When I played traveling soccer for the Watertown Soccer Club (WSC) my team’s name was the Wolverines. Throughout the time I was on the team memories developed that I still have to this day. I bonded with many teammates with one of them ultimately becoming...
Alex Morgan is one of the most popular players in USA women’s soccer. Along with other young soccer players around the world, I wanted to understand the controversial experience that Alex Morgan had to go through to become the professional that she is. FIFA states...
Most of the time when you hear a story of an amazing athlete or genius, it is usually inferred that much hard work and effort was put into their success. In high school, I always thought that the people that were excellent at something just...
Sitting in between two posts is one of the loneliest moments accompanied by relief. This is not my preferred placement on the court; I would much rather be with the swarm on the other side. The current complication is no longer in my realm, but...
When I was a small boy, I took a test. The test was the G.A.T.E. (Gifted and Talented Education) entrance exam, and I was certain I would get in. As this is an essay about failure, it would be a reasonable assumption that I failed...
Courage is man’s pure will to push on in the face of danger. It is a person’s bravery, valor, and self-reliance that form the foundation of courage. Such is a quality of a hero and an ideal of a soldier. Courage is a quality of...
My childhood was filled with life lessons that have shaped the person I am becoming and the beliefs I developed. The lesson that has the highest degree of influence in my life is the one constant in this world is that life moves forward, time...
When one is little every thing seams like it means the world. Children behave as though any little adversity the face is the great wall of china and as if each promise was a solemn oath. I know for myself that when I was young...
The comfort zone is the living, working, and social environments that people are comfortable in because it contains an area of thinking that is simply easy. In order to get out of the comfort zone, a person must put himself or herself out there and...
Introduction Lack of corporate governance at Tyco contributed to its downfall. Normally, corporate governance plays a crucial role in controlling the activities of the firm. After learning about the indictments against Kozlowski stakeholders, investors and employees wondered what had happened (Bowen, 1994). This is simply...
If there is one fruit that would be the most exotic of all fruits in the whole world, it would definitely be the Durian. As what I have learned from the Philippine cultural studies, Durian is known to be the “king of all fruits” in...
Life in an apartment might seem easy for those who have always lived in a house. Chores like fixing appliances, mowing the lawn, and shoveling a driveway during winter might not bother the residents of an apartment. However, these tasks are much more enjoyable compared...
I could not wait to live at college. It seemed as if I had spent years waiting for this moment. I would be free and on my own. I would be able to do whatever I wanted and all within the confines of a homely...
One thing that squares with my beliefs that I obtained from my reading was a certain idea that Chris Hadfield touched on early in the book. It was the idea that he said “I wasn’t destined to be an astronaut. I had to turn myself...
Jan Brogan’s article, “The Trouble with High School Valedictorian Awards”, explores the negative aspect of the Valedictorian award. Through the use of two classical appeals, Logos and Pathos, the author establishes a clear argument through personal and logical information as to why the Valedictorian system...
Overall, I enjoyed the piece but I felt there were a handful of moments that were unreasonably silly and took away from being fully immersed in the story world. The production quality, as would be expected of a BBC Radio 4 piece, was of high...
There are many pictures around my house of me as a child. There is one picture in particular of my kindergarten graduation that always makes me wonder how bad my childhood actually was. I was a skinny little girl with small eyes, a big smile...
Impression of a Memory There are certain occurrences in life that leave behind a mental residue. Whether they are in fragmented images or the length of the entire event they hold enough significance to be branded into the cerebral cortex, allowing the mind the capability...
Introduction to Hometown Every person has their own hometown, wherever they are in the world. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a hometown is defined as the town or city you are from or the one in which you were born and lived while you were...