Sports: More Than Just a Game More than 7.6 million high school students played sports during the 2010-2011 school year‚ an increase of nearly 40‚000 students compared to 2009-2010 according to usnews.com. Why is this number so high? The benefits of playing sports are not just physical. While many students get involved in high school athletics for sheer love of the game‚ there are significant benefits from these extracurricular activities as well. Being an athlete teaches life lessons like
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boy’s club that Ronaldo was first introduced to the game of soccer. By the time he was 10 years old‚ he was already recognized as a phenomenon—a kid who ate‚ slept and drank the game. "All he wanted to do as a boy was play football‚" his godfather‚ Fernao Sousa‚ recalled for British reporters‚ adding‚ "He loved the game so much he’d miss meals or escape out of his bedroom window with a ball when he was supposed to be doing his homework." Sports career: In 2001 he signed with Sporting Portugal
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Video Games Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about video games. Thesis: Video games have changed throughout the years and now has become a major part in our society. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Video games are used by everyone scientist‚ military‚ and of course the casual players. B. Credibility Statement: 1. Video games play a major role in my life‚ I don’t remember a day without playing at least one hour a day. 2. I spend at least a third of my day playing video games‚ reading
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Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that video game violence is okay to have. Central Idea: Video game violence is not the cause of overall violence in our country. Introduction I. Attention Getter: Do you play violent video games? If the answer is yes‚ then you must be a mass murderer. II. Central Idea: According to the survey you all filled out‚ a few people are of the opinion that video games can cause violence in those who play them‚ which is why I’m here to try
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resist content that takes some effort‚ stretches our thinking and sparks our growth. Society is selling us on the virtues of easy thinking and instant gratification lives. But you know there’s zero gain there. Those who will win + shine + own the game in this New Year love ideas and information that push their limits. They ache to expand. They hunger for the heroic. ...Personal elevation is their oxygen. ...Relentless optimization is their addiction. ...Making this year x100 better than last
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Glick Topic: Video games in America Specific Purpose: To inform my COM121 class on how video games are part of peoples lives. Central Idea: Focusing on how games are incorperated in peoples lives by viewing the time spent playing‚ relationships through video games‚ how video games are for all people‚ and the social aspect that is incorperated in the video games. Introduction Attention-getter: 59% of americans play video games‚ there are two gamers in each household in the
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English examination paper Summary of "Competitive sport for children at the heart of Olympics legacy" The Prime Minister David Cameron wants sports in a new primary school. He thinks it is the Governments job‚ after the The Olympics in London 2012‚ to give inspiration to more competitive sport in the schools. He means that how the primary school are now it has to many rules and no recognisable sport like you see in the Olympics. He is working on a new Physical Education programme for
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what market it is? Video games! Hello fellow classmates today I’ll be talking about video games as voices of creation and destruction. Although I will be focusing on the destructive viewpoint of video games I will be shedding some light on the creation side as well. The destructive nature of video games is perhaps best illustrated by looking at gamers who play Call of Duty. This game causes the gamer’s brain to hyper-focus on all the information it has acquired about the game and disregard everything
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Introduction- Throwball is a non-contact ball sport played across a net between two teams of seven players on a rectangular court. Throwball is popular in Asia‚ moreover on the Indian subcontinent Rules were drafted in 1955 and India’sfirst national level throwball championship was played in 1980 RULES & REGULATIONS- Throwball is a game played across the net between two teams with 7 players oneach side in the specified rectangle box. It is a popular game played among Asiancountries and is slowly
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Dear Selection Board‚ My name is ________ and I am excited to apply for the position of Sport Captain and Sport-Spirit Prefect. A key attribute of these positions is representation; the act of speaking and acting on behalf of someone. I feel that to adequately represent something‚ you have to have a good understanding of it. Firstly‚ a Sport Captain/Prefect represents the school. I have been fortunate to have been a member of the community for close to 11 years and during this course of time
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