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The main character in the book "Slam!" is a 17 year old kid who is playing basketball for his 

high school basketball team. Greg's personality is someone who cares about most things but 

doesn't show it out in public, its like he's trying to hide the soft side in him. For example when 

he's at the park playing basketball with his friends he's all tough and doesn't care of what is 

happening but when he is home he helps out his little brother sewing his school pants back 

together before his mom gets home.

  Greg has a flaw which is he's not doing good in school but he needs to get good grades so he 

needs slow down  with the basketball but its hard for him to do that because he loves to play 

and for him to make it to the NBA he's going to have to practice a lot to improve his skills and 

smarts.

Q:  If you were in Greg's situation what would you do?

In the book "Slam!" there is a boy named Greg Harris who is 17 and plays basketball at his high school. He has the skill and heart to make to NBA but there is a problem, his grades aren't the greatest because he also is on the art club at his school so he doesn't have time to do his work. One day Greg gets called down to the principles office and his mother is in the office with another man that Greg has never seen before. The principle introduces Richie Randell who is a graduate of Howard University and a working engineer to be Greg's math tutor. Greg doesn't like the idea of a math tutor but his mom thinks it's a good idea to get help and to improve his grade. 

Question:  Do you think it should be mandatory for student athletes to attend homework club (after school study class) because they miss class for sports/games?