In this essay “Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete‚” written by Jessica Statsky‚ Statsky states‚ “When overzealous parents and coaches impose adult standards on children’s sports‚ the result can be activities that are neither satisfied nor beneficial to children’”(Statsky 236). Should the children be able to experience the fun‚ or should they feel pressured by their parents‚ coaches and etc? I believe the young children in between the ages of six and twelve should be able to experience the fun in
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In “children Need to Play‚ Not compete‚” Jessica Statsky highlights her concerns regarding the destructive effects competitive sports have on children. This issue needs to be resolved and the parents need to understand the consequences of making these kinds of sports part of their children lives. These sports are not suitable for young children as they are based on the age and strength of adults. Jessica talks about the damaging effects these competitive sports have on a child’s brain and bodies
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Sally Jessica Smithers: The Case Of The Unknown Assassin Sally Jessica Smithers was a slender‚ beautiful‚ smart‚ and talented cop. She was investigating eleven serial killings of important men when she got a call‚ there was another murder. When she went‚ she took no time at all at the scene. As Sally left the crime scene in the park‚ with one hand in her long dark brown hair‚ she called out to a few units to make three immediate traffic stops and went to the last one to read off people’s IDs. When
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Summary In “children Need to Play‚ Not compete‚” Jessica Statsky put emphasis on the hazardous effects on children when they play the type of sports designed for grownups. These sports are conducted under the rules and standards of professional practice which becomes too much of a burden for the young and growing children. Making them indulge in these type of extreme physical test makes them physically and emotionally in distress. Jessica furthers goes on saying that these sports sole focus is on
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Summary In “Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete‚” Jessica Statsky‚ strongly opposes the fact that children should not be treated or expected to behave like adults. Some sports with adults’ rules and regulation‚ when played by children‚ turn out to be a lot more than just playing the game or enjoying. Winning and losing is a part of life‚ this factor should not be too much empowering that it overcomes all other aspects like enjoying the essence of sports and spending time with friends. Winning and
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Why are parents not giving their children chores? What are kids lacking by not being held accountable? What happens when children do not have responsibilities at a younger age? My rhetorical analysis is focused on the short memoir “Farm Girl” from Jessica Hemauer who vividly paints you as the reader a picture of what it was like growing up on the farm and the effect it had on her life. This piece is one for the masses. The way Hemauer’s memory of growing up on the farm is written could be for a wide
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There are different forms of social media such as Facebook and Twitter that are used to create spaces of resistance. I used to work closely with an organization called Women Investing in Women Digital. The organization offers two services: to increase awareness of women’s global issue and participate in seminars to increase the number of women on corporate boards and private equity industries. What I love about the organization is how they use social media sites to celebrate women of different social
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"The Rockpile" by Jessica Ruelle "The Rockpile" was written by James Baldwin‚ a black American writer of the 20th century. This short story takes place in a street of Harlem around the 1930’s. James Baldwin shows us‚ through the life of a black family‚ the conflicts that can appear in human relationships‚ but also the presence of temptation and sin. This essay will analyse the themes that are mentioned above‚ but also how‚ by some particular literary style effect‚ the writer plunges his readers
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Summary The author Jessica Statsky in her writing “Children need to Play‚ Not compete‚” expresses the damages caused by competitive sports. She focuses on the kids from six to 12 years and genuinely proves that these competitive sports with adult standards have harmful effects on them. Another facet of those sports are that the parents‚ at the side of the trainers‚ expect the kid to invariably win. This makes the sport less fun and additional feverish for the kid. It becomes additional sort of a
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Neffer Arias Strayer University Instructor: Audrey L. Vaughan English 115 January 17‚ 2015 “Farm Girl” by Jessica Hemauer has many different aspects that describe a young child’s life in the Farmland. The article itself gives a different perspective to children who may have thought that their lives were already rugged life by going to school. In the Article Jessica Hemauer primarily describes her childhood and what she had to go through in a day as a “Farm Girl”. The main idea in this
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