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    Analysis of “Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete” Sports for children in the United States have increased dramatically over the past three decades. Many believe that parents and coaches are becoming too involved in youth sports practices. In the essay “Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete” by Jessica Statsky‚ Statsky states her opinion that children should be focused on playing the game and having fun‚ instead of focused on winning the game. She also states and supports how parents and coaches are

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    Topic: College Athletes Should Get Paid. General Purpose: To Persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that college athletes deserve to get paid. Central Idea: College athletes should get paid because of the unfair lifestyle of a student-athlete‚ these athletes make millions for their universities and billions for the NCAA‚ and the finances are just as up to par as professional sports. Introduction I. Summer time is almost over. I hate to say it but it’s true. Pretty soon we’ll be

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    Learning is important‚ we need to get rid of sports. Sports is taking school’s money and distracting kids from learning! It takes more money to do sports than for average day classes! Schools should get rid of sports for the education for future children and to expand teaching with the saved money! One reason schools should get rid of sports is because we need to focus on learning. In the spring of 2012‚ Premont Independent School District was threatened by the state because of education failing

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    Race- Car Drivers: Athletes of the Sport World An athlete is defined as a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility‚ stamina‚ or strength or a participant in a sport‚ exercise‚ or game requiring physical skill. Given these standards‚ one is likely to say baseball‚ football‚ basketball‚ or even golf players are considered to be athletes in competition. What about professional race- car drivers? To some‚ a race- car driver requires no athletic ability whatsoever

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    College athletes bring schools income due to their abilities‚ should they get compensated or have they already been? College athletes are taken advantage of by not getting compensated for their performance and likeness. Athletes are given free tuition to get a college education and are provided opportunities. Shouldn’t these opportunities count as benefits for the students? They should use these benefits to better themselves and take advantage of their abilities? Student Athletes shouldn’t be paid

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    The movie As Good As It Gets is about a grouchy novelist‚ named Melvin Udall‚ who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Melvin doesn’t like anybody. He is very cold-hearted and disrespectful to everyone he comes in contact with. He carries his own silverware into restaurants‚ locks his apartment door five times a night‚ and never steps on a sidewalk crack. Melvin is completely obsessed about making everything a routine. Every morning he goes to the same restaurant where he sits

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    The movie As Good As It Gets sets in New York City where the main character Melvin Udall (Nicholson) finds his life turned upside down when he is left with the responsibility of taking care of his neighbour Simon’s dog while he is being hospitilized. Melvin is a cranky‚ rude‚ bigoted obsessive writer that suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He eats breakfast at the same table in the same reestaurant everyday and brings along his own platsic utensils due to his fear of germs and takes

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    Answers 12. Do you consider yourself an athlete? Why or why not? An athlete is an individual who actively engages in sports‚ which I rarely do. Although I am aware of the benefits of exercise‚ it is not a large component of my lifestyle. The only time I am actively exercising is during my physical education class at school during Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Badminton and volleyball are the only sports I am fairly good at. However‚ I do not have the time or equipment to engage in these sports outside

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    their outstanding grades. Schools paying students for their. excellent grades seems ridiculous due to the education of others. Most people believe they shouldn’t since learning should always stay the same with hard work and effort. Others believe they should for hard work. The disagreement seems pretty fair to what plenty think feels right for every student. Students should learn for the sake of learning and not the outcome of money. Paying students for their spotless grades is appalling because

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    blood‚ sweat and tears a learning child pours out into a sport is rewarded with the same satisfaction as a child who shows up and doesn’t compete. By receiving participation awards‚ children learn that trying their hardest doesn’t matter. As pro linebacker James Harrison said‚ “You’re not going to be rewarded for doing your job‚ and in fact‚ if you simply show up and don’t perform‚ you won’t have a job for long. But if you’re the best at what you do and work harder than your competitors‚ rewards will

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