USC Football in Ballroom Dance Classes

I think Mr. Leinart is going to quickly find out one thing...;)

While it is only ONE course, in NO way, shape or form will he be able to just skate through it, right folks?!? :) :) It might be a little more physical in nature than he was expecting. *LOL*
 
eyesofire49 said:
I think Mr. Leinart is going to quickly find out one thing...;)

While it is only ONE course, in NO way, shape or form will he be able to just skate through it, right folks?!? :) :) It might be a little more physical in nature than he was expecting. *LOL*
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I could just imagine what the sports world would think if he were on the bench the first few weeks of football season because his hip-sockets were too sore from ballroom class.
 
Porfirio Landeros said:
Full article is here http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2143657

The fifth-year senior will have plenty of time to focus on football in his final season. Leinart is enrolled in one class: Ballroom dancing will fulfill the final elective for his sociology degree, The Los Angeles Times reported.
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alemana said:
strange that it fulfills his soc requirement. good lord. so glad i got out of academia.
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It says it is an elective to fulfill the requirements for his degree, not that it is a required sociology class.

When I went to college, all dance classes were considered PE. You would think he would have maxed out those quite early, but maybe he had to take a couple different types?
 
Porfirio Landeros said:
I could just imagine what the sports world would think if he were on the bench the first few weeks of football season because his hip-sockets were too sore from ballroom class.
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:lol: I know...
 
Katarzyna said:
Porfirio Landeros said:
I could just imagine what the sports world would think if he were on the bench the first few weeks of football season because his hip-sockets were too sore from ballroom class.
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:lol: I know...
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Somehow I think its more likely that any soreness that keeps him benched will come from the football field rather than the dance floor :)
 
i understood that it was an ELECTIVE, but still say it's weird that it fulfills any requirement. that's just plain wacky.
 
alemana said:
i understood that it was an ELECTIVE, but still say it's weird that it fulfills any requirement. that's just plain wacky.
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PE requirement would be fine.. but sociology :shock:
 
Katarzyna said:
alemana said:
i understood that it was an ELECTIVE, but still say it's weird that it fulfills any requirement. that's just plain wacky.
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PE requirement would be fine.. but sociology :shock:
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Maybe things are different now than when I was in college (a couple decades ago), but most of the bachelor's degrees at my school required a certain number of hours outside the major. At the time, every bachelor's degree (music, sociology, nursing, whetever) required four hours (if I remember correctly) of PE. My ballroom dance class helped fulfill that requirement, making it possible for me to get a degree in an entirely unrelated field.

Likewise, there was a four-hour requirment in "business, technology and applied fields," which a sociology major could satisfy with a wood shop class.

So I don't think it's wierd at all that a ballroom dancing class is helping this football player complete his sociology degree.

-Jay
 
Indiana_Jay said:
Katarzyna said:
alemana said:
i understood that it was an ELECTIVE, but still say it's weird that it fulfills any requirement. that's just plain wacky.
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PE requirement would be fine.. but sociology :shock:
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Maybe things are different now than when I was in college (a couple decades ago), but most of the bachelor's degrees at my school required a certain number of hours outside the major. At the time, every bachelor's degree (music, sociology, nursing, whetever) required four hours (if I remember correctly) of PE. My ballroom dance class helped fulfill that requirement, making it possible for me to get a degree in an entirely unrelated field.

Likewise, there was a four-hour requirment in "business, technology and applied fields," which a sociology major could satisfy with a wood shop class.

So I don't think it's wierd at all that a ballroom dancing class is helping this football player complete his sociology degree.

-Jay
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From what was written above I understood that ballroom was an elective under sociology major, not that he was studying sociology. Whatever your major, you usually take some totally unrelated classes... I just thought the school classified ballroom as sociology rather than PE...
 
Katarzyna said:
From what was written above I understood that ballroom was an elective under sociology major, not that he was studying sociology. Whatever your major, you usually take some totally unrelated classes... I just thought the school classified ballroom as sociology rather than PE...
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Porfirio Landeros said:
Full article is here http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2143657

The fifth-year senior will have plenty of time to focus on football in his final season. Leinart is enrolled in one class: Ballroom dancing will fulfill the final elective for his sociology degree, The Los Angeles Times reported.
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