Standing Tall and Standing Out As I kept asking myself about who I thought represented the “great five ideas” – Truth‚ Beauty‚ Justice‚ Goodness and Courage. One name kept entering my mind‚ Tim Tebow. He is‚ to me‚ the definition of the” great five ideas” and exemplifies Courage with his unwavering stand on his convictions‚ Truth by never compromising on his beliefs‚ Goodness with the works he does to benefit others‚ Justice for his stand against harming others‚ and Beauty by his poetry of motion
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zero dollars go to the athletes making the event possible. March Madness doesn’t exist without the athletes and they receive none of the billions of dollars the event makes. Andrew Luck was a starting quarterback for Stanford University and a Heisman Trophy candidate. Fans came to the Stanford football games just to see him play. People purchased the jersey emblazoned with his name and number from the Stanford gift shop and he made absolutely no profit from this. Everything went to Nike and the University
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Kayla – Raine Shostak 9/20/14 Forensics Gates Derogatory comments toward women “Damn girl!” *Looks her up and down as she walks past. Whistles. Then hits his guy friend on the shoulder and points to her. “I’d tap that!” This was said to me as I was walking past a group of guys after school the other day. I did not respond to their continuous whistles and chants as they beckoned me to come over. I continued to walk past them faster as I thought to myself “Who are these guys? They don’t even
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The Outstanding Life of Bo Jackson You hardly ever hear of someone playing two professional sports. Bo Jackson did that. He didn’t just play the two sports‚ he thrived in them. Bo jackson is famous for being one of the most outstanding and versatile athletes of all time. Throughout Bo Jackson’s life he did so many great things‚ but many of them were left unmentioned. On November 30‚ 1962‚ Vincent Edward Jackson was born‚ commonly known as Bo Jackson. When Bo was Younger they called him Boar. The
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you didn’t earn a trophy? How did that make you feel? Therefore‚ as long as kids are on a team‚ they should earn trophies. The following reasons support my claim: kids love the sport‚ keeps the children fit‚ and finally‚ the joy kids bring. To start of with‚ children should earn a trophy because they love the sport‚ not the trophy. What I mean is some kids or even adults LOVE the sport their in. Not the trophy that makes them feel GREAT. Also ‚ so what if they like the trophy ‚ let the kids have
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Many children that compete in youth sports receive trophies for their participation. The question is‚ are these trophies leaving a positive or a negative impact towards children. Supporting participation trophies‚ Lisa Heffernan states that it does teach children good values with her argument titled “In Defense of Participation Trophies”. Opposing participation trophies‚ Vivian Diller states that it does not prepare children for the real world with her argument titled “Do We All Deserve Gold? Setting
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What was once an immutable survival skill slowly became a mere pastime and has recently shown to develop into a large industry. Trophy hunting has been a most favored form of recreation (mostly for affluent people)‚ but is has also been the most disparaged on the long list of contentious issues. For one thing‚ it is detrimental to wildlife. According to In Defense Of Animals‚ and anti-hunting organization‚ more than two-hundred million defenseless animals are expunged from the world population each
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her teammates were when they did not receive a trophy‚ so he and the other team’s coaches came up with the idea to give out participation trophies. Some parents were in favor of participation trophies‚ and others absolutely hated the idea. Many people have a strong opinion when it comes to participation trophies; in order for there to be peace for everyone‚ a compromise must take place. People who feel like participation
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In the Cardinal Points Article Millennials Unharmed from Trophies by Steve Levy the author writes children should not be given a trophy for nothing‚ however participating and putting in the work isn’t nothing. I believe that children are rewarded too much without any effort put in‚ a trophy should be something someone looks back on the rest of their life to remember the effort they put in‚ not just another participation trophy. In the article‚ the study conducted by the Stanford professor Carol Dweck
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Participation Trophies in Youth Sports In society today‚ it has become a social norm for parents to always appease their children. Although it is good for children to be happy‚ some problems could potentially arise if kids are always expecting to get their way. In recreational youth sports‚ this norm has been integrated by giving children awards for participating rather than the victor receiving a trophy alone. Children should not be given these participation awards‚ although they may momentarily
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