Summer Holiday Essay

"There were more than 140,000 American, European, and Australian prisoners in Japanese Prisoner Of War camps" (HistoryOnTheNet). Of these, one in three died from starvation, work, punishments, or from diseases. Louis Zamperini was a survivor of these dreadful camps. Throughout his life, Zamperini exemplifies what it means to have moral courage. Louis Zamperini was born on January 26th, 1917, in Olean, New York. He grew up in Torrance, California where he smoke, drank, and stole on a regular…

How would you like to compete in the 1936 Rowing Olympics in Berlin? You can’t just go to Berlin, expect to row and win, you have to practice first. There are many different techniques in rowing. I have all the tips you need to be a good rower and I learned them from the best, Joe Rantz. Joe Rantz was on the 1936 college team that went to the rowing Olympics in Berlin. That team beat all the teams in the 8 man rowing competition, they also won gold medals. Rowing is a difficult sport that…

Olympic athletes have been using drugs and steroids to boost performance since the 1968 Olympic Games at Mexico, and since then doping is gaining popularity in professional sports. Using drugs to excel in sports has existed for many years in both Olympic and professional athletics and it has become increasingly tough to regulate due to the sophistication of drugs that go undetected and the number of athletes that are involved. More needs to be done to consequence violators or doping should be…

The definition of the word “zeitgeist” is defined on Dictionary.com as “the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time” (Dictionary.com, n.d.). My example of a company who utilized zeitgeist in this manner would be the Anheuser-Busch Corporation and their Budweiser ad that was aired during Superbowl XXXVI, which was only shown one time during the entire broadcast of the football game. On February 3, 2002, this commercial showed the…

The Ancient Greece games were very simple with most games being all about running and fighting. While now, 300 different events are competed in and that just in the summer. All of these games result in many options for athletes to compete in; these games also keep it interesting for the viewers because who wants to watch the same game for 17 days.( In order for a game to be added for men 70 different countries have…

Ancient Greece was an area a long time ago. The country was made of many city-states, and one of the most important was called Athens. Athens was a democracy, where normal citizens voted on the decisions about how the country was run. Although Athens was an important city-state, it wasn't the only. Athens and a state called Sparta had a war called the Peloponnesian War for 27 years. Sparta came out victorious, but weakened. All of the city-states shared a common religion. Everyone worshipped…

1. During my summers working as a camp counselor in 2006-2009, many events took place during these years. However, just within the USA and just within these summers I was able to narrow down the events that took place In the summer of 2006, the Louisiana Superdome reopened. This was a big deal since so many repairs had to be mad after the damages made by hurricane Katrina. In my research I learned that re-roofing this building was the largest roofing project in US history. It took thirteen…

Olympic tumbler Gabby Douglas was just 16 years of age when she left a mark on the world at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Presently 20, she has won gold in the Olympics, at the World Championships, Pacific Rim Championships and American Cup rivalries and she is planning to add another award to her accumulation today in the uneven bars last in Rio. Despite the fact that she scarcely missed meeting all requirements for the overall finals, she scored an incredible, group best 15.766 on the…

January 3rd 2011 marks the return of our super successful “Destination Transformation” fitness competition! And this year, the stakes couldn’t be higher. In this 8 week fitness competition, one hardworking contestant will win one year of personal training with Home Team Fitness, and a new 8GB Apple iPad! This prize package is valued at over $2300, and will be a reward well deserved by our 2011 winner. As a bonus, the grand prize winner will also recieve a cash prize that will be determined by…

On August 8th 1981, Robert and Lynette Federer were expecting their second baby after Diana who had 20 months old. They did not know that the new arrival will be one of the greatest athletes in History. At the Basel Cantonal Hospital in Bottmingen Switzerland, they named him Roger. In his childhood, Roger showed interest in football. At four years, he began watching and playing tennis when his idol Boris Becker won his first Wimbledon title. After that, he became junior player and finished this…