Purpose: To inform my audience about why Jackie Robinson is so special and what he did to change the sport of baseball forever. Central Idea: Jackie proved the world wrong by fighting racism and breaking the MLB segregation barrier, which took a lot of hard work and dedication. When he was finally accepted into the league he was one of the greatest players of all time. Introduction: Attention Getter: Topic Introduction: Jackie Robinson is one of the greatest baseball players to ever swing a bat but
More Than a Game “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.” -Yogi Berra (Play). Love, the single most powerful emotion that humans can feel. Love is what people live for; Lives are spent looking for that one person, or thing that someone can connect with. When you find that one thing or person that you love you know it, and there is no mistaking it. For myself, baseball is the thing I love, and I know you guys are thinking, “here we go, another typical sports
As the fall baseball season approaches, I sit here with a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. It is tough to say why I still feel this anxious. It has been two years since my last four-year scholarship offer. As I see my former teammates at their four year universities, I get bitter. Here I am at a junior college living at home, while they are off living the college experience. But it is a bitter feeling that reminds me where I was and that motivates me and prepares me for what is ahead. Through
when it can be taken. Since I was young until now, I have learned plenty of life’s lessons. Some may stick with me for only a few moments, and some will stick with me for the rest of my life. But there is one very important life lesson I learned at a very young age, this lesson was to always cherish and appreciate the things that are given to in life. This is a simple yet very important life lesson that we all forget to remember every now and then. It is so easy to forget the things we are given in
envelope the teacher just took out containing the tests, everyone’s eyes except my friend’s. My friend looked up at the ceiling. He found the uneven stucco on the crumbling ceiling tiles more interesting than the anticipation of getting a test back. Why is he not shaking? Is he not afraid of the mark he will get on the test? Is he not scared of the effect this may have on his final mark? Is he just uninterested? Before I had a chance to ask him, the teacher called his name. He came back to his seat
really know what ethnicities I am but there are a few things I believe describe my cultural identity; food, my family, and sports. All three of these things describe what my life is about and what I have always known. Each of them have played an important role in my life and I’d like to share. Over time, you start to realize the “normal” things keep happening in your family especially like traditions. Every year my family will get together for a cookout or bonfire, which is happening this weekend
We’re a family that comprises many generations of big and strong athletes. I’ve played sports all my life, including soccer, basketball and baseball, etc. My father has encouraged me to venture into the world of bodybuilding. When he was younger, he used to spend many hours working out. He was able to squat 1,125 lb, bench 575 lbs, and 1,100 deadlift, That is why I recently decided to follow in his footsteps and got into bodybuilding and Powerlifting. Currently I'm able to squat 505 lbs and Deadlift
The Question: When our society talks about "The American Dream," what do we mean? What are the key aspects of the American Dream today and where did they come from? How is this definition reflected in the various texts we have read and discussed in class? Use at least three texts to support your ideas of which at least one must be a poem. The ideology of the American Dream represents what the individual American citizen desires to accomplish with the given opportunities. Through history repeats
Introduction Why is it that professional athletes get paid millions of dollars to play a sport, while there are people struggling to get by working three jobs? In my mind it makes absolutely no sense what’s so ever how people working forty plus hours have a salary that is penny change to professional athletes. “In fact, each basket Kobe Bryant scores earns him equivalent to the average classroom teacher’s yearly salary (bleacherreport.com)” This stat right here is the definition of disgusting. Professional
this dream of studying in Japan. Why Japan you might ask? Ever since I was a kid, I always watch anime every time I have nothing to do. I have been doing that for 6 to 7 years I guess. As I grew up, I took interest in their language, their culture, not that I know much about their culture, but I want to learn though, part of the reason why I want to study there. And what better year to start other than high school right? When youth reached its peak. Everyone around me always said that, three years