Olympics. Katie was born on March 17th‚ to David and Mary Ledecky. David was a lawyer‚ while Mary was a hospital administrator‚ and a former swimmer‚ which is where Katie got her passion for swimming. I choose Katie‚ because I’m a swimmer and she is my role model. I want to be as good as her someday. At the age of six‚ Katie began her swimming career‚ when she joined a local summer swim league. As Katie became a stronger swimmer‚ she joined the Nation’s Capital Swim Club under coach Yuri Suguiyama.
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classes‚ the old rich and new rich and on downward to the viscously poor‚ but money makes people behave awfully and disingenuously. The story unfolds through the eyes of Nick Caraway‚ a man from a well to do family with an air of nobility about
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is known as a notorious teen role model for her courageous endeavors during Hitler’s reign. Annelies Marie Frank was given the first breath of life on June 12‚ 1929. She was born in Frankfurt‚ Germany to Otto and Edith Frank. Anne would live her whole life knowing more than meets the eye and keeping record in her diary. Anne and her family were caught in their hiding place in the Netherlands and sent to concentration camps where many perished. Otto‚ Anne’s father makes it back to an unexpected discovery
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Tommy H CWV101 Hector Llanes Role Model Review Today many world views are emerging among celebrities that can effect whether or not they are a good role model to people‚ for example is former Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson and his worldview of Buddhism. Jackson’s worldview effects his life as much as anyone’s does‚ particularly in the areas of family‚ money/career and the nature of God. When comparing his world view to mine of a Christian world view you can see
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Writing from Jem and Dill’s perspective ’My father‚ my role model’ By Jem Finch At first‚ I thought Atticus was just a feeble‚ old man. He never took part in anything interesting; he didn’t play poker‚ stayed in an office‚ and didn’t go hunting or fishing like all the other men in town. He was never too tired to play keep-away‚ but when I asked if we could play tackle‚ he’d tell me: “I’m too old for that‚ son. ” Whenever there was a football competition‚ he always told me he was too old for
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Abraham Lincoln‚ I believe is a very influential person‚ and a great role model still today. He kind of had a rough life‚ but also a good life since he became the president. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809‚ near Hodgenville‚ Kentucky. He and his family moved to Indiana when he was only seven years old. He did not have much formal education‚ but he read a lot when he was not working on his father’s farm. Two years after moving to Indiana from Kentucky‚ his family moved to Illinois because
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. Knight has an absolutely clear and committed strategy to celebrity athlete endorsement. He describes it as one part of the "three-legged stool" which lies behind Nike’s phenomenal growth since the early 1980s‚ with the other two being product design and advertising. "Part of our success is that we know who we are‚" says Knight. "We defined ourselves. It is our job to provide inspiration and aspiration for everyone interested in sports in the world. We believe that everyone who has a body is an
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Role model is “a person whose behavior‚ example‚ or success is or can be emulated by others‚ especially younger people.”1 In reading “Professional Athletes and Their Duty to Be Role Models” author concludes that professional athletes are not always required to act as role models within and beyond sporting arena. It begins with strong proclamation of Charles Barkley‚ a US National Basketball Association player: “I’m not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your
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My Role Model-Suhas Gopinath The story of this 22-year-old Bangalore boy who launched his own firm at the young age of 14 years. Gopinath (born November 4‚ 1986) is the CEO and co-founder of Global Inc.-an up- coming IT company that produces Web sites and software‚ employs 400 people around the world and become a national icon. The Limca Book of Records - the Indian version of the Guniess Book of Records - lists him as the world’s Youngest CEO. Suhas Gopinath started a software company at the
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My mom is one of the most inspiring people in my life and what makes her so special is that she seems to have no idea how motivating she is. She has led our family and guided my siblings with simply being herself. She leads by examples‚ showing us her values and making sure we live with a roff on top of our head and food to eat at the table. She would tell us us to do homework ‚ study and to ’’never give up’’. She tell us to treat everyone we meet with respect and I have never heard of her making
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