basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball‚ doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” – Charles Barkley. Professional athletes are not the best people to be role models for kids. Steven Ortiz‚ a sociology professor at Oregon State and the author of several published studies on athletes ’ bad behavior says‚ "Spoiled-athlete syndrome begins early in sports socialization. From the time they could be picked out of a lineup because of their exceptional athletic ability‚ they
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Honesty The importance of being honest with yourself and others Honesty is always been difficult for others to do whether it’s to yourself or to others. People are not honest because they don’t want to get in trouble or they just ashamed or embarrass to tell the truth. Being honest is important because you don’t want to lose your parents and or friends trust in you. Once you start to lie it becomes a habit and that’s a habit that you don’t want to have and once you do it a
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Professional athletes‚ specifically in the NFL‚ NBA‚ and MLB‚ often are rewarded extremely substantial contracts and lucrative endorsement deals and it has been argued that their salaries should be reduced to smaller wages but they are paid in the way that they are for good reason. There merchandise is sold for more money than their salary is worth‚ the risk getting injured is high and they can only do for their job for a short amount of time. Athletes are not overpaid because the Teams make much
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Being thankful is one of the most important things in the world. It shows what you appreciate in your life and how you appreciate it. I am thankful for shelter‚ clean water‚ and freedom. Shelter is one of the most important things in anyone’s life. It ensures protection from weather and a place to sleep. Shelter can be used as a place to sleep‚ eat‚ and work. If someone didn’t have any shelter where would they go to sleep for the night. Homeless people don’t have homes and I’m happy to have my own
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Behind every teacher is a student‚ behind every coach is an athlete‚ and behind every student-athlete is potential. One might believe that there are two sides to what is deemed student-athlete potential; a negative side that may lead to struggling academically and a positive side that increases academic achievements. As stated in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ (n.d. para. 1) potential is defined as‚ “Existing in possibility; capable of development into actuality.” It can be concluded that potential
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Being Mindfu 2/14/2012 Being mindful Being mindful when someone is speaking to you is extremely important. Being mindful means that you aren’t focused on anything except what is happening right that moment. While people are speaking to you there aretwo main types of obstacles that can get in the way of being mindful. Those are internal and external obstacles‚ but fortunately for us there
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These writings will also include what a carpenter is and does. In addition‚ the paper includes the working conditions and hours of a carpenter. The focus will be on the career of a carpenter and the three ways to obtain necessary training. Being a carpenter entails several work activities. Some of the common work activities are controlling machines and processors. One of the things a carpenter also does is study blue prints. Another thing carpenters do is layout‚ measure‚ and cut wood.
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Being Me Its tough being a teenage girl; especially me‚ that’s excruciating. Take some advice – no one can ever fully understand someone so don’t even try to – it’s impossible. As you read this essay beware‚ not everyone lives with money and happiness handed to them or lives ‘the dream’. Fact 1‚ Everyone is stereotyped‚ bound to whatever group everyone else thinks you are‚ not who you actually are every stereotype hates at least one other. I get stereotyped because of the make-up on my face‚
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Being Single I know for a fact‚ that I’m going to be forever single‚ its literally written in the bible. My experience with the male kind throughout my life has been horrible! There are three specific traits that show that I’m going to be single for eternity: I’m never good enough for anyone that I consider interested in‚ I have a horrible looking nose and I guess I’m just an ugly duckling. It happens to me every single time! I meet the perfect guy‚ we’re having
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Being different‚ How and why are people different? If you stop and think you will begin to realize that being different is everyday life for all of us. Being excluded from an activity or being looked upon different due to ones personal bias and beliefs. Being judged on your appearance and social class‚ these actions are ordinary in today’s society. Against the beliefs of many who say humans should be judged by what’s on the inside rather than on the outside. From race and religion to what kind of
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