Small forward

in the story about LeBron's perseverance. When he first started to play basketball, he was really good and he always said: “I want to be an NBA player”. There were so many people that supported him and made him believe he could make it. But, there were people saying “You're too small”, “You're not good enough”, and “ You're too weak”. After that he wanted to prove them wrong, so he started to put most of his time outside of school to practice and work out at the gym. He practiced three hours every day not including practice with his high school team. Then he started to get noticed by a lot of people and even the people that told him he wasn’t good enough or he was too weak, they were still saying…

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The Festival of Dangerous Ideas has long set the standard for sharing challenging ideas. But what exactly does this term mean? To me, ‘sharing challenging ideas’ means communicating thought-provoking concepts that confront the values and morals of society. Academic George Santayana offers us this wisdom, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In the context of the Australian narrative, nothing has been more pertinent than our relationships and recognition of the…

people consider love to be the ultimate form of happiness while others believe success and wealth to be the key. There are a lot of people who disagree with both sentiments and believe that happiness comes from something else entirely, which we can observe in many forms of literature. One novel in particular, titled Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde, describes happiness in many definitions, all of which can be interpreted by the reader. Each character views and experiences happiness in a…

single reason why viewership is down, there are variety of reasons as to why; quality of play is down, off the field issues, declining cable subscriptions, over saturation and other viewing options. These issues are complicated and there is no easy solution that will solve any of these issues. The easiest to fix is bringing up the quality of play. Again, there are many reasons as to why quality of play is down and some are complicated, but many are simple and would significantly improve level of…

During most of my time at Houston Community College I worked as a Supplemental Instructor for a History professor, which involved holding tutoring session, helping student manage their coursework and assignments, and conducting review sessions before exams. Like many students, I was not initially enthusiastic about taking a year of US History courses, however I found that the right professor can make even the most mundane topics not only interesting, but meaningful. When I had the opportunity to…

Something that my family and I do to pay it forward is host a hunting camp for the disabled. We as a family host this deer camp for disabled people ranging from ages anywhere from ten to fifty, some being veterans and some being young people. We do this every year on opening day of rifle season. As we are hosting this hunting camp, we are paying it forward to disabled people giving them an awesome hunting experience, home cooked meals, and a chance to make amazing memories. To extend our…

a postal clerk for a few years before finally taking an entrance exam for Notre Dame and enrolling in 1910 (Carter). While at Notre Dame Rockne tried out for the football team and made it, where he played as a fullback and sometimes defensive end (Carter). In the fall of 1913 Notre Dame traveled to a football game at the US Army military academy and upset Army 35-13 . They were able to win this game through use of the forward pass, which had recently been legalized in college football but was…

A company purchasing a forward contract is guaranteed the exchange rate agreed upon in the contract regardless of the market exchange rate. Therefore, the expected cost will not be affected if the domestic currency weakens, foreign currency strengthens, or both, resulting in an unfavorable fluctuation. However, companies are also not able to benefit if the domestic currency strengthens, foreign currency weakens, or both resulting in a favorable fluctuation. The cost for a company to hedge…

‘Win One for the Gipper’ Knute Rockne On March 4th, 1888, Knute Rockne was born in Voss, Norway. Little did we know he would go on to be an amazing athlete, and even better coach. Rockne was one of the most successful coaches in the history of Norte Dame Football. He coached the Fighting Irish football team in the 1920’s, which is known as their “Golden Era”. During his time coaching, Rockne won three national championships – transforming this diamond in the rough team to the most popular team…