Cross Country Runners

When you first start a position you get easy work to see if you can handle it. 

When it comes to academic advising you get to help Cross Country. 

No sport could possibly be easier to advise than Cross Country. 

Ever notice what team gets all the 4.0's among athletes?

So basically my advice to all of the athletes was.  Good job, keep it up and I am sure you will be fine.
The hardest part of the whole meeting was how to open it up.  All of a sudden they got the intern.  Nothing says you are on cross country or a small sport when they switch you to the intern for your meetings.

They are lucky I am the intern, but they don't know that yet.

To take off the awkwardness for the first meeting I came up with a great line.  Occasionally I have them.

I said.  "Well, I have never advised before, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night."  Glad the room erupted into laughter.  Guess I delivered it perfectly for once.

The other one I wanted to use was "Don't worry, I'm a limo driver."

Fairly certain these kids are too young for the Dumb and Dumber reference.

On a tangent, I am also pissed off that in my adventures looking for a car that I didn't introduce myself as "Jerry Lundegaard" to a salesman.  Will have to do that one... That's a Fargo reference.

Anyway, the meeting went fine and it's because it's cross country.  Never heard of cross country runners who struggle academically.  Maybe some struggle getting that 3.99 GPA.  It's nice to work with a few easy athletes to start with.

My theory as to why Cross Country athletes are so easy to deal with academically is because of the self discipline required to run everyday.  I think that self discipline and need to individually challenge themselves everyday carries over into the classroom.  I also think that cross country runners typically come from more affluent homes.  That might be wrong, but it's an impression I have.

Speaking of which, two athletes I had meetings with were from Kentucky.  Not sure I have ever met people from Kentucky before.  They seemed normal.   It's obvious they aren't from West Virginia. 

Speaking of athletes, it has only taken me three weeks to figure out who the crazy athlete is.  She is a hurdler on the track team.  She's nuts.  She wore a tiara for her birthday.  She also studied during study hall with her feet up on the table and her ass hanging off the seat.  Couldn't have looked any less normal, especially when she said she hadn't showered for a week.  Maybe she meant a few days, hope that wasn't literal.  She also tried to convince me to buy Crocs.

How about, No?