develop growth mindsets to help me overcome my fixed mindsets. One example of a fixed mindset I have battled is in sports. I have always had doubt that I am not good enough to play high school basketball or softball. In junior high I was one of the star players in basketball and softball‚ but freshman
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pitch came‚ he swung and down he went. The baseball came off his bat and drilled him in the left eye. There was only one parent there‚ one of Keegan’s teammate’s dad. He drove Keegan to the hospital and called my parents. At the time‚ I was at a softball game working the scoreboard for the varsity West Delaware Hawks team. My mom called to tell me my grandma would pick me up when I was done and that her and my dad were on their way to the Iowa City hospital. My dad was at work at the time and met
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The specific student I interviewed seemed very nervous before I began the interview process. She shifted in her seat and glanced from side to side away from the table we were sitting at in the library. Before I began the interview‚ I reassured with her that she had nothing to worry about because I would use a pseudonym to protect her identity after the interview was over. My reassurance calmed the student down a little as I progressed into the first couple of questions. First‚ I introduced myself
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older brother. He now works in the Army as a paratrooper as his father did. He travels when needed for the military going on multiple trips a year for training. He likes to go on fishing trips with his friends and play recreational softball during the week and attend softball tournaments at least every other weekend. In what little time he has left he also does online courses to complete his degree. He met Sarah when she was a sophomore in college while she worked as a cashier at a local retail store
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After reading the case study on The Springfield Nor’easters‚ there are some key issues that really stuck out. The main issue was that Larry Buckingham‚ who was the marketing director for the Nor’easters‚ had to figure out how to sell season tickets‚ regular tickets‚ and merchandise at their games. The Nor’easters were set to take their home field in Springfield Massachusetts‚ which is about 90 miles west of Boston. This in itself makes it difficult to sell tickets to minor league baseball games as
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was able to set and accomplish for myself. These are successes that not everyone can say that they have achieved. When I was about twelve years old‚ I set the goal to be on the varsity softball team in high school. When I finally reached high school‚ I did not think that I was good enough to play varsity softball‚ however I figured that I would just make it on the junior varsity squad. During practice‚ I worked my hardest and I was the only freshman chosen to participate in our first scrimmage. In
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soccer? Soccer was my life I played from the age of 5 till about 14. When I transferred school in 8th grade I wanted to play for Harding in 9th grade. I went to one conditioning and didn’t want to play so I ended up playing softball instead. If I would not have played softball I would never have met my best friend Caitlin Emch. Doing what I wanted to do I got to meet Kaylie‚ Owen‚ and Aviana. On Caitlins birthday‚ I got a call at 7:30am of her crying because her sisters water broke. I went over Caitlins
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On our way my mom turns around very hesitant and tells everyone that Cori has been in a singular ATV accident and is injured and is in the hospital. Honestly I thought maybe she broke a bone or got a concussion. But I played through the day of softball not thinking what what actually happened to Cori. When we leave the tournament we drive to Cori’s praying session and my mom updates us on what Cori’s injuries actually are. She tells us that Cori has very little brain activity and a bruised rib
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CE: You came into the season with very high expectations. You have a young team‚ but that hasn’t been an issue. At this point in the season‚ has the team met your expectations? MK: I think we have done what we should have been doing. We’ve met those expectations‚ but we still have higher ones. Our goals are to continue to get better so that we are focused and have a drive towards a chance to compete for a section title‚ not just a league title. We know that we are always going to compete for that
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Smith soon followed in her older sister‚ Makenzie’s footsteps by playing basketball and softball. She even became a cheerleader—never letting her condition hold her back from doing her what she loved. Smith set her heart on catching when she was about twelve years old and despite her parents doubts about being fast enough with her prosthetic
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