The use of performance-enhancing drugs is a serious problem that has become too common in many of today's athletes. Sports that used to be made of pure players have now become contaminated with the use of enhancers, leaving one only to guess who's cheating and who's not. Not only are fans enraged that the true skill involved in sports is being abused, but many performance-enhancing drugs are a threat to their users. Although these drugs may seem like the quick answer, the long-term effects are fatal to many athletes at a young age. Now we have to hope that once again competition will be played naturally and lives will be saved.
Paraphrase:
Performance-enhancing drugs are a menace to the original idea of sport. When started long ago by the Greeks, sports were intended to be a test of human skill and ability. It has stayed this way up until recent decades when enhancers were introduced to the game. Not only have enhancers cheated the system, but they have also cheated the athletes and their good health.
Quote:
"They've made their way into almost every professional sport, and even created a new sport in the process. Now we all get to guess who's doping and who's clean" (Martin 582).
This quote stood out to me because it gives awareness that those who are using performace-enhancing drugs should be considered as a whole different type of athlete all together. I think it puts out a strong message that those drug users are no longer equally a real person in the context of sports, which makes the game unfair and unethical.
Works Cited
Martin, Peter. "Destroyed" The Bedford Reader. X.J. Kennnedy, Dorthy M. Kennedy,
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Hi Palonia:
ReplyDeleteOverall, you did a decent job with the summary by focusing on the main idea of the author and then supporting him via his key points he addressed in the article in support of the thesis. With the paraphrase, however, you still want to offer the author credit, since we're still taking information from an outside source. This should be done via a parenthetical citation, which is (Martin 582) after the paragraph. The last part was well done and a nice reflection of the quote you chose. MLA does not require a comma betwen author and page number, so be sure to rid of that.
Thank you! I will be sure to fix that.
DeleteI also agree that your summary is pretty good in that it focuses on of the many points in the article. My summary was too broad because I tried to hit every point discussed. In your paraphrase, you used great alternative words that make sense. I agree with you that it is unfair for athletes who don't use performance-enhancing drugs because they have trained hard to get to where they are now.
ReplyDeleteYour choice of a quote ran along with what I chose "And it all goes back to purity " . Artificially enhanced performances are just that artificial,and unfair to those who put in the time and devotion to their sport
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