What Does The Marble Chop Mean

Determination comes from the people around you, which power you up to get through the situation you’re in. Andy’s determination comes from his belief about him being convicted for murder, but after all he found out who it was, even if he didn’t find out he was determined to escape because he knew he was right. At the end of it, all you have is hope and determination.

In the game, you must battle trainers and defeat the elite four and champion, along with your rival while stopping evil villains from trying to destroy the world. It is practically impossible to defeat every trainer and Pokemon you encounter without losing, especially the elite four and champion since they are the strongest. This means that you are going to lose, but it’s not the end of everything. Even in real life, things won't go smoothly, as much as we hope it does, but it has helped me learn how to bounce back from such setbacks and showed me that I must keep on doing my best or I won’t be able to achieve my ultimate goal, whether it’s becoming champion and being the best Pokemon trainer, or getting my dream job and becoming a detective or F.B.I agent. If I don’t push myself to overcome these obstacles, I’ll never get anywhere. It has also taught me to be prepared for anything. The game has multiple types for both Pokemon and their moves, and even abilities can affect a battle, which means I need to strategize if I want to be able to win. If I don’t quickly think on my feet, I’ll lose the battle. This has helped me in life by teaching me how to create a strategy in order to achieve my goals, while not thinking too far ahead that I lose myself or others in the

The story ´´The Marble Champ´´ shows this because when Lupe was in the marbles competition it says everybody was easy to beat because she had practiced so hard. Furthermore, after the first time Lupe practiced it got easier every time.´´Practice, practice, practice, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. Lupe got better...´´ This evidence shows, that after hard work things can get easier as you go along. I think Lupe realized this after she played at the marbles championship because everybody she played against was easily beat for her. And she realized this after she beat Alfonso, the neighborhood champ, she also realized that things can get easier after she practiced a few days and she got better and better. Therefore, marbles got easier for her every time she did it. She learned that her hard work payed

One reason to prove my statement Lupe is very determined is, Lupe has won many awards for academics. A piece of evidence to support that is, Lupe won the school’s spelling bee, and she won the reading contest at her public library 3 summers in a row. This shows that she is serious about winning. Another piece of evidence to support my reason is she was the blue ribbon awardee in the science fair, and the top student at her piano recital. This shows that most of the awards she won are for academics, not athleticism. My last piece of evidence to support my reason is, she is the playground champ in chess, she was a straight-A student, and not counting when she got stung by a wasp she has never missed a day of school. This shows that she is pretty smart, Lupe once got congratulated by the mayor for not missing any days of school. That is some

**“I’ll never be good at sports.” In the story ‘The Marble Champ’ by Gary Soto Lupe, the main character is determined. She is determined because she is hard working, she never gives up, and because she is very persistent. The most obvious reason why Lupe is determined is because she is hard working.

Never give up. Always keep going. Try hard. Practice makes perfect. The Marble Champ by Gary Soto is a great story. A girl named Lupe is not good at sports but she finds something athletic that she could be good at. She found marbles. She practiced until she got so good, she won the marbles championship. For this matter, I think a possible theme in this story is to never give, just like Lupe did. A couple reasons why, are because she practices, perseveres, and always gives 100% effort.

In the beginning of the story Lupe shows that hard work pays off. The story said, “She was a straight-a student, and never missed a day of elementary school.” This shows that it took hard work to get to all a’s and not missing a day of school. Also the story said, “She begged her body to move faster, but could never beat anyone...” Even though she wasn’t good at sports she tried hard to find a sport. The last example is that she kept trying and trying and her aim got better, but her thumb strength was very weak and could only get the marbles to move couple inches. This means she really wants to win the championship and keeps trying even if she might not be getting that much better. That is how Lupe worked hard in the beginning of the story.

So this is important because a three year old would know which way to go. So, Lupes hard work pays off but first Lupe is a bad athlete at the start of the story.

Hall of fame baseball player, Babe Ruth, once said, “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” Throughout my involvement and participation in baseball, I have always kept this quote in the back of my head just to remind myself to keep grinding and stay committed when things get hard. Baseball has taught me, and even my family, valuable life lessons over the course of the last several years.

Have you ever been so impressed by someone when they do something amazing? In The Marble Champ by Gary Soto, Lupe is a intelligent girl who is not very athletic, and by determination and hard work, she wins a marbles tournament. I think Lupe is a role model. Three reasons of this are she is intelligent, she is a good sport, and she is hardworking. Lupe is a role model.

In the beginning of the story, Lupe, also the protagonist, wants to be good at sports but no matter how hard she tried she just couldn't do any sports. She never gave up because she finally found a sport she could play, marbles. In the middle of the story, Lupe practiced and practiced working hard to accomplish her goal, to win the marbles championship. At the end of the story, Lupes hard work pays off. She actually wins the marbles championship. It made her feel so good about herself and she was finally good at, at least one sport. She was glad that she never gave up and took the hard work and time to win the marbles championship. The lesson in this story is clear, too: if you take the time to work towards your goal you might just achieve

First I think Lupe is determined because she never gave up on anything. When Lupe wanted to try a new competition to be good at she did not quit on marbles until she was good at it. Every competition she try she never gave up on it and now she is the best at those competitive competition. Lupe squeezed a eraser 100 times just because she wanted to be the marble champ.

An athlete with the growth mindset has perseverance which contributes to their personal development. Billie Jean King is a person who learned how to become a champion when she explains what it means, "King was perplexed. She had never built such a commanding lead in such an important match. But then she had a Eureka! Moment. All at once, she understood what a champion was someone who could raise their level of play when they needed to" (95). A match is volleyball where there is a completion, and people are competing together. King usual role is to play volleyball in the competition. She had to build a commanding lead because she knows that she is able to win the set. Her commanding lead was important that she had to compete, or if she didn't

In the story “Marble Champ” by Gary Soto the main character Lupe is determined because she works hard, is persistent,and above all she never gives up.

Motivation is crucial for an athlete in order to want to win. It is hard to want to win if you have no motivation. The main aspect of motivation in terms of the self-determination theory is intrinsic motivation. The self-determination theory can be defined as “a highly appropriate conceptual framework from which to study sport persistence and dropout” (Calvo, Cervelló, Jiménez, Iglesias, & Moreno Murcia, 2010). Intrinsic Motivation can be defined as “an athlete taking up playing a sport just for the enjoyment of playing a sport” (Pelletier, Tuson, Fortier, Vallerand, & Briére, 1995). It is important to realize that the self-determination theory affects an athlete’s motivation intrinsically (internally) because the self-determination theory uses factors like “autonomy” and “competence” to motivate an athlete to play better in their sport. Most athletes, now and in the past, find it easier to motivate themselves intrinsically if they enjoy the sport or have fun while playing the sport (Ryan & Deci, 1985).