...My whole life I thought about what it would be like to attend in HBCU. Will it be a life changing experience? Will I benefit from this? What should I expect? As a kid I always had to deal with being in schools and softball teams that were not diverse. There was always me representing the African American community on my softball teams. This made me feel like, why? Why am I the only one? Team after team I would get my hopes up to just, just maybe have another person of color on my team. Time after time my hopes were raised for nothing. After awhile I stop believing. In middle school there would always be a tight knit community of Africans Americans who would stick together. We all felt like one family. Every morning we would all find each...
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...Letting Go. I finally could not take it anymore I stomped my foot down and I had to let it all out on the table and tell them how I truly felt and that I could not live my life like this anymore. I wanted to live my life and be able to have say of what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. In the book Bradshaw: On the family he says that “Once internalized, shame was no longer available to us to monitor the limits within which our will could healthily function” (Bradshaw 206). I spoke up to how I should have say on what I do and it wasn’t fair how they just belittled me and just made me their human life puppet for them not living out their dream. That’s how it really was; I was living out their dream because they decided to make other plans on in life. I honestly loved playing softball, really I did until I started getting teased and harassed by softball teammates I had on the team. They would make fun of how I looked. The things they would make fun of me was that I had a gap in the middle of my two front teeth, that I had small feet but I was a tall girl, they would make fun of me for having thick eyebrows and sometimes say I was fat. Just really mean things it would break my heart and made me so angry and wanted to give them a piece of my mind but I knew I couldn’t. I wasn’t allowed to I would cry until I had no more tears coming out that’s how much I would cry to my mom and all she would tell me is that to not let words hurt me and that they do not want to burn any bridges...
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...played baseball in high school, fast pitch softball at the University of Michigan and had even spent a year on the Air Force all star softball team. But after flying missions over Vietnam and starting a family, he had not found time for sports. When he learned about senior games having softball, he found some guys his age to make up a team. It was fun and he wanted to play more. But there were no other senior teams in San Antonio. Bill Altman changed all that. He and his team found more players, and the San Antonio Senior Softball League was founded in 1987. He is still its chairman and primary advocate. The league obtained old fields from the city and fixed them up with money they raised. Today there are hundreds of seniors from every walk of life that are sharing the love of baseball and staying fit for life. The league has a plan to expand to a modern complex that will meet their growing needs and can host regional tournaments to bring in tourism. In addition to managing, playing and running the league, Altman has participated in state and national senior games in softball, tennis and track and field events. He’s also been inducted into the Texas Senior Softball Hall of Fame. Along the way he has maintained his Personal Best and helped thousands of others do the same. How did the San Antonio Senior Softball League begin? The whole effort started because of the state senior games in San Antonio in 1987. I had not played softball since I went into the Air Force and thought it would...
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...Jennie Finch is a softball player. She plays for the USA national softball team. Born on September the 3rd of 1980 in Bell Flower, California. Jennie parents are Doug, and Bev Finch. Jennie has two older brothers, Shane and Landon. She was raised in La Mirada with her family. She went to La Mirada High School. In high school she lettered in softball all four years, and twice in basketball and volleyball. She was captain of all three sports. As a sophomore, she was an all-California Interscholastic Federation Division II choice in softball. Jennie started playing softball at the age of five. She started pitching at the age of eight. Her coach was her father. Jennie played for a 10-and-under traveling all-star team. Jennie and her family spent their weekend at a different diamond somewhere in Suburban Southern California. The more competitive the teams the more Jennie thrived. She hated to lose, and worked exceptionally hard to make sure it never happened. When Jennie was young winning was...
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...me. I had to work for every position on every sports team in high school. In high school, freshmen and sophomores compete on the junior varsity team while juniors and seniors compete on the varsity team. In some cases, freshmen and sophomores are pulled up to compete on varsity teams because of their talent, passion, and hard work. An intellectual experience from the past two years that has given me great satisfaction is challenging myself to receive a spot on varsity teams for high school sports. When I was a freshmen in highschool, my best friend started varsity sports for basketball, volleyball, and softball. We did not even play on the same team. This made me want to give up on going out for sports entirely. I asked myself why it was not me who received that honor. The only thing answer that I found was that I was simply not good enough to be on the varsity team. I felt useless. This was when the light bulb clicked in my mind. I need to turn things around for myself. My best friend...
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...Family My life changed at the age of 9. An event occurred that I already saw coming. Screaming and arguing were going the extreme. I could not take it anymore, and then all of a sudden it stopped. My parents sat me down and told me what was going on. They explained to me that they were going to get a divorce. At first I was mad but I knew why it was happening. That’s when I thought my life was going to change forever. Things were going to be different; two parents weren’t going to be in one household anymore. I couldn’t call on daddy or mommy to come when they were no where around. I would have to wait until it was their turn for me to stay with them. That was going to be hard for me not being able to see my parents together anymore but I learned that it was for the best. While I was living with my mother during the week, my older brother took on the role of being the man of the house at the age of 14. At the beginning of the divorce everything was fine, going back and fourth to my dads and moms every weekend. But as time went by things were starting to go wrong. My father wasn’t getting me and my brother on his weekends that he was supposed to. That really hurt me because I felt like he didn’t want to spend time with me. I felt hurt and neglected towards my father. Things never changed; there would be times where I wouldn’t see my dad for 3 weeks straight. And it is still like that to this day. I feel as if my brother has been the father figure in my ...
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...encouraged to eat right, hydrate and exercise. Some youth even see a personal trainer to assist with strength and flexibility. Some coaches even require that their team participate in specialized training. Therefore, doing these things either on a daily basis or at least a few times per week will result in forming good habits. “A habit is a practice that you engage in on a regular basis” (Clarke; livestrong.com). Developing healthy habits lays the foundation for routine and also has a big impact on emotional fitness. It allows for good mental health and a restful sleep, which helps avoid depression (Clarke; livestrong.com) I, myself have witnessed this first hand. My daughter Elyse is thirteen and has been playing traveling softball since the age of eight. As she has gotten older she has fallen in love with the sport. Currently her goal is to play softball at the collegiate level. One of her major areas of focus is her health. She has great...
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...In today’s society women are not allowed to play baseball with men due to patriarchal myths and misconceptions that have been around since the emergence of baseball in America. All women should be able to play baseball with men and there is no legitimate reason why they shouldn't. Women are physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of playing baseball just as men are. With that being said their biological sex or gender should not and does not affect their ability to play baseball in the company of men. In addition their sex should not deem their athletic ability as inferior in comparison to men. Since the adoption of baseball as an American pastime, the sport of baseball has been cultivated and altered to amputate women exuding the masculinity of baseball. The emergence of baseball as popular and profitable sport has failed to acknowledge and highlight the athletic abilities women. Instead its conception has affirmed women to be fragile and it has also depicted women to not have the skills or talents to play and compete alongside men. There are numerous individuals who are opposed to fusion of women and men on the baseball field. These individuals use demeaning stereotypes and beliefs to support their claims. Often these claims are false and are not supported by factual or scientific data. For example these claims say that women are weaker than men, women are not physically capable of playing sports, or a woman's place is in the home rather than on the playing field. These...
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...said. We were only a couple of weeks into softball. I had no idea why he wanted to talk to me. I started walking and the closer I got the hotter and red I could feel my cheeks getting. “Yes, Coach?” I asked “The other coaches and I have been talking. We think that you should become a left-handed bunter.” My heart started to speed up even more. I wanted to say no, but I knew I couldn’t. I couldn’t let down the person that I was trying to impress the most down. So without a second thought. I said “Yes.” That’s when it all began. Going to practice all hot and sweaty from weight lifting a few minutes before. This was the first full day of practice I would get to bat left-handed. It started to frustrate...
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...Hailey Anderson Due Date: Journal 1 I am reading “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant”W.D Wetherell The story is about a boy who is trying to impress this girl and get her to go out with him but she doesn’t like fishing so he has to choose the girl or fishing. In this journal I will be questioning and evaluating 1G what will he choose? 1Y Sheila 2-3R likes her 2-3R watches her 2-3R tries to impress 1Y Bass 2-3R fishing fav hobby 2-3R biggest fish 2-3R focus on fish 1G In conclusion I think he will choose the bass I wonder if the narrator will choose the bass or Sheila. I think that the boy will choose Sheila, one reason I think he’ll choose Sheila because he likes how beautiful she is. He loves her freckles and that...
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...Section 1 – Mission and Philosophy Statement………………………………………………........................3 Section 2 – Goals and Objectives…………………………………………………………………………………………..….…...4 Goals………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 Objectives……………………………………………………………………..………………….…………………………..……………6 Section 3 – Instructional Model……………………………………………………………………………………………………….8 Basketball…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….8 Flag Football…………………………………………………………………………………….………………..……………….....…10 Soccer…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...12 Volleyball…………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….………….14 Floor Hockey………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……16 Softball………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...18 Section 4 --Discussion Model…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19 Obesity…………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………….19 Bullying…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………26 Section 5 --Personal / Social Responsibility and Participation Model………………………..27 Section 6 --Drugs and Alcohol……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..28 Section 7 --Positive Impact of Athletics……………………………………………………………………………………….29 Section 8 – Program Consent Form………………………………………………………………………………………………..31 Section 9 – Curriculum…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….32 *Section 10 –Youth Athletic Stats Pg. 29 *Section 11 – Participant Assessment ...
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...spring arrives, the temperature rises and the days get longer. There are mass amounts of colorful flowers with beautiful smells that make everyone’s days a little brighter. The grass turns green and the flowers begin to blossom. One of my favorite spring memories is when I was eight years old and I loved gardening with my mother. We have a garden in our back yard that we call the “love garden” because it was shaped like a heart. We would put certain flowers in places to make a pattern. When you looked down from my deck, it doesn’t just look like colorful flowers, it appears to be like a mosaic picture. Spring is also known to accumulate a great amount of rain. Windshield wipers are on full blast so drivers can see. Children are constantly jumping and splashing in the puddles like a cat playing with a ball of yarn. I always like watching all of the birds fly south because they look like war planes on a mission to find a destination. Everybody loves the activities when spring comes around. One of my favorite activities is softball. I have been playing softball for 8 years now. There are many other activities that you can play in the spring. You can have barbeques in your backyard that you can invite anyone you want too such as neighbors,...
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...ethics are a huge part of who I am today, and these beliefs affect every decision I make whether it is personal or professional. I believe a person’s life experiences are what shape his or her personal ethical belief system and professional ethics. A person’s morals determine what is right and what is wrong in his or her life. Everyone is responsible for his or her actions whether it is right with rewards, or wrong with consequences. Combined with these factors, worldviews also plays a huge role in the decision-making process. The framework for decisions is created from a person’s values, beliefs, morals, and personal experiences. According to Freeman, (2000, p. ix) Ethics is “the study of standards of conduct and moral judgment; moral philosophy.” Ethics is a part of philosophy and an application of what we believe is true about our reality. Every person has a right to his or her own beliefs about what is true or not. These “Codes of ethics are designed to guide practitioners, protect the welfare of clients, safeguard the autonomy of professional workers, and enhance the status of the profession” (Freeman, 2000, p. x) I believe my greatest influence came from my personal experiences. Although my mother tried to teach me right from wrong, she was not always available to help shape my moral and ethical development. When I was a child, seventh born of nine children to a single mother, I experienced much negativity and had many bad experiences. I lived in an environment of drugs...
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...of these residents and public officials believed legalizing gaming would promote “crime, higher rates of divorce, and poverty from personal bankruptcy” from residents spending their life savings (Myerson). Now more than twenty years later the exact opposite of oppositionist’s future predictions have occurred and casinos have been the greatest thing to happen to the Mississippi Gulf Coast since the seafood industry began. The coastal casinos do countless great things such as lower property taxes, fund public school projects, give back millions of dollars to charity, greatly enhanced the tourism market, drives the economical activity, and much more for the Gulf Coast. With all of these great upsides casinos provide and very few downsides, I believe it is clear that the casinos are great for Mississippi and the Gulf Coast area. Before the major casino boom in the 1990’s, the Mississippi Gulf Coast was a very quiet, religious, and laid back area with the reputation of being the classic “ole country” community where everyone knows...
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...Eliminating the Gender Achievement Gap ELIMINATING THE GENDER ACHIEVEMENT GAP Preconceived notions of what boys and girls can and cannot do will have negative effects on both genders. Parents who allow their sons to misbehave and say “boys will be boys” not only damage their view of themselves but it does not teach them the consequences of right and wrong. Telling a boy “big boys do not cry” may create an emotionally stunted boy. Society allows girls to express their emotions but boys must keep them inside. While society does not blink an eye when a boy aspires to becoming an auto mechanic or a girl a stay at home mom, the converse brings discomfort, ridicule, much discussion and even embarrassment for the families. Research shows women have made tremendous gains in the last few decades; however, it is still difficult for them to obtain equality. According to an article from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, women make up almost half of all actively employed people in the work force yet; they earn, on average, 23% less than their male counterparts holding the same position (Hegewisch & Hudiburg, 2013, para.1). The pace has been so slow that if it continues at this same rate, it will take over 40 years before women will earn the same salary as men in the same positions (Hegewisch & Hudiburg, 2013, para. 2). What causes this phenomenon? Is it nature or nurture? Is it something that begins in the womb or the formative years...
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