Catfish

    "They used to take these live cod in these giant vats on ships from Alaska to China, but by the time the fish got to China, their flesh would become mushy and tasteless, so some guy had the bright idea to put catfish in the vats with the cod to chase them around and keep them moving, and he finished by saying that he thanks God for the catfish because life would be droll, boring and dull if we didn't have someone nipping at our fins." That's a quote from Angela's Husband.


    Even though that family didn't seem very smart, especially the husband. He had some pretty good quotes. Like he said, "the catfish keep the cod agile." We all have those people in our lives that keep us on our toes and add some life to us.  I myself probably have many people in my life who act as a catfish. All my friends are probably a catfish to my life. They keep me on my toes. Every person who I associate with has an affect on my life. Then the people I interact with on a daily basis shape me into who I am. That's probably not the best thing but it's true.


   As for catfish as someone who pretends to be someone they're not- using social media to create false identity. That has never happened to me and I don't know anyone who has been in a situation like that.

Reaction to Articles

    The first article I read was about a high school basketball team in Illinois that had a record of 26-5.  The journalist that wrote this story was not a good writer at all. He first talks about how he is surprised by how the team wins. Then he talks about how the teams leading scorer is Korean, and how there are no good Korean basketball players. The article explains how the team has success because of the great defense they play. But the journalist states he is still stumped on how they are good. That guy was probably fired and hopefully when he reads what he wrote he is embarrassed.


  The next article was about Jews and basketball. It talked about how basketball was dominated by Jews in the first part of the 1900s. When immigrant Jewish families found themselves in the inner city and needed a way out, they turned to basketball. It was kind of humorous to read because during that time Jews were stereotyped because they were short and had "God-given balance and speed", now days we talk about how the African Americans dominate the sport of basketball.  It's just kind of funny how everyone thought all the short guys were good and had an advantage and now its the total opposite.

   Both of these articles point out obvious observations, that stereotyping happens all the time. In basketball words Jews are the has-beens, Koreans are the never-beens, African Americans are the now, and plain white people are just average. Kidding, but stereotypes don't just happen dealing with sports, they literally happen in everything. People stereotype all the time without even knowing about it. Its not a good thing to do, but I feel like people don't make a huge deal about stereotyping. Maybe there should be attempts to try to stop it.