Personal Narrative: My Experience At Grambling State University

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I have always been fond of museums. However, besides on the island of the Commonwealth of Dominica, I have never received the opportunity to experience or admire another country’s museum. As such, this opportunity has not only been to complete a history assignment with excellence, but, it has allowed me to cling to the museum as it is now my favorite place at the Grambling State University. Furthermore, such experience has granted me the long-awaited chance to embrace another country’s museum. Above all else, this opportunity has been an exhilarating educative eye opener. This is stated because I learned about the individual behinds Grambling State University football success, the impact he made and an innumerable amount of other life events that occurred during his time, among several others.
For starters, under the leadership of Coach Eddie G. Robinson in football, the Louisiana Negro Normal & Industrial Unit, currently known as the Grambling State University had a perfect 9-0 season. However, during the latter years of World War II, the Grambling State University was unable to field a team. Regardless of such tragedy and set back, in the years that was to come, more than 200 of the players still went on to play in
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Instead, we refer to soccer as football. Thus, at the Eddie G. Robinson Museum, I was jubilant to learn the manner in which a football is passed. The manner in which this occurs is by first looking down the field and picking a receiver. Once a receiver is selected, you then whip your upper body around and cock your left shoulder under your chin with your left side to your target. Shortly thereafter, you pull your left elbow around as you raise the ball behind your ear. You then shift your weight from the right side to the left and throw the ball forward with a simple motion. Lastly, you follow through on your throw with your index finger last to leave the ball, giving the ball spin and

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