Book Review

Gym Candy tells the story of a high school football player from Seattle, Washington that is pushed a little too far to be successful. Gym Candy by Carl Dueker is one of my favorite books by far because its so relatable to my personal life.
   Mick Johnson started his football training at the age of four he was also put in school a year late so he always had the physical upperhand on all of his teammates. The reason Mick gets pushed is because his dad had a chance to be the best and he screwed it up. Micks dad was a awesome running back but when he was drafted by the chargers he didnt realize how much work it was too be good in the NFL and he was soon cut during training camp. Thats why Mick is pushed so hard. But the problem is he gets pulled up to varsity as a freshman, after being messed with and a big lose with him as the star running back he looks to find more power. So then he signs up in a gym and gets a personal trainner so he can get stronger. Gym Candy uses the theme of too high of expectations can break a person physically and mentally. Micks dad always wanted Mick to be the best person on the feild but his age altered how he played with older guys. Mick hated that the older guys were bigger and stronger so he soon decided that it needed to change. Carl Deuker will keep your attention to the book the entire time because of his fast entertaining pace style of writing. After Mick got his personal  trainner he got on steroids and grew bigger and stronger but then he got power hungry and started hating his apperace because of the acne side effects. In the end Mick trys to kill himself because he felt like a disappointment. I cant really relate to Mick trying to kill himself but I can relate to his hunger for power. Ive always wanted to get bigger and stronger like Mick.
     I give this book a 5 out of 5 because I could really relate to it and it kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading.

Current Connection 3.2

            

    Women Are Mistreated At Work? Even Women Don't Believe This Myth. A article written by Kyle Smith giving evidence that women are not treated any differently than men in the work place.  

"The assumptions behind these ideas are wrong. Says who? Say American women. It’s a myth that women are suffering on the job" (Smith). There is no physical evidence that women are being miss treated, however, there have been many verbal reports of it. When you look into the surveys though women seem very happy.
    "A Gallup survey says that, with one exception, no matter how you slice up job satisfaction, American women are equal to or ahead of men" (Smith). So a woman can not claim they are miss treated after what the surveys say. Of course women are sometimes miss treated but so are men. And it just proves that its not an act of discrimination on women.
       " Perception of sex bias at work is widespread, and yet it all but disappears when you try to nail people down on specifics" (CEO). It may be different for women and men with the jobs that they do. If a women did a blue-collar job she  may not be accepted and if a man did a hairstyling job he may not be accepted.
    Gender roles in the workforce are very controversial because different genders are more accepted for different jobs.
     So not only women can be treated wrong but men can be treated bad as well in the work force 

 

    

Current Connection 3.1

           Female workers' acceptance in traditionally male-dominated blue-collar jobs is a article written by Hellen T Palmer and Jo Ann Lee. The article explains how women are not treated as fair as the male workers are in Blue-Collar Jobs.

         In Palmer's and Lee's article they had taken surveys that were completed by 53 male supervisors and 327 male co-workers of four departments of a large government agency. All of the male supervisors claimed they didn't  treat female workers any different than they treated the male workers. Although, the male co-workers claimed that they treated other male co-workers more favorably than female co-workers. Even though the supervisors may not mistreat female employees, if the male co-workers do, it still leaves a negative impact on the female workers. More than likely female blue-collar workers are not treated as well as male blue-collar workers is because its always been know as a tradition and more acceptable for a man to do the rough and dirty work.

          Also Palmer and Lee said, supervisors, compared with male co-workers, reported more favorable attitudes toward female workers. So unlike the male co-workers, supervisors, prefer female workers over men. Supervisors don't actually have to work with the females unlike the male co-workers. So they don't have a problem with the females, but the men that have to work with the females probably feel insulted by the fact that a women can do the same work as a man. Its nothing against women but its always been known that the man does the hard  blue-collar work to support their family. But times are changing and women have changed, so the male co-workers shouldn't favor other male co-workers over  women co-workers because women blue-collar workers are no different than male blue-collar workers.
         Being a blue-collar worker is tough,  but someone has to do it and it doesn't matter if that someone is a male or female. Both male and female workers should be treated and accepted equally by their boss and by each other.