His dad was a body builder for many years. This proves my thesis statement. He was born into the American culture and grew up to enjoy football-a typical American sport. His father was a weight lifter and “went to the gym to keep fit”, so now Justin enjoys those things. My second interviewee’s responses were a little surprising but still prove my hypothesis.
Works Cited O. J. Simpson Trial: America’s Favorite Court Case O. J., born Orenthal James Simpson on July 9, 1947, was an American college and professional football player. He also worked as a sports commentator, actor, and owned profitable food franchises. He lived a successful life and “was a perfect example of the "rags to riches" fairy tale” (U*X*L Biographies). But, after June 12, 1994, the day of his wife’s and her friend’s murders, his life would never be the same. O. J. loved the game of football since he was a young child.
He just thought it was exciting and cool. So as he grew up he found his two loves for football and dog fighting. He became their schools top high school quarterback, and that earned him a full scholarship to west Virgina University. His parents were very proud. But he was also depressed because he’s never been away from his siblings before and he didn’t want to leave them, but they understood and knew it was for the best.
Friday Night Lights provided all three of these themes plus a whole list of others. This movie also helps to decode why football has such an impact on the youth of America, especially high school football. The 1988 Permian Panther football team deserved to win this game yet they lost, but yet they gained much more out of this experience than the victors did. They learned that football helped turn them into men; it helped them to become much more diverse human beings. Teaching them the basics of being a man while at the same time teaching them the importance of team work and perseverance through whatever life throws at you.
This paper describes the short lived life of Martin Luther King and his impact to American history. Was the approach he used made an impact to the unending fight over the civil rights for his race? Had his death given him the justice he was aiming for his people? Early Life Martin Luther King, Jr. was a brilliant student even at his early age. He attended Booker T. Washington High School, skipped both the
He excelled as a football player in high school and at the University of Michigan. In his senior season, he played one of his greatest games of his life. Later while in office, Ford would recall experiences of that game to help him through tough situations or to take certain actions. His coaches and teammates considered him to be the one who would stay and fight in a losing cause. He turned down professional offers to play football with the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers.
I also liked knowing his background and childhood. It helped me to see why he was wired how he is. I have never really been a pro of the NFL. I may watch the super bowl but could care less who wins. Ever since Tim Tebow has began starting at Denver I get so caught up in the games.
They did workouts together, he said, “I thought I would be pretty good at it, so I gave it a shot.” After senior year he attended college at Emporia State University. His exposure to college athletics was a great experience, one of his favorites. After his college career, his love for the sport did not pass and the only thing to do to keep that passion burning was to become a coach. However, he wasn’t always interested in coaching or teaching. His true dream was to work for the national government and become a park ranger.
The road to success is to get more education and earn more money. hen I was fourteen I met a man with a talent for restoring a sense of fairness to a society with vast and growing inequalities in wealth. His name was Jack Kenney and he’d created a tennis camp, called Tamarack, in the mountains of northern New Hampshire. The kids who went to the Tamarack Tennis Camp mostly came from well-to-do East Coast families, but the camp itself didn’t feel like a rich person’s place: it wasn’t unusual for the local health inspectors to warn the camp about its conditions, or for the mother of some Boston Brahmin dropping her child off, and seeing where he would sleep and eat for the next month, to burst into tears. Kenney himself had enjoyed a brief, exotic
As African Americans I feel as though we forget that there were people that helped pave the way for the athletes of today and ourselves. In watching the film it was interesting to see that African Americans did not always start out competing in the sports in which they dominate in today; they competed in sports such as horseback riding, cycling, and tennis. I was surprised and grateful to see that the athletes would use their fame and status to make a difference and stand up for African-American rights. The black glove that the track Olympic medalists wore when they were up on the stand was very simple, but it said so much and made a grand statement to the world, that the United States was not an equal and fair place. Muhammad Ali was drafted to the war, and he made the decision not to participate because of his beliefs.