Vernon High School focuses and excells in academics. While there are noticible differences between the schools, who is better at what isn’t the issue at hand. The issue is high schools in America and what many of them aren’t doing. They are supposed to prepare the children of our country for the future, not specialize in one thing. Schools should be well-rounded in all areas of student interest and necessary life skills.
Friday Night Lights is a book about the students and traditions of a large Texas Town, Odessa, which focuses on Permian High School. The book may as well be a football book. While Bissinger tells the story of students and people living in the town and attending the school, the story
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There is nothing bigger in this town than Permian high school football. There are a number of examples throughout the book demonstrating the popularity of football. However, one which really stands out is an event the author calls the Watermelon Feed. Whether anyone eats watermelon or not we don’t know, but what we do know is the school revolves their academic schedule around this event. It seems as if the entire town is invited to fill the gym in order to reminisce about the past successes of Permian football and welcome in the new team. Current and new players are introduced one by one, their name and position called followed by the roar of probably more than 1,000 fans, all of whom are wondering which players will provide the winning combination for this year’s season. This chapter highlights the entire towns enthusiasm for the most important aspect of Odessa, High School