Magic Johnson & HIV Caesar Lozano Human Sexuality Mrs. Polites December 3, 2012 What is HIV? HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus, a retro virus that causes AIDS. Statistics indicate there are more than one million people living with HIV in the United States. HIV was discovered in June 1981. Since then approximately 1.7 million in the United States are estimated to have been infected with the virus. Every 9.5 minutes someone in the United States is being infected
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Magic Born Earvin Johnson Jr. on August 14, 1959, in Lansing, Michigan. Earvin grw up with nine brothers and sister. Both parents worked, his father worked for the General Motors plant in town and his mother was a custodian. As a young man he was very passionate about basketball. He would start practicing as early as 7:30 am at Everett High School. Everyone wonders where he got the nickname “Magic” including myself; well after a sportswriter witnessed him score 36 points, 16 rebounds, and 16 assists
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n my life, I had many people who I really admire from Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Sean Carter (Jay-z), and Robert Johnson. Others who have influenced me in my development of a person were my parents; my mother and my father were there for everything I have done in my life. The person who I model myself after is Earvin Johnson jr. also known as Magic Johnson. There are many reasons why but all really point to him defeated in adversity in many facets of life. In my point of view my life and his has
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Earvin “Magic” Johnson is a leader in basketball, business, and in education because he has changed many lives. Students, co-workers, and basketball players’ lives are changing in how we see HIV, how we see learning, and how we create a life for ourselves. In the late 1990’s early 2000’s, Magic Johnson created a legacy. His legacy was more information about HIV, a business, and students' education. In the United States of America, Magic impacted more charity creation because he has HIV himself.
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Basketball Association (NBA) was Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Michael “MJ” Jordan. They were both exciting to watch while on and off of the basketball court. Because of their business savvy, humanitarian efforts, and outstanding athletic ability, both are very interesting. The Athlete Magic Johnson was an exciting athlete. He helped orchestrate the plays that where known as “Showtime” by sports commentators. During his time with the Los Angeles Lakers, Magic Johnson had his share of challenges (Larry
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There is a lot of controversy about who is the NBA’s greatest player. Now there has been thousands of basketball players in the NBA, but only a select few are honored to be known as one of the greats. Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and of course one of the most famous is Michael Jordan, they all share one thing; the love of the sport. Since sports have begun people always wonder who the best is. Everyone has different thoughts on who is the best, but the facts will show who really the
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Michael Jordan is known to be the on the most iconic Basketball players in NBA history. Some people grasp to say that he made the NBA as popular as it is today. Many athletes fro this day are inspired by MJ. I chose Michael Jordan because I myself am obsessed with the NBA. Jordan is always brought up when in a conversation about basketball records and highest points. Another reason why I chose MJ is because he was on of the first NBA players to not just be on NBA television. MJ was on many TV commercials
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That's all that matters to me." James accepted his third NBA MVP award Saturday, making him the eighth player in league history to win that many. The others — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone — all have won NBA titles. On Sunday, James resumes that quest. "He's going to get his," Heat President Pat Riley said. "He will get his championship. And there might be a lot more there, too." James received 85 of a possible
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The Goal How can I become someone that can revive lives? Why can't I wish for these lives to be revived? You see, things don't always come so easy. You got to work for it and that's what makes it great. This is my story of how I get my mom and I out of this poor life and get treated with pleasant things. I'm just an average kid trying to enjoy life. My mom and I don't have any plans for us in the future. All I know is that I want make something of my future. It was hard growing up fatherless
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MATCHING (2 pts) numbers 1-10 1. Resistance a. Sudden feeling of sickness 2. Comprise b. Act of opposing 3. Exaggerate c. Impairment or debasement 4. Sophistication d. Argue or plead with someone 5. Avidly
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