Lambert 1 Hayley College Writing 3‚ Sept. 2013 A Stadium of Fun The Pittsburgh Steelers have been my favorite football team since the day I was born. One fine memory I have of my childhood is watching Sunday night games with my dad‚ begging him to let me stay up late to see the ending. Football was always our thing‚ our special bond you could call it. We never thought anything could be more exciting than watching our team win on our giant flat screen television until we went to an actual
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assault victims‚ people of color‚ transgender students. College campuses have created “safe spaces” for all sorts of marginalized groups. But in the process‚ one member of the campus community has lost precious real estate. Free speech” (1). This quote from the article “Free Speech is Flunking Out on College Campuses” by Catherine Rampell introduces the idea that the right to freedom of speech is being squashed. All over the country‚ colleges are taking away this right from their students in order
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“Does College Pay?” Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that a mandatory life skills class should be added to the core curriculum of all colleges. Central Idea: With college being an expensive lifelong investment‚ I want to graduate equipped with tools I need for the best possible professional success. And‚ so should you! Introduction College is expensive. However‚ 70% of high school graduates choose to invest in education to get their dream job. On average‚ graduates from public colleges have
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made with the concussion protocol at all levels of football. They are very startling: “One in 30 football players ages 5 to 14 will sustain one concussion per season. One in 14 high school players will get a concussion. One in 20 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) players will get a concussion. The total number of concussions during the 2012-2013 seasons include 141 at the youth level‚ 795 at the high school level‚ and 262 at the college level” (Nordrum).
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Football is a very dangerous sport and you could seriously get hurt doing it‚ every sport is dangerous and honestly you could get hurt doing any type of activity. Football can help you teach your children a lot of important life skills‚ that would be harder to teach them by themselves. Football like many other sports will keep you in great shape‚ but football keeps a balance of lean muscle and athleticism. It could also help your kid with the education that he needs‚ because if he really wants to
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The Electoral College is a system created by our founding fathers when they created the Constitution. Within this process‚ the selection of electors hold a meeting where they vote for the President and Vice President‚ as well as‚ the counting of electoral votes by Congress. Each state is entitled an allowance of electors which is based off the number of members in its Congressional delegation. The total number of electors within the Electoral College is 538 electors‚ but in turn there is only 270
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Football is a popular sport in the United States‚ while soccer is more popular around the World. Soccer and football have many similarities between each other. They both have leagues that are played outdoors like the National Football League and Major League Soccer. The teams consist of eleven players on the field at a time. In order to score in each of the sports‚ the team has to score on the opponent’s goal line. Football and soccer have indoor leagues where they play indoors all year long. Both
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challenge or achievement‚ failure is present. Most fear the possibility of failure because weaknesses are brought out and people feel vulnerable. On the other hand I witnessed a learning aspect from failure‚ and have a new understanding of it. Varsity football was where I faced a large amount of failure‚ but in turn learned many lessons. Going into the Varsity season‚ I had high expectations for my team and believed we were a championship team. My team freshman year went undefeated and sophomore year
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sixteenth century English public schools generally‚ and headmaster Richard Mulcaster in particular‚ were instrumental in taking football away from its violent "mob" form and turning it into an organised team sport that was beneficial to schoolboys. Thereafter‚ the game became institutionalised‚ regulated‚ and part of a larger‚ more central tradition. Many early descriptions of football and references to it (e.g.‚ in poetry) were recorded by people who had studied at these schools‚ showing they were familiar
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Vince Lombardi‚ football player‚ coach‚ and executive once said “Football is like life -- it requires perseverance‚ self-denial‚ hard work‚ sacrifice‚ dedication‚ and respect for authority”. Let’s focus in on the part where Lombardi says “Football is like life”. Mr. Lombardi compares the sport of football to life. We know what football is like at this day and age‚ but what will football be like in the future? Will football change as life will‚ fast and uncontrollable? Will this quote even be relevant
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