Although there are thousands of celebrities I would chose Stephen Curry because is the number one best basketball player that ever lived. The reason I would want Stephen Curry to come to our school is he is good at basketball and basketball is a good all around sport you can play all time he play like he is an all star in basketball. He plays for my favorite team and he shoots threes like a boss‚ can dribble so astonishing‚ and is not humongous but he is a speed ball. He is good at everything‚
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Teen Suicide…Enough Is Enough One day I will be getting a tattoo on my right shoulder that contains the phrase‚ “Live For More!” I want the words to be in an old-fashioned‚ yet fancy‚ script and the letters will be both black and bold. My reason behind that specific font is to make the phrase stand out as much as possible‚ so that whoever reads my arm can see exactly how meaningful life really is to me‚ as a teenager living in today’s highly competitive‚ responsible‚ and stress filled world
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football season is coming to an end‚ fantasy basketball is quickly becoming the focal point for us all! I do my Top 100 rankings every other week‚ but I figured it would be nice to fill you all in on some players who are flying up the list. From Kyle Lowry to Elfrid Payton‚ there are guys in the league who get better each and every week. Each of the five players should be guys you all should be targeting in potential trades going forward if they’re not already on your squad! Here are five guys who are
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Good Enough is Not Good Enough The American secondary school system is not good enough anymore. A lack of focus has turned out students with neither the skill nor the ambition to compete in the current job market. Leaders and educators need to examine the problems in the current system and correct them before it’s too late. By looking at vocational and alternative schools‚ which currently turn out graduates ready to compete‚ they can remodel the current curriculum in order to meet the global
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succeed” (Michael Jordan). Michael Jordan‚ one of the greatest players to ever play the game‚ stated this quote. Many basketball players go through arduous practices and work outs to ultimately get acknowledged. It is more likely for people to be driven to be successful through a continuation of failures and losses. MJ does a great job motivating individuals to work hard and put forth only the best effort. Not only does this apply in basketball‚ but it also applies to everything in life. This sport requires
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There are not enough fingers in the world to count how many times I have heard the phrase “It’s because he is black.” It doesn’t matter if I am in school or even at the mall‚ I hear this statement‚ this stereotype. Stereotypes have always existed‚ but the emphasis of negative stereotypes forced onto the Black Community through different media outlets has put a strain on the Black Community. These negative stereotypes are weapons used by racist people to keep the black community socially and economically
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Basketball Basketball was created a simple game. The primary objective was to place a ball‚ without dribbling‚ into a peach basket. However‚ like Darwin’s theory of man‚ basketball has evolved into the most exciting exhibition of athletic ability. Basketball has seen many rule changes‚ because of the increasing ability of the players. Basketball is a melting pot‚ where black‚ white‚ and European people excel. This is a sport that is color-blind. This sport
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many years that the game of basketball has been around for the game has changed drastically‚ such as adding a three point line‚ or going from being dominated by seven foot big men to favoring six foot point guards. The game has been around since 1891 and has seen all of these huge changes in a little over a century. By applying the Global Context of Identities and Relationships to the subject of Physical Education‚ we will obtain a better understanding of how basketball has changed throughout its life
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who liked basketball and taught myself how to play‚ with the help of YouTube of course. I played basketball since I was a child. I remember shooting granny style because I was too short and weak to shoot it normally. The ball would be full size and the ball would be bigger than my head. My parents were the sexist type and thought basketball was a boy sport‚ so they never let me sign up for city league or some sort to get taught by an actual coach. It was cruel. Throughout my basketball career‚ I
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The poem "The Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike dramatizes the conflict between dreams and reality in the case of Flick Webb. Flick shows such promise in his teenage years‚ but he ends up in the pathetic reality of helping out at a garage and playing pinball in a luncheonette. The poem begins with the description of "Pearl Avenue" which "bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off / Before it has a chance to go two blocks..." Pearl Avenue presents a ticket name connoting a clean‚ freshness
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