WHY HE WEPT—A MISCONCEPTION By Laurel Higdon How would it be if people actually wept because of something wonderful that you did? Can you imagine how it would be to be carried on the shoulders of your teammates after a particularly wonderful game? I imagine that it would be awesome. I think that it would be like a dream. In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Junior gets to experience this, after a basketball game against his former best friend and people that he lives around every day.
I had many hopes and dreams about my basketball career. I pushed myself to become the best basketball player I could possibly become. I spent many hours working on my game, working on my skills, and working out to better myself. I was a part of my high school varsity team and took the season very seriously. This team was my second home.
By playing with the mentality that every game was his last, he played each game with no regrets. His mentality helped him reach many of his career goals like his goal from his rookie year of winning a championship ring. Michael Jordan, “the greatest basketball player of all time” succeeds because he is able to overcome failures, and learn from his mistakes. Learning from our short comings has allowed mankind to evolve to what we are today. I share similar beliefs with Michael Jordan in the sense that most of the time we learn lessons through things we
By being independent individuals we don’t have to wait on other peoples support or permission to do certain things. We don’t have to go out of our way to please somebody else because we do as we want. When we are independent our confidence meter starts to rise up, it gives us that extra boost of motivation we desire to achieve new things. I believe that we are the creators of our own life, that we all have the same power to start and finish new goals but only a few have the actual strength and correct mind set to do it. Equality 7-2521 says that “the guiding star is within me” and that it points to just one direction, and that direction is “me”.
I like this quote because no matter who it is that is tearing you down, you should never let them. You should always stand up for what you believe in and stand up for how you feel. This quote is very important in the book because Sam finally stands up to
I felt that the only way to prove this guys wrong was to win against him, so I accepted his challenge. We planned to play a week after I accepted his challenge. The whole week everyone was telling me that I cannot beat him, and he was going to destroy me. Then the game day came , we played at the local YMCA for a game to 21. the game was close, but at the end I pulled out the victory. An example of this would be like the kid who was in a car accident.
If you do not believe this, you simply teach youngsters that cheating can be justified if someone else is cheating too. I know I’m not supposed to use “I” but over the summer I worked at a basketball facility that runs some of the Nations top showcases for high school athletes. I got the chance to talk to a number of college coaches and ask them questions about their profession, which hopefully one day I will be in. When I asked about being ethical they never said much, yea I got a few funny stories but almost every coach told me “if you have a big decision, think about what you going to do and sleep on it, if you wake up with a good feeling then roll with
This goal can be measured by comparing it to the SMART goal methodology we discussed in class. SMART stands for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely. This goal is specific because they must train and perform better each day to win the championship in the few weeks they had. It is measurable since they check each person’s time and how they progress, if one runner’s time doesn’t make it they get cut out of the top 7. Coach Newton always tells the boys however fast you run, run faster.
I also made sure I was doing the drills correctly and precisely because I knew how strict the coaches were. Sometimes I messed up, but I was determined to get it right on my next turn. I was so dedicated to making this team that I would go home and practice the drills, so that I could come back the next day and perform the drills perfectly. After a couple of days of tryouts I became confident in making the junior varsity basketball team. I eventually got used to the intense drills and I was capable of doing the drills correctly.
I was always there for my teammates on and off the field, and I know for a fact that they would still do the same. This not only applies to my teammates but to my friends and family as well, for none of these networks would be fully operational without the trust and support of one another. Today, I see myself as still being as involved in sports as possible, for I play on almost every one of my fraternity’s intramural teams that our fraternity offers. It honestly gives me a chance to “re-live the glory days”, something that I need to do from time to time for my overall sanity. Also, I am an Aggie football fanatic.