Chuck Taylor All-Stars

can see that is similar is that they both have the word “ball” in the spelling. Baseball seems to make sense by the spelling; it is a game with the involvement of bases. Football, by the spelling seems to be a game that involves your feet, which we all know is not the case, but seems ironic because most games are won by a field goal. A field goal is when the team places the ball on the ground with the assistance of a holder and the kicker kicks it through the goal post, if it is made, that…

elementary, middle, and high school. Our father was always pushing us to practice and play harder. My father was a very athletic man throughout his sports career. He started in high school as a baseball, track, and football star. Though he had received scholarship offers in all three, his love for football was tenacious. He went on to start as a receiver at Louisiana Tech. After College, he went on to play professional football in Canada. Unfortunately, because of his bad knee, he had to quit…

Seeing them on TV and at school inspired me to one day be like them and do all the amazing tricks they would do. It wasn’t until my twelfth birthday that finally joined a tumbling class at a cheerleading gym. All I had asked for my birthday was to be in tumbling class I thought it was extremely difficult to actually in an all-star team so I decided to just be in a tumbling class. Since I loved it so much I would practice all the time whether I was at home or outside to even the isles at the…

achieving his desired aims and having determination to fulfill his everyday fantasies. His father, Cat Mays, was a talented baseball player with the Negro team for the local iron plant. His mother, Annie Satterwhite, was a gifted basketball and track star in high school. As a baby, Mays was cared for by his mother's and younger sisters Sarah and Ernestine. Sarah became the primary female role model in May's' life. His father exposed him to…

Both 'Half-past Two' and 'Hide and Seek' portray the theme of being left alone through the use of language, form, and structure of each of the two poems. In 'Half-past Two', a child is put into detention for doing “Something Very Wrong” until half-past two; he doesn't know how to tell the time. As a result, doesn't know when to leave, he stays there daydreaming until the teacher remembers him, and she sends him away. 'Hide and Seek' is also about a child who is left alone. The poem is a story…

Did you know that sneakers go back almost 3,000 years? Sneakers have had a flabbergasting growth over the years. But, why are sneakers so popular? Sneakers are so popular because they have so much history behind them. Also, Chuck Taylor made sneakers so popular because he made new styles, and colors. Lastly, many people like sneakers so much that they collect them and these people are called “sneaker heads” Sneakers have came a long way from where they first started!…

common leisure shoe for all; the time of this popularity boost was around 1868. The more people came to like sneakers, the more new sneakers were made. By the middle of the 20th century there were already high-top basketball shoes, All-Star high-tops, and shoes for track and field. From the 1900’s on is where the shoes really became advanced. The manufacturers…

is Converse also known as All Stars, “Chucks”. Personally I have been wearing converse for a while now. I love how I bring out the style of them. I like the verity of colors and the different designs I can choose from. My favorite thing about these shoes is the colors because I am fascinated by all of them. It makes my wardrobe much easier when I have multiple colors of shoes to choose from. I enjoy mixing and matching cute little outfits that will go great with my Chucks. The history of…

10 years after its establishment, Converse All Star Basketball Shoe, one of the most famous shoe lines of all time was added to the converse shoe line. Player of a basketball team, Charles Taylor chose his athletic shoe as the Converse all star and started spreading the brand across all college teams and high schools. With this, converse all star emerged as a sports shoe line and found a new place in the fashion world. Over 800 million pair of ‘Chucks’ have been sold, till date. Converse sent…

I have been doing art all my life with the influence of my father, who is a professional artist at inka gallery, Salamanca. He has introduced me to art and the techniques of oil painting, such as never to use black paint but use purple, brown and blue to make a dark paint colours, the way to use the art brushes properly and many more influences and techniques. From all the variety of art that he has showed me I would have to say that oil paint was my favour medium to use in the art world, due to…