Chapter One Reflection Question

After a while of careful thinking, I came up with a conclusion of what my folklore consist of. I felt it was extremely fitting to talk about my wrestling folk life. I have been wrestling for the last sixteen years of my life, and currently wrestle varsity for the University of Indiana. Therefore my folklore takes place in the wrestling room. My community is made up of fellow wrestlers and athletes. Also in my community are coaches and wrestling junkies. Every where I go there always seems to be at least one other wrestler there. If I go to a party on campus, it is either a wrestling party, or I go to a party with a bunch of wrestlers. When I go to family reunions or party, wrestling is the topic at hand. Another part of my folklore is what I wear as a wrestler. During competition, I wear something that you don’t see in your everyday life. We wear different types of shoes, our outfits consist of a singlet, and we wear headgear on our heads. Also my eating habits are completely different from not only the rest of the community, but other athletes. As a wrestler we will go a couple days on a glass of water or two, while working out several times a day. We will go days without eating, and we aim to lose more weight then we naturally should. As a wrestler my everyday life is extremely different from the norm. I wake up at 5:30am and work out for an hour, go home and shower and get ready for classes. Go to classes all day, and then go to practice at 3:00pm. Then I leave the wrestling room around 6:00pm and get some dinner and do some homework. Then I go back into the wrestling room at 10:00pm and cut weight. After that I go home and go to bed, and get ready to do it all over again the next day. As you can tell I have my own folklore or way of life. This is the way I live, which is obviously way different from the average population. "This blog entry is my response to the reflection question to chapter one".