The Assassin's Challenge

The subject of the book “The Midnight Assassin” by Skip Hollandsworth is focused on uncovering the truth behind who is truly at fault for the murders of Mollie Smith and, several other victims. The murders occurred in Austin, Texas during the 19th century. Based on the first three chapters, three prominent characters have been introduced. All three characters are currently prime suspects. At the time, Austin was a prestigious town, equipped with the finest law enforcement made first hand by god himself, the Texas Rangers. When the young yellow skinned slave Mollie Smith was murdered, terror truly struck Austin. News reporters from all over Texas came to cover the story, thus creating conspiracies about each suspect. Evaluation of each suspect and their motives to perpetrate such a gruesome murder-Walter Spencer, a hardworking slave, who had never done any harm; Tom Chalmers, the brother of the land owner where the murder took place; Lastly, Dr. Ralph Steiner, the esteemed doctor.

In an age where everyone is expected to be recognized, there must be an understanding that the world does not progress by congratulating the “average.” I believe that giving participation trophies makes people stop competing; especially if the trophies are given at a very early age. For example, a team of small children have a terrible baseball season, but it’s okay! Because the coach gives out trophies to everyone. This in turn only teaches the child that no matter how bad life gets, they will always be rewarded. Participation trophies create future generations of entitled adults as seen by today’s generation. We need to reward kids that work hard for what they do for the sake of risk and reward. That is simply how progress is made in society. Yet I agree with one point made by the opposing side. I believe that participation should be recognized sometimes. Participation can teach kids that teamwork matters in every little aspect of society. Participation trophies should be eliminated but participation should still merely just be recognized with a pat on the back as said by Betty Berdan, a high school junior from Connecticut. Participation trophies overall hinder the growing and learning process of kids; whether it is through sports, or any other competitive involvement.

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s Europe was becoming a tinder box for a possible great war. Every country was extremely determined on spreading their empires. Additionally they began to form alliances, France with England and Germany with Austria-Hungry. Then on June 28th 1914 a Bosnian-Serb nationalist assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife practically igniting Europe and the world into a massive war. This assassination was viewed as an act of war and Russia came in to assist their ally Serbia. Germany naturally had to declare war on Russia to help Austria-Hungry. France and England then joined in to assist Russia.

Participation trophies give children the unrealistic expectation that attendance matters more than hard work and effort. This is shown by the current generation known as the Millenials; the Millenials are the individuals born from the period 1985 to present day. This generation is known for over praising children, and the result

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The Assassins are a Shiite-Ismailite sect that used to spread fear and panic in the Near and Middle East for more than one century. They did carry out political murders with as much publicity as possible and therefore they are compared with terrorists. But there's one big difference - they never carried out their murders indiscriminately,but rather always selectively. Today, we can hear the term modern-day Assassins and that's the reason for making this historical review trying to find resemblance between the assassins and the terrorists.

Finally, kids that are given participation trophies are given the wrong idea. Fifty-seven percent of people said "only winners" deserve to have participation trophies, giving out participation trophies is tantamount to giving kids the wrong praise, and giving kids with bad attitudes and not a care in the world is not a good idea. These kids need to realize that they need

Elementary students who participate in group sports often receive participation awards at the end of the sports season. James Harrison posted on twitter that he felt participation trophies were wrong, because the child did not actually achieve anything. This post has caused a major controversy across the United States. Some parents agree with Harrison and say that participation trophies create a false sense of achievement, which stops their child from trying hard later on. I, however, disagree. Participation awards help kids feel like they had a part in an activity, reward children from their effort, and can help them strive for success.

Throughout the 77 responses survey, I noticed some unfair and bias things that changed the outcome of the survey. One example is that 60 out of 77 responses came from 9th graders. From a ninth grader’s perspective, we view things a lot differently than 10th through 12th graders. There is a big maturity gap between 9th and 12th graders, and that affects the survey a lot. For example we do not like the sophomores, which of course means the sophomores are going to be voted for most rude, we don’t care for them. Another thing that I noticed was that there is a lack of upperclassmen taking the survey. There are 15 seniores in the survey, which is not bad, but there are no juniores. Upperclassmen are the “head” of the high school, and it makes all

This will teach the kids that they need to earn something for themselves and in order to do that they need to be willing to work and do whatever it takes to get there. This is how we will shape the youth of today by letting them know that they need to earn things and nothing is going to come easy therefore this is a no side argument. With not giving kids a trophy or some type of reward for participation they will be driven to want to strive and get an award but not just participation actually winning a game or some type of contest in life having an actual placing of ribbon or trophy. By saying no to giving trophies or rewards of participation you are letting the kids know that it is life and that in order to succeed they need to try very hard at what they want. The kids need to strive and work their hardest to get what they want and it is all taught through parents and the leaders of the youth event

It was the night of the Templar’s anniversary and Aguilar was making his way through the swamp of the dead to reach the city of Spain. Aguilar was like any other person with casual clothes and leading a flock of sheep. But he was actually sent to assassinate the king and to retrieve the apple of Eden in order to balance the world and it’s free will. Many of the foreign assassins had already tried to kill the King, but they ended up with their head on the end of a spear. But tonight it was different, the Assassin Brotherhood is fear by all people in power across the world because they are everywhere.

Did you know you could learn history from a game. From assassin”s creed you could check someone history from these games. Some will tell you about it some part is kind of show people from the history book or somewhere else show picture of the person you see him or her in the game. Let say Leonard de vence his in the game where he help the Assassin’s to make sure span doesn't get the weapon from him . know let say Blackbeard he’s piret died on the ship which Edward was too late to save him from british kill Blackbeard die Edward was sad . so he head to another and get drink and do something he need to do with someone later in the game. He he find the sage and Edward had clear the island that way they could get were they going but do not trust

Requiescat en pace; this phrase is Latin for Rest in Peace. During the 14th and 15th century many assassins used this when sending their brothers to the afterlife. Now imagine in modern society assassins existed. They would be silent deadly and virtually unrecognizable. Now starting in the 21st century assassins live in the shadows. They live, breathe, and die to protect the Apple of Eden, the Brotherhood, the Creed, and ultimately destroy the Templars.

We chose The Assassin’s Challenge over all the other ideas discussed in the beginning because we determined that this was the most effective and engaging idea. The game would have the lowest cost and be the most active and engaging. It would create a wary environment around the school and at some points could cause complete and utter chaos to ensue, which would be fun for everybody as long as everybody follows the rules and nobody gets hurt. With all that said, the question we ask is: Will our chosen social epidemic, The Assassin’s Challenge, have that spontaneous, “spreads like wildfire” moment when something tips, and will our game garner the interest and participation of at least one-fifth of the high school population at Odyssey to prove

Being apart of GAME has made me really excited for my future career as a PE teacher. This program is a great way for me to gain some experience helping out in a PE classroom like setting and to also learn some new activities that I can use once I graduate and get a teaching job. Besides helping me get excited for the future, GAME has also challenged me in various ways. One thing that has been challenging about GAME and will continue to be challenging once I become a teacher, is getting all kids to participate in all of the activities regardless of their various skill levels. This has been a challenge at various times throughout my service learning experience, and all though it can be frustrating at times, this experience can be rewarding when you do get the kids to engage and participate in the activities. Being able to mentor these middle schoolers as they are getting prepared for high school has not only been rewarding, it has also been challenging and exciting at the same time. One of the best parts of my service learning is not only being able to play in fun games for a couple hours a week, it is also getting to know the kids in the program. I have gotten to know most of them pretty well, especially the four mentee’s in my “team”. We get the chance to meet with them for around thirty minutes after each session and reflect upon their past week, school, and GAME. Meeting with our teams each week has allowed me to learn about the mentee’s outside of GAME, like