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Summary Of Brain Vs Brawn By Mark Cotharn

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In “Brains vs. Brawn”, by Mark Cotharn, Cotharn talks about his experience on both sides of discrimination. At his first school he had a high status because of his talents playing quarterback on his high School football team. It was at this school he got the “good side” of discrimination. He talked about how the football coach came to talk to Cotharn about joining the football team. Even the Principal met with him and told him he will to well at the school. He also received favoritism from his teachers. One teacher made Cotharn stay after class just to talk about football. Another teacher allow him to skip to skip his labs in order so Cotharn could get ready for football games. Then, going into his junior year, they changed the feeder pattern

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