...Growing up I was interested in team sports. I was always the biggest girl on my team, and I didn’t really fit in with all of the other girls. They were all smaller than me and I felt out of place. I played soccer and basketball, and continued until seventh grade when I suffered a knee injury and had to put a pause on the sport I loved at the time. My rehab went well, and I tried out for the AAU travel basketball team as soon as I was cleared Heartbreak quickly followed when the coach called my parents and told them that I didn’t make the team. After going through a Winter with nothing to do, my dad took me to my first rugby game. He had learned about the sport through his chiropractor, and thought that it would be a good thing for me to go out and watch a game. I...
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... In my opinion, everyone is born with a blank slate. No one’s personality is predetermined. I don’t believe any baby can be born evil, just like dogs can’t be born evil. This has been proven inaccurate after several cases of people being evil although they were raised in a good family. Every person has their own opinion on this topic and is yet to be discovered fully. I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but raised in a Hispanic household. I was conceived in Colombia but my dad moved to America after receiving a scholarship for soccer. My family is very different compared to any other Hispanics. I would consider us very Americanized. I was raised by parents who are very open minded and smart and live a healthy lifestyle. We are all about being eco friendly. We are the definition of tree huggers. It’s very difficult to say whether we are born with these traits and interests or they grow upon us depending on our environment. My dad was a great athlete. He was great at most sports. He’s very agile and coordinated. I have loved playing soccer since I can remember. I started kicking around a soccer ball with my dad since I was 5 and I’ve carried the passion for it just like my dad all along. I remember at only 10 years old, I was very good with my feet. I was a lefty just like my dad and I had the same style of playing. Although it might have been in our blood to love soccer, I do believe I carried this talent on from living with my dad. My dad has...
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...Throughout my high school career I have participated in many athletic and academic programs. I am part of the national honor society and the honor roll. Although I am not class president or Vice President, I always try to contribute and give feed back to he leaders so that they understand what is going on with the the students. At the beginning of my high school career I became involved in basketball, soccer, and volleyball. In both, basketball and volleyball, I was put into a place of leadership. My junior year I was captain of the varsity basketball team at my high school, and then my senior year I was captain of my varsity basketball and varsity volleyball team. Every year during sports one of my coaches would give a speech about how you...
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...They do not realize how many people in the United States actually live in poverty. A lot of people just assume that the poverty takes place in locations like Africa and India. When you get to see poverty first hand it really breaks your heart. We can do something about it though. We can change the way people live by volunteering our time to help out the community, and the feeling you get in return for putting a smile on someone’s face creates an extraordinary feeling that can be received no other way. I received this feeling when I got to participate in the mission trip to Chicago where I witnessed children living in such poverty but still showing up everyday with a smile on their face. Our trip began with a long and tiresome drive up to Chicago. It seemed never ending until we finally saw the massive sign that marked the entrance of our destination. Wheaton College. We were spending the night at Wheaton along with other churches from around the United States. The Boys and Girls Club of Elgin...
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...My name is Christopher Kang Jr., I’m twenty-one years old, and I was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. I am still in the process of trying to fully understand all qualities I possess. Not only thinking, but also writing introspectively, which I have never done before, will maybe better help me have a full grasp of who I am. Let us start with my good qualities. I am/have: love, kindness, compassion, altruism, attentive, forgiving, loyalty, respect, faith in others, understanding, open-minded, thoughtful to others, flexible, empathy, modest, easy-going, able to give other people chances, tactful, sentimental, reasonable, discerning and appreciative. I am/have these poor qualities: timid, lazy, insecure, indecisive, care what other people think about me, guilty, ashamed about my past, awkward, nervous, doubtful, compulsive, embarrassed, forgetful, hesitant, doubtful, insipid, dependent, envious, limited, fearful of the future and pitiful. In the following paragraphs I will explain how people, events and forces have made me who I am today and how it has shaped the life I live. The people who have had the most influence on my life are my family, friends and mentors at several different troubled teen programs I have been sent to. My parents and sister since my birth have impacted my life the most and still continue to influence my present life. My parents, who are of Korean descent, immigrated to America in 1982. They gave birth to me 10 years later and instilled in me most of my...
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...our culture and our vision. Our daily life is constantly dealing with new information that changes our perception of life. We are living in a world of endless challenges that leads us either to success or failure. Furthermore, the most important feeling that we deal is impact and it is a broad term that could have an infinite meaning. According to me, impact is an emotion, an effect, or a force exerted by technology, events, laws, news, family, social life, music and personal life experience. On the first hand, I will elaborate what impact means personally to me then I will explain what does impact mean with respect to community and finally a global version of impact. First of all, I believe that impact has a direct effect on me and my decision making. It also depends on the intensity of the impact. People that I meet or deal with on a daily basis affects my life. High intensity impact characteristics are for instance if the person that I meet is ranked in a high social class or has an interesting life that I learn from his personal experience. Furthermore, world news constantly affects me, understanding internal and external conflicts. Reading economical and financial topics helped me learn to make the right investment. Going to Georgia Tech changed my life significantly. I learned how to be reliable with my group members and be punctual coming to class. Also, submit assignments on time prepare me for real life challenges. Thanks to my advantages, I had the opportunity to travel...
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...Ethics paper for week one in my class. Ethics Ethics Ethics are a part of our daily lives. Learning ethics begins at an early age. From birth to a teenager, parents try to instill ethics in children. Many of the groups one joins during school or in after school programs are meant to teach ethics to individuals on a daily basis. Building character and driving home the moral makeup of and individual are the primary goals of parents, schools, and organizations like boy scouts or girl scouts. Understanding ethics and how we got where we are today is the primary focus of this paper. My ethical system From the time I was a small child to the day I left home for good, my parents focused on my character and moral standards above anything else. The goal hopefully was a young man with strong moral character and ability to make the right ethical decisions on my journey through adulthood. My ethical support system started early in cub scouts as a young child. Going to meetings and earning merit badges for doing good deeds was how I spent my spare time. Sports were other outlets for me to learn character. Soccer was the game of choice and my father was the coach. Coming from a military background and in the Marine Corps himself, he taught the entire team honesty, sportsmanship, and integrity for the game. I learned at an early age that honesty was always best and the one thing expected of me no matter what. Graduating to Webelows was...
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...He defined teamwork and gave meaning to it by using real life situations. An example of how he did this was by using the example about Hope Solo and the United States soccer team. This gave meaning to the definition of teamwork and showed the outcome of some conflicts that can arise. The authors also used his life experiences to help us understand the concept better. He told us a story about something his basketball coach said and how much it impacted him. Although Gaffney has his own philosophical views he also borrowed ideas from Aristotle. He talks about how good morals affect happiness and how they relate to sport. In this section they talk about the unhealthy aspects of competitive sport related and how victory is not a virtue. Another idea he touches on from Aristotle is the pleasure you receive when you reach a goal. Here Gaffney expresses there is no single value in sport that is better then the rest and that they each affect one another. The example used is the text is that if there is a greater aspiration to win then players will be overall more committed which in the long run makes them better teammates. By using...
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...States is more driven to success, achievement and competition and Brazil has a lower score. For long term orientation, the United States scores lower than Brazil with 26 and Brazil scores is 44. This being said, Brazil takes more pragmatic by encouraging thrift and efforts in modern education as a way to prepare for the future compare with the United States. According to geert-hofstede.com, “At 76 Brazil scores high on UAI – and so do the majority of Latin American countries. These societies show a strong need for rules and elaborate legal systems in order to structure life. The individuals need to obey these laws, however, is weak. If rules however cannot be kept, additional rules are dictated. In Brazil, as in all high Uncertainty Avoidance societies, bureaucracy, laws and rules are very important to make the world a safer place to live in. Brazilians need to have good and relaxing moments in their everyday life, chatting with colleagues, enjoying a long meal or dancing with guests and friends. Due to their high score in this dimension Brazilians are very passionate and...
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...Imagine being subjected to the solitude of the mountains, going a week without a proper toilet, clean water, or even cell service. Walking miles upon miles, in seemingly hellish temperature just to do something for someone else. Welcome to my journey last February. Roughly a year ago, I endured a week-long Mission Trip in Guatemala. First reading that thoughts probably came up along the lines of "oh that's neat, but what's so fun about that?" For one second, stop thinking about whatever you're thinking and picture this. A hot, quiet day with the sun beating down on your skin. You're sitting under a luscious green tree trying to find as much shade possible while you watch everything go on around you. Children, barely clothed and barefoot laughing...
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...Bump In The Road In the year 2012, there was a significant number of women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer. 12,042 women in the United States were diagnosed, and my sister Amber unfortunately, fell under that statistic. At the time she did not have medical insurance and Amber had not been in for a routine check up in over three years. It was not until she had to go to the hospital for severe pain in her abdomen, when doctors discovered a cyst on one of her ovaries, her lack of urgency eventually cost her health. Amber was diagnosed with stage zero Cervical cancer in early August, This being one of the earliest forms, cancer cells are found on the surface of the cervix. During this time there was a lot of waiting and anxiety my sister and our family went through. Amber had many doctor appointments and went through some very painful procedures such as, a Colposcopy biopsy and an Endometrial biopsy. Being the supporting, loving, and helpful family we are, everyone was by her side every step of the way and helping care for her son while she had Doctor appointments. Since then it has greatly impacted her and our family on the way we live life, It brought everyone together, from taking her to appointments, to helping with her child, it showed how quickly everything can change. Your cells are giving a life span, when they die new cells are developed to replace the ones that have died, but that is not always the case. Cells sometimes do not die and may start dividing, these...
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...Bump In The Road In the year 2012, there was a significant number of women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer. 12,042 women in the United States were diagnosed, and my sister Amber unfortunately, fell under that statistic. At the time she did not have medical insurance and Amber had not been in for a routine check up in over three years. It was not until she had to go to the hospital for severe pain in her abdomen, when doctors discovered a cyst on one of her ovaries, her lack of urgency eventually cost her health. Amber was diagnosed with stage zero Cervical cancer in early August, This being one of the earliest forms, cancer cells are found on the surface of the cervix. During this time there was a lot of waiting and anxiety my sister and our family went through. Amber had many doctor appointments and went through some very painful procedures such as, a Colposcopy biopsy and an Endometrial biopsy. Being the supporting, loving, and helpful family we are, everyone was by her side every step of the way and helping care for her son while she had Doctor appointments. Since then it has greatly impacted her and our family on the way we live life, It brought everyone together, from taking her to appointments, to helping with her child, it showed how quickly everything can change. Your cells are giving a life span, when they die new cells are developed to replace the ones that have died, but that is not always the case. Cells sometimes do not die and may start dividing, these...
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...similarly across most age ranges with increases in cognitive thinking and functioning later on. Developmental Analysis Development has many definitions, varying from gender, age, and even culture. We all experience changes and growth at various times throughout our life that help us transition into the next phases. It is a natural process for humans to age and grow, but also learn from their environments and mistakes. The various stages marked by Erikson often pinpoint vital phases in an individual’s life where challenges are sought out. From the time of infancy until very old age, an individual is constantly developing and changing. There are challenges often brought about with each new stage and older age, but with each phase knowledge is also gained. Infancy From the time of conception until birth, infancy is a very important time for not only the mother but also the infant. Infancy alone offers a rapid rate of growth and development not only of the infant but also the brain within the first year. The brain has relatively strong plasticity during this time, so it is important during this time to receive cognitive stimulation to increase development and thinking. I do not know much about the details of my mother’s pregnancy because I was adopted when I was a toddler. I was told that she was younger when...
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...Chet Lempitsky Mrs. Figs English 3 10 February 2013 Steroids In many parts of the world today, sports competitions are the vehicle for the fierce quest to win, to be “the best.” Athletes will do anything to win whether that be cheating in golf or taking steroids in order to excel in baseball. It is said that over three million athletes and bodybuilders have used illegal steroids in this country alone (Solberg 92). If many people already use steroids why not make them legal and let people take them at their own risk? Or perhaps do you think steroids should stay illegal because they have harmful side effects and promote an unfair advantage in sports? With the growing concern over steroid use in our country, we must look at what is really best for the future of our athletes and the spirit of competition. Steroids are extra hormones that are either taken orally or injected into the body. Theses hormones set off a reaction that sends an individual’s testosterone level soaring, which in turn allows that person to increase muscle size and strength. But with this new-found strength comes some harmful side effects. Steroids can cause heart attacks or liver cancer, not to mention all the newly acquired acne that often develops. These are only a few of the hundreds of unhealthy things that can happen to you when you are on steroid (Harris129). Many people, medical experts and athletes alike, feel steroids should be legalized. They feel that the use of steroids a few times and in moderation...
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...well as pregnant mothers in the Unites States are increasing and it has greatly impacted the health of those affected. Additionally, as it is explained by Katherina Maximova, children who are “exposed to overweight parents and schoolmates were more likely to misperceive their own weight status” meaning that children exposed to overweight people in their lives were more likely to not consider it an issue or a health hazard. As I was somewhat overweight myself when I was younger, I can easily relate to difficulty of finding their determination to take action against their weight problem. Having had this problem, I realize that also finding a way to alter eating habits and increase the amount of exercise as a child can be difficult. As I look back at myself and remember the lifestyle that would surround me, I felt as if my overweight problem had not been properly introduced as a possible health risk by my parents or my friends. Due to the immediate availability of fast food restaurants, as a child, I was increasingly vulnerable to becoming overweight. Taking into consideration that the people surrounding me in my life had been somewhat overweight themselves, obesity had been considered the norm. Through my research, I have discovered that the struggle problem with obesity has been around since the Ancient Egyptians era. It is my aspiration to shed light on this subject and to bring about an idea of how to improve on the issue of obesity through the means of educating children to make...
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