Vale Middle School Reading Article
Why BYU Has Asked Jimmer Fridette to Stop Attending Classes
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Notes on my thoughts,
Why BYU Has Asked Jimmer Fredette
reactions and questions as I
read:
to stop attending classes
Whereas other NBA prospects often drop out of school during spring
semester in order to focus all their attention on preparing for the
upcoming draft, Jimmer Fredette has stopped attending classes for a
different reason.
BYU actually requested it.
College basketball's consensus national player of the year is doing all
his schoolwork online this semester because his presence had
become a distraction in class. Al Fredette told the Glens Falls Post-
Star that star struck students were approaching his son during
lectures for autographs and photographs.
"It was getting too disruptive," Al Fredette said. "He can't go
anywhere in Provo without being recognized."
That Jimmermania has disrupted Fredette's daily life should come as
no surprise to those who followed his meteoric rise from all-
conference guard to college basketball's breakout star. Each long-