...Running cross country was one of the most memorable activities that I had during high school. I chose this sport because I needed an activity for me to stay in shape. For this reason, I picked this picture of my cross country team to represent my memory about it. Although there isn’t anything special about this picture, it has a lot of more meaning than you think. On the day of the race, I woke up with excitement as I couldn’t wait for the race to start. Still, I had to go to school on that day. Knowing that it was an important, I had to keep my body hydrated by drinking water throughout the whole day. During my last class, I was tingling excitement; meanwhile, every single minute felt like forever. When the bell rang, I immediately left the...
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...life in running cross-country. The morning practices every weekday during the summer, the speed workouts on the track, the distance runs that never seem to end, all these have become part of my life. Without cross-country, I would have never been able to find out how much potential I have. Cross-country has allowed me to break down barriers and achieve goals I never dreamed possible. Because of cross-country, I have learned time management, leadership, and how to have a positive mentality. Cross-country has allowed me to meet people who I would have never even known. As an older member of the team, I am a role model for the younger members. As a result, I make sure to include younger girls on the team, whether it be by inviting them out to breakfast after a summer practice or including them in the conversation during warm-ups. I also give pep talks to my teammates before races to help calm their nerves. I have become a better leader due to my involvement in cross-country, which will benefit me as a nurse. Cross-country requires dedication in order to be successful. I have had to stay in on Friday nights instead of going to football games because the bus leaves at 4:30 the next morning for a meet. Because I had to wake up at 6:15 the next morning for practice, I could not stay out late on summer nights....
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...My senior year of cross country, I was hit with the realization that this year would be my last chance to earn a spot on our varsity team. With a team reaching near one hundred runners, the competitive nature of the program is not like many others, there is always another person challenging you to take your spot. This development pushed me to train every day through the summer, regardless of the Texas heat, which often reached the mid-eighties or nineties in the mornings in order to reach my aspiration of participating in varsity athletics. Every morning, I struggled with rolling out of bed at the crack of dawn to exhaust my body in these extreme temperatures of summer to further tax my body through training. I constantly had to tell myself what was at stake, I had gone my entire high school cross country career without the experience of competing with the top runners, and this year was my final shot to exceed past boundaries in order to earn this chance. Surprise filled many of my teammates as I gained speed out of what appeared to be...
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...Case Study: The Cross Country Group Introduction Sidney Wolk is the founder of The Cross-Country Group which, over the years, he has turned from a small enterprise into one of the largest privately held service companies of its kind in North America. The company mainly operates in the field of roadside and housing services a provider a private label services. As a deeply involved manager, he leaned towards individuals instead of a formal compensation scheme for many years. When his two sons, Howard and Jeffrey joined the business, they saw the necessity to turn their father’s rather spontaneous and unpredictable compensation style into a more professionalized and transparent approach. This gave rise to the LEAP plan which will be discussed in detail during the course of this case study. While certainly being more sophisticated than the earlier compensation practices, two executive employees, Bruce Henderson and Martin Wong, did not fully agree with the overall concept of the LEAP plan. As part of the “Before You Move” subsidiary, they are in charge to manage a rather dynamic and unpredictable business which requires a high degree of entrepreneurial spirit and creative leadership. To better align the compensation plan to the specific circumstances of this particular business, they bring forward a counter proposal which is would result in a partial ownership of equity after having achieved the set goals, which differs from the initial LEAP plan where the compensation...
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...however I didn’t like the actual sport. I wasn’t great, but I wasn’t horrible. Soccer just wasn’t as pleasant for me compared to the other girls. On the other hand, I had participated in some 5K’s throughout my life, and they were actually enjoyable. So, that is where cross country came in. I had to make a decision about what sport to do in middle school. Cross country, or soccer. My parents told me that I should give cross country a shot,...
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...Physiology of Exercise of Competitive Cross-Country Skiing Name Institution Physiology of exercise of Competitive cross-country skiing Recovery mechanism Competitive cross-country skiing is a strenuous endurance sport in which efficiency and energy delivery are deemed very important to achieve a high performance. Recently, shorter sprint competitions have been adopted; skiers are subjected to time-trial qualification race with three knockout heats. The heats take approximately 3-4 minutes and 20 minutes between the heats. Therefore, the ability of the skiers to reproduce subsequent technique, high efficiency, and energy is very imperative in the sport. Sessions of intense competition produce anabolic mechanism and chronic stress,...
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...whose previous occupant has left a Virgin of Guadalupe mural on an interior wall (Kenneth Turan LA Times). The Whites' neighbor at their new home offers them a housewarming gift—a chicken. White quickly clashes with the head football coach and loses his assistant coaching slot. During a gym class, his students (all Latino, seemingly all of Mexican heritage) are less than motivated. But when White gets them to finally run some laps, he notices that a few of the boys are pretty speedy. California's high school sports governing body has just created the state's first cross-country championship. White thinks McFarland could form a team. All it takes is a minimum of seven runners, some shoes, and some cheap uniforms. "Cross country—that's a private school sport," the principal says. "They breathe different air than we do."(Johnny Dodd, People.com) White forms the team, but now he faces the difficulty of explaining the cross country's tangled team scoring system, where the low score prevails. Just like golf, the coach tells his team. "Do we...
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...A definition of myself. A seventeen year old female athlete in high school. That is what anyone walking down the street would say, but that random person walking down the street is not writing this essay. So, I am going to start over. A definition of myself. I am temperamental, I get aggressive, I tend to trust easier than I should, I forgive too easily, I am almost always angry, the glass tends to be half empty, I throw fits, my words tend to be venom, and I do not know who I am. I cannot pinpoint where I fit into society and what my purpose is. I do know that I am an aggressive teenage girl that runs Cross Country and Track, I am a girl that sings in my school's choir, I am a girl that tapes and bandages together wounded athlete in my school's athletic activities, I am a girl that enjoys listening to music so loudly that people have to repeat themselves at least twice before I can form a coherent sentence in my head, and I am a girl that is still trying to form a cohesive definition of myself....
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...“ And 7th grade girls second place goes to… Lincoln Junior High school.” Yelled the announcer. We all jumped up and started cheering. It was almost at this moment when we started to notice that the only way we would win was if we worked together. From that point on we stuck together as a team and nothing could tear us apart. After my experience of cross country I started to notice how I had not only grown as a runner but also as a person. I had learned a lot of important life skills such as being able to work with others during both practice and meets, and also to be a leader. We all huddled together and got ready for practice. It was the first day of 8th grade cross country and we were all super excited. All though I was slightly...
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...What does determination mean to you? Well I myself would not even be able to answer that question if it were not for the hardships that I faced during cross country. Let me paint a picture for you, I was just a freshman coming out of a middle school my only friends all went to different school and I was the most hated bullied kid in my class I was alone and stuck with nobody being there for me so I decided to join the cross-country team. Throughout my journey on the team I was constantly told that I was slow and that I will never be good enough to make a varsity team even my very own coach would not put me in any races. I was so bad that he told me that I would just be an embarrassment to the team and the school. So, you ask me what determination...
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...“They say hard work pays off. I learned this by putting one foot in front of the other. Through cross country and track I have developed a strong work ethic and the mental fortitude to never give in, no matter how hot or cold the weather is or how tired or sore I am. When I first started track, I was a sprinter, but I decided to go out for cross country the following fall because my brother was a successful distance runner. Although I’m not as good as he is, it has shaped me into who I am today. Unfortunately, my high hopes for my senior season of cross country were crushed when I learned I might not be able to compete at all. It all started in June 2010. Staying upfront with the varsity girls, I was doing pretty well. Then one day I felt a pull in my left knee. I ignored it, thinking it was all in my head. But all through the next week it still hurt and got worse. Then, during a workout one day, I reached out my leg and felt a snap. Immediately, I fell to the ground, unable to put any weight on my knee. I went to the doctor later that day; only to find out I overused my patella tendon. Even now, I cringe when thinking about it. He told me there was a good chance I would not be able to compete that season, which had just begun. Feeling my throat tighten, I looked away so he wouldn’t see me cry. Determined to compete before the end of my final cross country season, I wasn’t willing to let this injury slow me down. First my coach had me start speed walking. I felt...
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...Distance’ on product choice: A Cross Cultural Exploration of Effects of Country of Origin on the Choice of Branded Products by Adriana Cordeiro Socha A Thesis presented to The University of Guelph In partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Marketing and Consumer Studies Guelph, Ontario, Canada © Adriana Cordeiro Socha, September, 2012 ABSTRACT THE INFLUENCE OF THE CULTURE DIMENSION ‘POWER DISTANCE’ ON PRODUCT CHOICE: A CROSS CULTURAL EXPLORATION OF EFFECTS OF CULTURAL TRAITS ON THE CHOICE OF BRANDED FOREIGN PRODUCTS Adriana Cordeiro Socha University of Guelph, 2012 Advisor Dr. Brent McKenzie Committee Dr. Vinay Kanetkar Dr. Sara Mann This thesis investigates how cultural traits, such as the cultural dimension of Power Distance, influence preference for foreign made branded products. Cultural background influences several aspects of human behaviour, including the behaviours of consumers. In marketing, individual cultural differences affect consumers’ choice as well as their response to advertising message and brand associations. One example, impact on consumer choice, is related to the country of origin (COO) of the product. The effect of COO has been extensively explored in the literature. However, cultural frameworks like those of Hofstede (2001) have seldom been considered as a factor explaining the variability of consumers’ preference (or avoidance) for products originating in different countries. The objective of this research...
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...During my sophomore year, I was the state champion in cross country. I decided that I wanted to win again my junior year. During my junior season, I was running faster than ever. Five weeks before the state meet, I felt pain in my foot. I pushed through the pain and raced that weekend. However, after the race I couldn’t even walk. Later that night I found out that I had a stress fracture in my foot. I had worked months for this season and in one day my world turned upside down and I hit rock bottom. When I went to the doctors, they told me that I had a stress fracture and that I could not walk with the condition my foot was in. They also told me that it would take about six weeks to heal. My state meet was five weeks away and I was determined to heal quickly to help my team win a trophy at state. The next...
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...*Adapted from Colorado State University http://writing.colostate.edu Executive Summaries Executive Summaries are much like any other summary in that their main goal is to provide a condensed version of the content of a longer report. The executive summary is usually no longer than 10% of the original document. It can be anywhere from 1-10 pages long, depending on the report's length. Executive summaries are written literally for an executive who most likely DOES NOT have the time to read the original. * Executive summaries make a recommendation * Accuracy is essential because decisions will be made based on your summary by people who have not read the original * Executive summaries frequently summarize more than one document Processes for Writing an Executive Summary Executive summaries are typically written for longer reports. They should not be written until after your report is finished. Before writing your summary, try: * Summarizing the major sections of your report. You might even copy text from your report into the summary and then edit it down. * Talking aloud or even tape recording yourself summarizing sections of your report. Questions to Ask Yourself as You Write * What is your report about? * Why is it important? * What is included in the report? * What is included in each section? * Executive Summaries * Concise Statement * As a cover sheet to your document, an executive summary need not go into ANY mention of...
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...Executive Summaries are much like any other summary in that their main goal is to provide a condensed version of the content of a longer report. Definition of Executive Summary The executive summary is usually no longer than 10% of the original document. It can be anywhere from 1-10 pages long, depending on the report's length. Executive summaries are written literally for an executive who most likely DOES NOT have the time to read the original. • Executive summaries make a recommendation • Accuracy is essential because decisions will be made based on your summary by people who have not read the original • Executive summaries frequently summarize more than one document Types of Summaries Summaries written in order to recommend a specific course of action are executive summaries. Summaries that highlight the major points of a long piece are called abstracts. The purpose of an abstract is to allow readers to decide whether or not they want to read the longer text. View our Writing Guide about Abstracts Standard summary only refers to a summary of someone else's published work and is written for a variety of purposes. View our Writing Guide about Standard Summaries Processes for Writing an Executive Summary Executive summaries are typically written for longer reports. They should not be written until after your report is finished. Before writing your summary, try: • Summarizing the major sections of your report. You might even copy text from your report into...
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