professional basketball player in the NBA is a dream of many athletes. However‚ that dream is very competitive. It’s estimated that three out of every 10‚000 players make the NBA. That doesn’t sound very promising to someone who enjoys the game and has natural skill and talent. So what can someone do who understands their limitations but doesn’t want to give up their dream? Playing basketball overseas is a great alternative for many athletes. The NBA is considered to be the premier men’s basketball
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Why Do We Pretend? Alison Gopnik reveals the core of human nature- our unique ability to use our brain for imagination‚ something she refers to as counterfactuals. In her essay‚ “Possible Worlds: Why Do Children Pretend?” Gopnik discusses “the woulda-coulda-shouldas of life”(163) in great detail expanding on her point “ human beings don’t live in the real world”(163). Her argument is that our lives are consumed by the alternate realities that run simultaneously with the real world events. Gregory
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Why do we sleep? As we all know‚ one third of our life is spent to sleep‚ but very few people intend to lay bare the secret of that. There would be a question: why do we sleep? According to the video "The Function of Sleep"‚ Tyson states that people are not very clear about the purpose of sleep‚ but some researchers believe that sleep could enhance memory. MIT researcher Matthew Wilson also illustrates the thoughts of a rat can be read by implanted the electric wire into its brain. According to
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Athlete Drug Use The organization should test athletes for drug use‚ so we can get rid of the guys who use drugs‚ we don’t need athletes who use drugs. Their then would be fans and kids who see all those drug use athletes doing the wrong thing and thinking its right for them to also do it. Why should they get money for using drugs to win? How do we know that they aren’t really actually good at that sport? That is called cheating. To use drugs just to make a win or himself as a champ and not using
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Athletes are bad role models. The other hand‚ “Athletes take drugs to enhance their performance”(nelsonprice.com NA).Athletes mostly do drugs to enhance their performance for most sports. Also‚ many have gotten caught publicly and since these kids have their absolute favorite player they want t o be just like them. Once the media gets out the kids starts to do drugs just like his favorite athlete. Furthermore‚ these drugs are very harmful especially to kids. My argument is that over time that rate
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“More money more problems‚” have you ever wondered why athletes make more money than others. Today many athletes make several million dollars a year‚ hence athletes are significantly overpaid. Athletes jobs don’t have an effect on the world as a whole. Therefore doctors and others for example‚ should be paid more money than professional athletes. Some athletes make several million dollars a year. “It seems morally wrong that athletes would be paid more than people like firefighters‚ who serve the
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J.M.J Madeline Grant Family Number:1024735 Week 15 Persuasive Essay Churches should be tax exempt for the good they do for the community around them. Some feel that the Church should pay taxes. Those people believe that the Church should not receive “special treatment” and should pay taxes like everyone else. If the Churches were to pay taxes‚ that would mean that the government was controlling the Church. Since the year 1894 Churches have been tax exempt as a way of separating
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people live in a world‚ where competition did not exist . People would live in an ancient-like society‚ low-technology level‚ and laziness would be the theme of this world‚ because improvement would be unnecessary. No matter what professions they are‚ athletes or politicians‚ people would not be better since they have no competitors. However‚ competitive instinct exists in humanity‚ and people can achieve their dream in sports competition‚ people practice and compete to push each other to be better‚ to
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commit crimes such as child abuse‚ yet the majority of civilians contain that power. The real question is: why do those individuals who do commit these crimes decide to act on their instincts‚ and why do role models such as professional football players decide to commit crimes when they know how much of a key role they play in our society. The life of a NFL player is very stressful and the athletes rely on their talents to earn their money. Like any item with an excessive amount of abundance‚ the amount
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Why do we laugh? Where did laughter come from? Is laughter good for our health? These questions come out of my mind whenever I laugh or hear someone laughing. Laughter is to the heart. It raises spirits‚ eases life’s challenges‚ refreshes and heals. We may came from different countries‚ have different cultures and beliefs‚ but we are all human‚ and share the universal language of laughter. The magic of laughter is that it is contagious. We don’t need to know or understand what we are laughing about
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