Bleacher

In today's society, influence and capturing people's attention is priceless. Athletes have become well-known throughout the world and can be recognized all over. Who they are and what they stand for is known by all, the first “world-famous athlete” was Michael Jordan. In 1990, following a playoff game where the Bulls beat the Celtics, Jordan had 63 future Hall of Famer Larry Bird say “There’s Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us.”(Bird). Despite the high praise, this was at the…

lot down the path to the subdivision. The school has several fields located through out the back of the school. One field is large and has soccer goals at either end of the field, and the other field has two football goals at each end, uncovered bleachers at the east and west sides of the field, and a track that encompasses the entire outer side of the field. In one corner of the field are track hurdles stacked up on another. Among the two fields the school has two very large tennis courts and a…

We had been attempting it for months. We never thought that we would get far at all. The only thing that I knew was that it was going to be tough, tougher than finding a string of hay in a stack of needles. I had the entire match set up. Every player was ready, I made sure all our internet signals were wired in correctly and would not disconnect. It was all perfect, or at least the plan was. It happened a few months ago when the school had a day off in the middle of the week. My friend Marc…

Even though we live in a world that always changes and advances, the media continues glorifying Eurocentric standards and ideals unto us in our everyday lives. Although the media is beginning to be more culturally and racially diverse, physical features and characteristics remain the same. Fair skin, light eyes, straight hair, thin bodies and thin noses are mostly seen in media, even though it’s “racially diverse”. Children growing up in this culture are learning that Eurocentric ideals are…

Modern Slavery: Human Trafficking Approximately twenty to thirty billion dollars is earned in profit every year from this slave producing industry, and somehow, our entire nation, our entire world, has seemed to turn their heads away from it. (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) The United States constitution passed a law that abolished slavery in 1865, but it’s quite odd considering that there is more slavery in the world now than there was in the 1800’s. Human trafficking is defined by the…

I wasn’t much of an outdoorsy type of person, I would rather be watching television or playing a video game in my house. Growing up my older brother and sister seemed to always be outside playing basketball or football or swimming in the pool. My sister was involved in basketball with school for a lot of time, but then took up tennis and became very skilled at it. My brother would always be outside playing sport with friends and would do recreation leagues for sports like basketball and flag…

The Engagement I open my eyes; the sun is peeking through the closed blinds. I am eager to get out of bed and start my day, longing for a gorgeous sunny and warm day with Ethan. Thump thump thump, I trudge down the stairs, leaving Remi, our dog, and Ethan, my boyfriend still in bed. “Ahh!” I shriek. On the bar sit daises, colorful and vibrant with a note. “Take me to the place we ate breakfast many times before school. Hint hint cinnamon buns.” I race back up the stairs, barely able to see…

ENGL 2546 Rhetorical Principles, Professor Spoel Oration An estimated 1.96 billion individuals and over 78% of U.S. Americans have a social media profile. (Statista, 2016) This number does not include the millions of people who aren 't connected on the web, but are connected through the television. Now, as a young, Canadian boy, I was always taught that spreading positivity was better than outputting negativity. Whether I was playing sports, being a leader in my school, or even just going…

The inner city youth of America is recently being faced with immense adversity, experts estimate that every day thousands of teens in inner city areas are being recruited to join neighborhood or city wide gangs. I am calling on the members of the Rich People of America to help resolve some of the main issues that involve teenage gang related activity. According to helpingyouthgang.com around eighty-five percent of male juveniles in detention facilities are there for gang related activities. The…

On December 15, 1930, on a farm that is still around today between Waterloo and Columbia, Illinois, Shirley Kolmer was welcomed into the world. Arthur and Carmelita had just given birth to their fourth child, Shirley. Shirley had 7 siblings, Mary Lou, 4; Lee Roy, who would be 3 in January; and Dorothy; who was almost 15 months old. Almost a year after Shirley was born, the Kolmer’s added a new baby girl into the family, named Elizabeth. Elizabeth would be followed John and James who died…