Kendell's Athleticism, Love, And Love Of Learning

Everyone has different qualities and interests that make them unique individuals. After interviewing a fellow classmate of mine, Ruedi Kasabach, I have learned why he is the person he is today. Ruedi has lived with his family in Trenton New Jersey, his entire life. He is currently a boarder at Peddie. In his free time, Ruedi often watches tv, plays soccer, or spends quality time with his brother. In the future, Ruedi plans to take on a career focusing on sports. Ruedi’s hobbies, aspirations, and values demonstrate his active lifestyle and express his distinctive personality.

One of the greatest football coach named Knute Rockne once said, “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.” In the novel Tangerine, the novel show sportsmanship when a visually impaired child named Paul moves to new home in Tangerine florida. He plays soccer while his brother Erik is seen as a football star. He finds out about the secrets about Tangerine, Florida and also find out the secrets about his past that his family has been hiding from him for far too long.. The novel shows how the characters show sportsmanship to other characters in the story. In the novel Tangerine, Edward Bloor uses the motif of sportsmanship to show that show sportsmanship doesn’t always mean you are a good athlete.

In the article "Be like Mike? Michael Jordan and the Pedagogy of Desire" by Michael Eric Dyson it might be thought that it was written solely about Michael Jordan and his accomplishments, but in actuality this article explores the complexities of his impact of American culture. Though written in generalities, this article is targeting a very specific audience, African Americans. There are several references to other successful black Americans such as Muhammad Ali and Jackie Robinson. This article makes the argument that Michael

He is six feet tall, wears glasses, has hemp colored hair, and a slender body-structure. One could safely call Kenyon an introvert as he would rather spend his time alone with guns, tools or even a book than with girls. He is a avid hunter and hunts along with his friend, Bob Jones. Evidently, Bob is his best and only friend. The two of them have often spent time together racing coyotes in his car called the ‘Coyote Wagon’. Many of the characters of the book don’t understand him including his sister Nancy Clutter

Darren 's general attitude toward education is positive; he believes there is a definite benefit to his education and believes the school environment is somewhat encouraging and supportive. Darren is no longer on the baseball team at school, but he has played at various levels since he was 10 years old. Darren wants to graduate and join the military or become a welder. Both Darren and the Freemans feel education is very important to one’s success.

Keelan Simpson is the Sports Coordinator of the Bloomington YMCA and his main responsibilities consist of running all sports programs at the YMCA, hiring the correct employees/staff to coach or help run the different sports programs. The different sports programs include youth summer camps, youth seasonal sports, and adult basketball leagues. The YMCA is a global organization that serves all individuals of a community, allowing them to have access to recreational sports, fitness programs and many other health opportunities.

Junior excelled in high school, was confident and secure. Each family member conveyed a positive self-image, and all members of the family were goal oriented.

For instance, Shannan won’t just say whatever she wanted without thinking about; as some extroverts are. She more nice/outgoing while talking to people, and isn't afraid to talk to people. This comes in handy when coming when coming to a new school,after moving from Washington to California. Speaking of Washington, did you know that all her favorite sport teams are from there. For example, her favorite football team is the Seattle Seahawks, basketball team is the Seattle Storms, and for baseball are the Mariners. Now, what cooler than a girl who watches sports? A girl who also plays sports as well. When Shannan was seven she played on a baseball team called the “The Little Dogers.” This athletic superstar also participated in soccer, but never really played on a team. Nowadays, Shannan has a hanged up her cleats to spend some time to relax. Which is one of the things she likes to do in free time, along with sleeping, watching Netflix, and drawing, This is one thing that many people say she has a gifted for. Besides, literature, singing, and being “good at electronic stuff.” To this modest multi talented girl simply said “I personally don’t think I have any talent

When Benny was a baby everybody knew that there was something special about Benny since the day that he was born. As Benny got older older basketball became his passion, he loved everything about the game of basketball. When Benny was growing up in school it was apparent to see that Benny was always stronger, bigger, taller, and faster than all the kids Benny's age. Before Benny went of to the University of Duke as the #1 recruit in the nation Benny had accomplished a lot of things. In high school Benny started on the varsity basketball team and in all four years in high school, Benny won 4 state championships in a row, and never lost a game, Benny never lost in anything, Benny always won in everything he did.

Alex Morgan was a very active girl as a kid. In fact, she played in multiple sports. She went to every practice and game. In other words, the sports that she played in were softball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, and even dance. In same fashion, her parents influenced her by letting her try new things. They also let her pick the sport that she liked the best. As a result, she was taught how to be responsible, caring, nice, but most importantly to be a confident person when she was young by her parents. To sum up, Alex was a very active little girl because she played in a lot of sports and she was influenced by her parents in the right

In sports, there are three distinct types of players. Firstly, there are those who really don't care about winning the game or about winning in general. Secondly, there are those casual players that would like to win, but they don't treat the game too seriously. Thirdly, there are those who play only to win and will settle for nothing less. Examine yourselves and see where you fit in. (The following sounds like you are trying on a pair of pants)See if you can fit into one of these categories.

I agree with the idea that no one is indebted to the people that pass on knowledge or experience to them. The idea that if Michael Jordan plays he is indebted to the coaches and trainer and previous teachers is a very illogical idea. Let’s take the idea of teachers. If you pay for a private education you have the right to a good education or you can bring your money somewhere else. The idea that if you succeed then you are indebted to them is like saying that the teacher is indebted to you if they provide a sub par education. Now this only applies in a public education because many in the public schools don’t have the money to pay for private education. I agree with the text when it says that”But these people have already been paid the market

When Jesse Owens was little he was often sick with chronic bronchial congestion and pneumonia. At the age of seven Owens would pick up to one hundred pounds of cotton each day to help his family put food on the table. Then at age nine he moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he got the nickname Jesse. At East Technical High School, Owens was quickly a nationally recognized sprinter, setting one hundred and two hundred-yard dashes as well as the long jump. Then in 1935 Owens set a World Record in the one hundred yard dash and in the long jump that would stand for over twenty-five years.

The Olympic Games hold a special place in the global consciousness. Every four years, billions of viewers around the world tune in to watch the Summer Olympics on television. Witnessing athletes being the very best in the world at their sport appeals to the masses. However, with thousands of athletes competing in the Games, it is difficult for competitors to stand out from the crowd. Sage Donnelly needs to leverage her impressive competitive accomplishments and position herself as an exceptional teenage athlete who has achieved success in spite of having to deal with three potentially life-threatening diseases.

Jackie was in love with sports and was quite good at the ones he played. Jackie was a star basketball player the best football player on his team and even was an olympic broad jumper. Jackie even lettered in 2 sports, but baseball, he started playing for a farm team named the montreal royals. After about 2 months jackie was recognized for his talent, and branch rickey (the president of the brooklyn dodgers) didn’t agree with segregation and wanted to give robinson a chance, later after watching jackie he agreed to sign jackie robinson to the brooklyn dodgers in 1947. He was also named rookie of the year and national league MVP in the same year and a world series champ in 1955. He inspired people to be involved by proving that blacks can do