...Soccer has shaped the person I am today. Soccer has taught me how to manage my time correctly and how to prioritize sports with school. Everyday after school, I go straight to practice then go home to do homework. Prioritizing has been especially important to me since I also have Pre-Ap classes that hand out much more work than normal classes. Dealing with more work has been somewhat difficult for me. In 7th grade, I was in normal classes and got straight A’s, so in 8th grade I was moved up to the honor classes. The work was much more challenging and I was worried that I would not be able to keep up with the workload, but I quickly realized that the workload was not as bad as I had thought. All I needed to do was finish my homework before...
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...I finally understand why so many people complain about their junior year. My performance this year, in both school and soccer, is critical for my future. The pressure to succeed is overwhelming and causing an enormous amount of stress. The grades I receive this year will be the most important on my transcript, as these are the grades that colleges pay the most attention to. I am currently taking three advanced placement and honors classes: A.P Language and Composition, A.P. Physics 1, and French 3 Honors; the rest of my classes are normal courses. Grade-wise, I am doing well in my classes as I have straight A's and two A-'s, but almost all my classes are harder than any of my classes sophomore year. Subjects that used to come naturally to me, such as french and math, are becoming confusing; I am now forced to prepare in advance for all tests and quizzes instead of doing a quick review of the material the night before or even the period before. The class that is the most difficult course for me is A.P. Physics 1. When I am in that class I feel, for the first time in my life, completely lost. I cannot make sense of any of the information that my teacher, Dr. Jones, introduces to the class. Two or three times a week we are assigned homework problems on a website called wileyPLUS that I am lucky to finish in two hours. We do example problems in class, but once I get home and look at my homework, the problems I have been assigned are seemingly unlike any of the types of problems...
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...Aidan Pedroza Professor Margrave ENGL 100B Sec 38 26 February 2024. The Little Baseball Almanac Sports do not build character, they reveal it. This quote is from the best college basketball coach of all time, John Wooden. Sports are a very big part of the world today. Just a couple of weeks ago we had the Super Bowl, which is the most watched television event of the year. Sports are a very important part of my life. Throughout this story, you will see why my education in sports is important in my life. This is where I met my friends, my mentors, and my heroes. Not only has this education helped me in my past, but I hope it contributes in finding my future career. My earliest introduction to sports was through my family. Since both of my parents...
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...ball. I have lost sight of it in the sun. I close my eyes and hear the ball sliding on the side net. I glanced up and I start cheering. Jumping up and down, I just won the game for the team. I love soccer because, it involves a lot of running and skill, I have been playing soccer since I was a wee lad, and it involves team effort. Soccer I think is the most energetic sport ever. Soccer is amazing to me. People call us field fairies but it takes a lot more skill than you think. I love running, it’s my obsession. I run outside of school almost every day. About 6 miles a day. But enough about running. That’s what makes soccer the greatest sport ever to me. The skill in soccer takes along time to master. I don’t even think you can master soccer. There are so many new things I learn at practice every day. The skill you need to play soccer it just over the top. When you first play soccer, like first ever in your life your thinking wow, this is a lot more tricky than I thought it would be. I know that’s what I was thinking when I first played. Since I was five I have been playing soccer and I first started I played with the YMCA. After that I played with a youth soccer club and that is for anybody who wants to try soccer or maybe just keep playing soccer. Ever since I played soccer I have loved it and when I was little I had no clue what I was doing at the time. Now I have progressed a lot and know what I’m doing. My first year I played, I had a goal and it was a very good goal...
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...so real and magical. It is not in things, but in you. You are the only one that knows what happy feels like. Playing soccer in a bright sunny day around sixty degrees makes me happy because it is the perfect weather a soccer player loves to play in. Not to hot where you get tired easily and not to cold that you can barely move your body. I get lost in the beautiful game surrounded by my fans just outside the sidelines watching me play and stunning them all by doing what none of them thought I could do....
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...As a kid, I was not the biggest soccer fan- not even close-, so when the world cup of 2006 arrived and everyone was hysterical about it, I was struggling between watching it despite the boredom it caused me and to keep with my reluctant position but face isolation due to the lack of common interests with others. Nevertheless, my father, as the big fan he was, decided to give me a present that could involve me in the “soccer craziness” and still keep me amused: a world cup calendar where I could write the scores and statistics from each match. I was enchanted with the gift; it gave me some really enjoyable evenings, calculating the possible combinations of results for each team to qualify to the next round. At that time, it was just another way of entertaining me, but little did I know those were going to be the first steps in this wonderful world of mathematics – and further sciences....
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...differences between the British physical therapy program and that of the United States would benefit me a great deal in broadening my knowledge base to encompass that of a completely different continent. Also it would allow me the opportunity to learn by shadowing a British physical therapist, and compare that experience to the clinical exposure I expect to have in the United States. By participating in this program I hope to combine my experiences of the best of both worlds into my graduate studies and eventually in my PT practice. I plan to learn and develop valuable skills that will one day make me a better physical therapist. This is why I chose the University of Essex, in England due to the fact it offers a wide range of academically challenging classes related to my field of study. It’s a fairly new program receiving a lot of attention. This peeked my interest and guided my decision to chose Essex. Academics have always been extremely important to me and my family. Both my parents have always encouraged me and my sister to pursue a higher education. A college education is essentially the key to success in the future. It opens many doors of opportunity and will allow me to explore many options available. A good education can be my way into a prosperous career. Attending classes in a different culture will not only expand my capacity as a student to learn but also help me interpret new information. So by participating in a study abroad program I hope to learn about the differences...
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...get to know me. And when I truly care about someone you can tell. I may seem selfish but I love to do for others. Of course I have flaws like every once but I just except mines. Soccer: I have been playing soccer since I was five years old and it has always come very easy to me. In high school if you were to say, “ Mia Jackson, ya know the black girl, varsity soccer, since freshman year,” then people would know who you were talking about. Soccer is something that helps defines the person I am today. I never noticed how important soccer was to me until about two years ago, when I had torn my ACL which prevented me from participating in soccer for year. I remember holding back my tears as the doctor told me I could not play and had to get surgery, than on top of that recover time was close to a year. Over the summer this year I had to bust my ass to get back into shape because I felt I had a title to live up to. I would have to say I am now playing better than ever before out of my fourteen years of soccer. Most because I play every game like it’s my last and don’t take my talent for granted cause a simple injury can happen in a matter of seconds. High School: I am so happy I am out of high school. I am someone who really didn’t enjoy high school and I don’t really know why. Maybe it is because of all the drama that comes along with high school. My high school experience was ok because I had soccer and my boyfriend. I didn’t really keep that many friends around me in high school...
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...to his son, Jem, he says, “It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” He was explaining to Jem what real courage is and why it is important to know the real definition of it. Atticus’ description of courage is not a man holding a gun. He said that even though you know that you are going to fail before you start, but you do it anyway and finish hard. This is a valuable concept. This means that you cannot be perfect to have courage; you do not have to worry about being good enough to have the label of courage. Courage can come in many different ways, even as players for a soccer team....
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...I was born in Siguatepeque Comayagua, Honduras on April 4, 2000. Growing as a kid I played a lots of soccer, worked on the fields, and went to school all at the same time. It became very stressful to keep up with because school was one hour away from where I Lived. That is why I look the decision to come to United States and have a better education. My goal is to graduate from high school, and go off to college. When I arrived here to San Bernardino I enrolled at Indian Springs High School and although I did not speak english very well. I was grateful to have a school that was near home. School in Honduras are very different from here. The teachers are much more strict and there are hardly any computers or internet access at school. If students...
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...sports a somewhat negative Ora which people like me try there best to stray away from. PhD Mark Edmundson, an English professor at the University of Virginia published an article “Do Sports Build Character or Damage It?” in The Chronicle of Higher Education. In this article Edmundson advises to fellow educators to think more deeply about the importance of sports and how sports can affect your character. He uses his life as a prime example. In his article Edmondson explains how sports helped build his character but also damage it. First he reminisces about his highschool years as a football player. Second...
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...During the semester I learned the different fields that are in correlation with kinesiology. Before taking this class, I thought that Kinesiology was for those who wanted to become person trainers or dietitians. With the different presentations and powerpoint that we went over in class, I learned that there are many branches to kinesiology. Kinesiology is recognized as the study of the human body, which is used in many different work fields such as medicine. Like many other high school students, I did not know what field I wanted to study. It was after my injury from being on the soccer team that I started to develop an interest in medicine. During my junior year of high school, I tore my ACL and both of my meniscus while playing soccer....
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...Jennifer G English 1A Tiffany Higgins September 10, 2014 The Adventures of Johnny Bunko Daniel Pink presents many important lessons in The Adventures Of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need, which are secrets to being successful in life. Johnny Bunko is an average guy who is unhappy and unsatisfied with the career he has. Throughout the book, Pink states many good points and talks about being persistent and how people should focus on their strengths, not their weaknesses. Although I agree with Daniel Pink when he makes the point that in order to be successful you need to be persistence; I disagree when he states that people should focus on their strengths not their weaknesses, because in order to be successful you need to first focus on your weaknesses and improve them so you wont keep repeating the same mistake throughout your career. Summary: In The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, Daniel Pink using the character of Diana, argues that in order to have persistence you need to focus on your strengths and not your weaknesses. By all means, throughout the Six Lessons in The Adventures of Johnny Bunko the First Lesson Daniel Pink through the character of Diana mentions that “There is no plan.” Johnny is always tired which makes it hard for him to concentrate, so he struggles to get his work done on time. Johnny goes to lunch with his co workers and explains to them how when he opens the chopsticks “this person” who is Diana appears with magical powers. He then...
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...border so that you guys wouldn’t have to suffer the way we suffered.” This is something my parents have always said to me. This is why I want to be someone in life and take the opportunities that my parents never had. Graduating high school is already a big accomplishment to my parents, but i want to go even further with my education. I am not exactly sure of what I want to be yet. I am looking into social work and or something thing in the medical field. I want to get my career and be able to maintain myself financially. But most important I want to love my career . I don't want to be that person that complains about disliking what they do. I want be able to help others in need, whether is physically or mentally. I want to make a great impact in people's lives. With my brothers in and out of juvenile detention centers I was able to meet some amazing people. They are social workers who help my brothers make better decisions for them and their future. You could tell all the empathy they had towards all the kids. But they were actually doing something about it and helping them to get somewhere in life. Being some type a mentor or idol to so many people is just amazing. Especially when they're at a young age you get to help them get through obstacles in life and not let them ruin their life just because they are struggling. People like this will always be important to me no matter...
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...teacher to something so unrealistic such as living in Narnia. Making the best of life is what I try doing, dreams that money can buy most importantly. My dreams and goals before I die are to build a home for a needy family in Mexico, having a big family and my last is to take my parents on a trip to another country. Yeah I know what your thinking just another bucket list, but this is a bucket list with realistic ideas that I plan to take with me on his stroll of life. Body; The feeling of giving and getting happiness in return is one of the best feelings of life. My biggest goal is to build a home for a poor family in Mexico. Mexico itself is a corrupted country with a high rate in poverty. Speaking from experience that I have visited Mexico and hearing the struggles my parents went through growing up in Mexico make me realize how much luck has to do with growing up. When I visit Mexico, one of my aunts lives in the poverty area, seeing how they barely have doors and they have go to the bathroom outside in a so called bathroom, makes me come back to the united states and feel greatlful. Not only in mexico is the poverty bad but in many parts of the world. I recently volunteered in a church event that helped feed the homeless. This was my first time ever seeing homeless people asking for food. Just seeing how many families went in super hungry and...
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