The Super Bowl Championship for the National Football League is one of the most praised games in all of American sports. It is one game played for everything on one night, drawing in millions upon millions of viewers. It is known for its many great moments, such as Joe Montana’s pass to his tight end in the endzone or the crowning of Lombardi as the true football mastermind. Nowadays, the superbowl has changed since then. It has become its own culture, and more importantly a marketing paradise. Every year, the country’s bigges companies put out their best commercials for the coming year during the superbowl. This has become such a big phenomenon that people even blog and rank the commercials every year, and now one touches the remote while the commercials are on. My personal favourite was the very first commercial of the superbowl this year, a Doritos commercial. It takes place in an office, where someone is eating Doritos and eats all of the crumbs. A co-worker comes up to him and asks him if he has finished the bag, and he says he has, but then proceeds to suck the cheesey-flavor off of the man’s finger. I believe it was great for several reasons; it jumps out at you and surprises you and is very absurd, making it a very good superbowl commercial. On the other hand, the worst commercial was the Hyundai commercial, it just was plain boring and pointless. It was just a swirl of pictures and trying to be a witty commercial.
Certain children are not meant for the big city, even if their parents are organizing and leading a fortune-five hundred company. Certain kids are not able to express their true feelings because they feel trapped by their parents who may pressure them to commit themselves to things they don’t appreciate. “Moreover (as documented by a great deal of research), because students are doing the work they do in and out of school for the wrong reasons; not because they are interested in learning -- the intense competition undermines their motivation to continue to learn for the sake of gaining understanding.” As analyzed by this reporter, he brings about the difficult decisions and actions that children must make or do to impress their parents, and in today’s society, it is very high because of the expectations. I believe a student can succeed and reach their potential in any school, no matter the name, if they make the best and put effort towards it. Instead, we work towards ‘putting our best foot forward’ by stressing, beefing up our resumes, joining pointless clubs to look ‘well rounded’, and taking classes that we’ll easily pass to boost our GPA. Children are forcing themselves into fields they don't like so they can get into colleges that force them even more into boxes they don't want to be in. We as students must realize that it is our first priority to receive a good education, and other things such as jobs, sports, and fun should be sometimes set aside as a second priority.
Many teenagers and young adults are extremely, deathly, neurotically, physically, mentally naïve. I know that there are a lot of adjectives describing this naïve-ness and stubbornness, but they all, and I mean all, apply to stupid dumb teenagers. We are so stubborn now that we cannot even comprehend the real world. How are we supposed to adapt to the real world and all of its cash and prizes that come with it? Are we going to be the generation that…..ends the world?? Such a thought is grotesque and painful, but it must be considered for the sake of our people and our future generations! There is only vun cause to our problems and that is the evil, corrupt JEW! Zey are ze ones wiz ze good financial skills and are exploiting our lack of skills! They must be stopped! Fourth REICH! We must put into effect Auschwitz! Oh my, I must have gotten carried away…there are better ways to handle this. One way would be to have finance classes in schools starting in middle school. Economics is overlooked in history classes, but in a world where the economy is always a major aspect of our lives, and the effect it has on us, we must be able to understand all area of economics and finance. Many kids have no idea how currency works or why it is valued, which should be taught in middle school. At the high school level, students should learn about personal finances and the stock exchange to understand their own money and how to invest it or save it. (Mrs. McGuire, please do not take that seriously, you know I kiddin' and aint no big deal).
Many teenagers and young adults are extremely, deathly, neurotically, physically, mentally naïve. I know that there are a lot of adjectives describing this naïve-ness and stubbornness, but they all, and I mean all, apply to stupid dumb teenagers. We are so stubborn now that we cannot even comprehend the real world. How are we supposed to adapt to the real world and all of its cash and prizes that come with it? Are we going to be the generation that…..ends the world?? Such a thought is grotesque and painful, but it must be considered for the sake of our people and our future generations! There is only vun cause to our problems and that is the evil, corrupt JEW! Zey are ze ones wiz ze good financial skills and are exploiting our lack of skills! They must be stopped! Fourth REICH! We must put into effect Auschwitz! Oh my, I must have gotten carried away…there are better ways to handle this. One way would be to have finance classes in schools starting in middle school. Economics is overlooked in history classes, but in a world where the economy is always a major aspect of our lives, and the effect it has on us, we must be able to understand all area of economics and finance. Many kids have no idea how currency works or why it is valued, which should be taught in middle school. At the high school level, students should learn about personal finances and the stock exchange to understand their own money and how to invest it or save it.
As a nation that tries to universally spread democracy and fight poverty in this world, the United States of America should most definitely step in to help Haiti rebound from the terrible earthquake they faced. They are innocent human beings that are poor because of their government, not because they choose to be. Because of the Haitian government’s inability to help the people of the nation, the United States should stand as the model for helping foreign countries, and by helping Haiti, it would be a primary example of this. Also, the United States certainly has the money and the number of people to help the peopl in Haiti, so there is no excuse to not aid and help Haiti get through this terrible strategy. Mrs. McGuire I do agree with you that the tragedy there is the poverty, not the earthquake. With this being said, we, the United States of America citizens, should do our part to help as well and not rely on the Us government to be doing all the help. We should go over there through our free will to help them, not just igve money to the government to help them. Haiti deserves our help both short term after this earthquake and long term to prevent such a catostrpohy again. As a matter of fact, we cannot prevent another earthquake, but we can better prepare for it for the Haitian people, so that they do not have to go through what they did go through after this earthquake.
There are many diseases in our world with the oldest ones in the book, such as Chicken Pox, to newer ones that we are just discovering. One of the more recent discoveries was the discovery of the AIDs and HIV viruses. HIV is a virus that later leads into the deathly disease AIDs. I personally do not know any person, whether friend or family or a random person I met for two seconds, who has had HIV or AIDs, but I am aware what it can do to a not just one person’s life, but to their family and friends as well. Whenever I think of AIDs, I always remember this TV show I used to watch with my grandmother about a young boy with AIDs who went to an AIDs camp. I remember the things he would say and how strong he was about the subject, and after every episode I would wonder what life would be like with such a deadly disease and knowing you wont be able to live a full life without getting sick ro going to the hospital. This made me terrified while this young kid was so strong and so couragous and I will always remember how strong that kid was. Now that there is a vaccine (not a cure, but a step forward) to AIDs and HIV, it shows our perseverence to fight this disease that has plagued so many people and families in our world. This is an invention that should not be overlooked, but it will be because it is “merely” a vaccine, but I see it as a huge step forward, especially so that people do not have to go through what that young boy went through all of his life.
Academic integrity is a common phrase used and advocated amongst almost any college that you will come across. By having strict rules and regulations on academics, they believe that it creates the truest sense of an education. Although these schools have tremendous academics, they also offer a great amount of activities, one of those being athletics. In the past century, college athletics have grown to be as popular as professional sports, from selling jerseys and merchandise to building one hundred thousand seat stadiums. These schools’ athletics bring in great revenue and allows a school to grow. Some successful athletic programs are The Ohio State University, University of Southern California, University of North Carolina, and many more. There is injustice from both sides, from the athletes and the schools. The schools, I believe, are at fault for these injustice the most because they fuel the need to pay players and give into their academic struggles. If the school had true academic integrity, then they would not pay the players under the table or give them incentives to play for their schools. By putting them on a pedestal at the moment they secretly and illegally pay them, the athletes are already given the opportunity to cheat the system, so why not the academic system as well? Not only that, but the players bring in such large revenues for the schools that the injustice is the amount of money the school makes from student athletes that come from broken homes and neighborhoods. How can a seventeen or eighteen year old not take money to play a sport when is family truly needs it in every way; do not put the fault on the kids, but rather blame the schools. To fix this problem, I believe that the student athletes should get a slight percentage in the total athletics revenue, large enough to satisfy them, but small enough to keep them active. This would only be fair because of the amount of money they make for the schools. Also, every player on scholarship makes the same amount so that no player gets special treatment for another: it keeps it equal and creates justice. This would also end the problem of paying a student athlete under the table to play for that school.
Now finishing my senior year and will be entering college next year, I have been through nearly thirteen years of schooling. Through these years of experience, I have seen many different teaching styles and have taken many classes. Some classes have appealed more to me than others due to the teachers and their teaching styles. Some good aspects about teachers is that they know how to engage a student in their discuessions, lesson plans, and what they are talking about; when a teacher lacks the ability to grab a student’s attention, the student becomes uninterested, which can cause them not to want to learn and educate themselves. This can be heavily overlooked by many traditonal teachers, who believe that they should be extremely strict and disciplined. But I beg to ask why cannot a teacher be fun, efficient, and productive all at once. To be an open teacher to new ideas and discussions can open up an entire definition of what teaching is as we know: it can be an interactive, true learning experience rather than memorizing things the teacher spits out at the class. On the other hand, some teachers have poor qualities about themselves as well. For example, history can be a very difficult subject to teach, so grabbing a student’s attention may be more difficult for the teacher. At Bishop Connolly, everyone knows about that one history class and teacher that people are not too fond of to take, although the teacher is liked around the school. This is so because his/her teaching style does not grab someone’s attention, and they do not try to. This is a very traditonal style of teaching, and those who excel in that class do so because they are naturally interested by history, including myself. In that persepctive, a traditional, discipined approach has both positive and negative aspects.
People are inspired by many different ideas and other people. From ancient philosophers, artists, and inventors, to modern day teenagers and businessmen; all have been inspired by some sort of role model. In the society we live in today, we are faced with many different role models, whether in a negative or positive light. The media has a major role in this portrayal of celebrities; People Magazine and TMZ have made their reputations on spotlighting celebrities in their worst moments, from a drunken Lindsay Lohan to an exposed Paris Hilton. These pictures and stories can lead many teenagers and children down the wrong roads. Personally, I choose not to bother with any of these gossip stories and scandalous celebs; instead, I am inspired by two men that greatly appeal to where I want to be later in life. As a major sports fanatic, I love great sports stories, my favorite being the story of Josh Hamilton, a professional baseball player for the Texas Rangers. Hamilton was a promising prospect out of college, being the number one overall draft pick of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He later made his MLB debut on April 3rd, 2007, for the Cincinnati Reds. His promising career was about to start. He now plays for the Texas Rangers and is an elite hitter in the league, but that is not what makes him inspirational. Hamilton’s story starts in the early part of the decade, when he encountered drugs and alcohol; this would trigger years of battle. He became highly addictive to the drug heroin and abused alcohol frequently along with it. Now Josh Hamilton bares tattoos from when he got when he was high and drunk, scars of where he once was. Hamilton is now a premier outfielder in the MLB and played a significant role in the Texas Rangers’ World Series this year despite their loss to the Giants. To pick himself up from as low as someone can go, that being addicted to such a powerful drug as heroin, and now be an All-Star in baseball is something that should never be overlooked by anyone. Hamilton’s successes are more than baseball, they are a motivation to all of us that we can rise up from anything. My other role model is the financial genius Warren Buffett. Buffett is one of the world’s richest men alive, but not because he is a good salesman or owns one major corporation, but because he knows exactly where and when to invest and maximize his profit. But what is also so inspiring is that he is so humble about his riches; he still lives in the same house in Omaha he purchased in 1958 and has no urge to spend away his money.
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