An argument has arisen on the idea if competitive sports are positive for adolescents. One side on the debate believes that competitive sports show many positive impacts on youth‚ ranging from health benefits to social skills. The other side‚ who disagrees and believes competitive sports are dangerous for juveniles‚ argue the risk of injury and missing out on enjoying being a care free child. Regardless of what others ideas might be‚ ensuring safety is important in society’s children and making the
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Five Year Goals As I am looking at my son‚ I’m thinking about my five-year goals. In five years‚ my son will be five years old and he’s going to be ready for kindergarten. I would like to work in a Head Start or similar daycare program. Right now‚ I am in school studying again and‚ if I had set a goal and really done what I wanted‚ I could have already graduated by now. I didn’t goals were important‚ but setting goals helps me stay motivated and focused. One of my biggest goals is to earn my associate’s
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My middle school years are very rough. Starting in 6th grade‚ I had drama all the time. Of course I never won the popularity test‚ so if being left out was a constant for me. I could be sitting by five girls and they would completely ignore me. In the mornings before school our lunch lady‚ use to sell breakfast burritos for all of the kids who got to school early. Every morning I would go and get a burrito‚ and every morning I would sit by myself and eat it. I remember telling my dad about all the
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Over the course of my high school years I have been involved in many different clubs‚ sports‚ and leadership roles that have impacted my life and allowed me to learn life lessons that I wouldn’t have learned otherwise. Being a leader and learning to use my voice has been a challenge for me that I have had to overcome to fill my roles in different activities. The first extracurricular activity that allowed me to really find my voice and get out of my comfort zone was volleyball. Volleyball has been
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Adolescence is a period of turmoil and change for youngsters. During this time in their lives‚ adolescents experience many difficult events and are showered with all kinds of stresses. Some of these stresses include identity crisis‚ relationships with family members and friends‚ and most of all the physical changes that take place. Adolescence is a very trying time and it can be heightened when divorce is an additional problem to be dealt with. Divorce only adds to the turmoil and hardships of adolescence
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During my four years of highschool I have not only taken the most rigorous classes in my school‚ but also had the opportunity to help and lead others while doing so. Starting freshman year I starting commanding a colorguard and taking us to multiple drill meets and events. At the end of my freshman year I was awarded multiple ribbons‚ the Most Outstanding Brass Award‚ and the Air Force JROTC American General Legion Military Excellence Award. I was also selected to be part of my unit’s officer corps
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time. Five years ago‚ I was living in Ethiopia. Back then‚ I did not really care about school‚ all I cared about was what thin ages usually want‚ like my outrageous collection of outfits and accessories. I use to use my parents’ money to buy what I want. I had a weird obsession to fashion. Being a thin age‚ I usually cause trouble and run from problems. I play with friends and stay outside home late night. I got easily bored staying home. I did not really have any major goals five years ago. I was
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As a person gets older‚ he becomes more serious and busier. If I compare my life now and five years ago‚ I would find some differences in my life style and my daily expenses‚ at the same time the similarity of being busy with study as now. Five years ago I was studying in the last stage of a specialized school‚ and I was planning to continue my study at any near academic lyceum. So‚ I concentrated on revising school subjects‚ and I did all home tasks on time as I do now. Interestingly‚ I spend
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I am nearing my final year of football‚ and I’ve played all four years in high school.The more I think about it the more I see only a handful of us could go through all the grueling workouts whether it was during the offseason grinding it out or in season trying to fix all the little things before a game. So much hard work and commitment that had to go in‚ in order to be successful and be good at it. We started out with 19 kids and now we are down to six kids. To me I feel astonished of that accomplishment
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During my first year at Southeastern‚ I was not sure that this was a real college experience. A little about my background; I came from a high school not much smaller than Southeastern. It was a popular public high school‚ where parties were wild and drugs and alcohol were present in many of the students lives. Anyways‚ media portrays college as a big party‚ “the best years of your life.” Therefore‚ coming to Southeastern was a little bit of a culture shock‚ there are not wild parties‚ and no drugs
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