The Controversy Of Being A Competitive Gymnast

“Gymnastics taught me everything- life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect,” says Shawn Johnson, 2008 Beijing Olympics All Around Gold Medalist. A hotly debated issue is whether or not competitive sports are beneficial for children and teens. (This, though, will focus solely on gymnastics.) However, research shows gymnastics is a perfectly healthy sport which teaches life skills such as time management, sportsmanship, and healthy habits.

Boxing - a violent cage fight, or a crowd pleasing sport? Boxing is a high intensified sport that can be seen as helping the fighter in life or permanently damaging the fighters future. Many say that boxing is one of the safest sports; however, boxing can leave permanent brain damage from constant punches to the skull. The sport boxing is for managers to earn money while their fighter is in the ring fighting against another human until one gives up, or gets knocked out. A fight could be the end of one’s career, or even one’s life. Boxing should be banned because the money earned does not trump the risk of death, the mixed messages from fighters in the ring confuse the laws regarding assault, and the constant punches to and athletes head leaves permanent damage.

Have you ever been so desperate that you were willing to give up? Alfred is seventeen year old boy who dropped out from high school. Alfred works at a grocery store and hangs out with street kids. Alfred begins to realize that he needs to do something he decided that he will be a Contender. He goes to Donatelli's gym to start his training. Donatelli is a very important person to Alfred throughout the story. He also gets good advice from him and learns a good important lesson.

When I was a kid in kindergarten, my parents and I used to watch the Olympics every year. Most memories about watching the games are blurred now, but I clearly remember the gymnasts flipping and twirling in the air. I was enraptured by how they achieved such complex movements as if they can fly while controlling their bodies. I loved watching gymnastics and always wanted to try the sport. However, when I saw the passage “Is Watching Gymnastics Worse than Being an NFL Fan?” written by O’Rourke, I was astonished by the author’s doubts to the sport. In the article, the author talks about the development of gymnastics and emphasizes its sexual and emotionally abusive history. In her opinion, gymnastics is bad for female athletes and she doesn’t enjoy watching the sport as she used to. However, I don’t think she justifies her doubts toward the sport, nor does she explain the specific reasons she doesn’t enjoy the sport as much.

Is dance a sport? A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment, dance is just that, but others consider it an art or even just a halftime show. Dance teams in high schools do not get funded as much as other sports and they get very little to no recognition at school or even on big sports channels. Dance meets the requirements to even be an Olympic sport. Dance should be considered a sport as much as other athletics.

         For years gymnastics has been a sport that many children participate in. But as the years have gone by it has turned into something other than a place for kids to grow and learn. Its overwhelming commitment has continued to replace kids’ childhoods with stress, mental and physical pain and eating disorders. Many results have come from this change in the gymnastics society. Gymnasts have come to a point where they have been told and directed to understand that winning is the only important factor in gymnastics. “ It’s about the elite child athlete and the American obsession with winning that has produced a training environment wherein results are bought in at any cost, no matter how

I believe the Allies, as well as the rest of the world wanted to punish the real creators of the horrors the Holocaust was, as well as moving the world forward. Like you said, many tensions between countries, such as Soviet Union and the western Europe was a new item to the world agenda that needed to be acknowledged. I believe the Allies, specially the U.S., were trying to prevent a new World War. Great insight!

Research has revealed that majority of Australian children are getting more than the recommended amount of screen time. A decade long study tracked 4000 pre-schoolers throughout their growth the teenagers. Genevieve Alison published the article ‘Most Australian children spend too much time glued to screens, research reveals’ in the Herald Sun on the 20th September 2016. Alison argues that Australian children spend too much time glued to screens. She expresses a logical and rational tone which swings to a more sophisticated and calm tone later in the article. These tones position the reader to keep reading as it is very informative and has evidence to back her claims. Using persuasive techniques, Alison explains and suggests that screen time

We discussed the emotions, feelings, and what he is wanting when he "cuts", and when in his life this has produced his desired results. We also discussed alternatives to cutting. BC appears to be impulsive and has a difficult time thinking in the moment, so he was asked not to isolate when he becomes emotionally dysregulated. He was asked to get permission to go outside to either the back or front yard, and/or if possible go for a walk, to give himself a moment to think of other ways to self-sooth like writing his feelings down on paper or playing his guitar, something he says has worked in the past.

Growing up my mother made my twin brother and I do gymnastics for a couple of years at a gym near our home town. Being so young I though nothing of it and that it was fun because I was swinging, jumping, and bouncing into foam pits. My brother and I looking back at it were some of the only guys in the gymnastics class as the girls predominately outnumbered the guys. This reminds me of the some of the articles we read earlier in the semester and how certain sports are labeled as male and female dominated. My brother and I were so young that we had no idea the difference between soccer or gymnastics was and were simply having fun without a care in the world. Gymnastics in the eyes of society is considered a more feminine sport because the athletes

My brain goes silent. I forget my problems, my issues, my struggles, and everything that makes me feel dead inside. Nothing gives me more hope and happiness, then running on floor to hanging on a bar. From the darkness inside comes a light that feels like an eternal flame that can never be extinguished. Nothing can stop me from feeling more alive. Starting gymnastics has been the best decision I have ever made and has made me the person I am today. With every move, every skill, and every moment, gymnastics makes me feel alive.

The Academic Decathlon is an annual high school competition organized by the nonprofit United States Academic Decathlon Association. It consists of seven multiple choice tests, two performance events, and an essay. The Academic Decathlon team at Ridgefield Park High School is coached by Mrs. Grandov, and had participated at the Regional Competition at Ramapo High School on January 30th. The topic for this year’s competition was India, and students were tested in the following areas: Math, Language & Literature, Economics, Art, Music, Social Science, and Science. They also wrote essays, gave speeches, and were interviewed by the Academic Decathlon judges.

Gymnastic Sports requires a forceful loading, extremities (arms & legs) and twisting of joints. There are some bad effects of doing of this kind of sport such as having injuries taking or performing gymnastic & having bad effect in your body. Gymnasts must develop such as balance, speed and grace, not only to be strong & flexible. Gymnasts can be a female or a male. Male gymnast weight must be less than 150lbs and male’s training time tooks 30-plus hours per week. Female’s body weight doesn’t matter at all. In fact, the males body weight have to matter because of the reason of ‘your arms might have trouble lifting your body all way around through the air’.

Gymnastics has been around over 2000 years ("History of the Sport of Gymnastics"). People have done gymnastics for various reasons, including to have a good time, compete against other gymnasts’, and to get in shape. Gymnastics has played a unique and vital role in American History. It was used to get men ready for war. The skills that it involves is very important to those going to battle. The running, mounting, jumping, and dismounting was all important to learn before going to war ("History of Gymnastics | ISport.com"). It combines grace, beauty, and strength. It is now a popular Olympic Sport. According to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association there are approximately 4.5 million gymnasts in the United States. Seventy-one percent of the gymnasts are females (Deusen). Males do participate in gymnastics, but a lot of the gymnasts’ are female.

On the 8th of August at the Pavilion 2 of Rio centro, 2016 Olympics, the woman's weightlifting competition was held. Marie García earned herself second place after lifting 242 kg, under Jackie Robinson, lifting an outstanding 261 kg. Maria García, being the previous gold medalist for 3 years, was not happy with the results. On August 9th, García demands for Robinson to be disqualified from the competition, which funnily enough, will boost her up to first place. Her anger is aimed towards the fact that Jackie Robinson is a transgender male who competed in the women's weightlifting. García, expectantly, didn't have a problem with Robinson’s gender status until after the rankings were announced. “If García won gold, she would never have said anything