Decathlon

Olympic trials for both the pentathlon and the decathlon. The pentathlon for the 1912 Olympic games consisted of the long jump, javelin throw, 200 meter dash, discus throw and a 1500 meter race. The decathlon on the other hand consisted of the 100 meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 meter dash, discus throw, 110 meter hurdles, pole vault, javelin throw and 1500 meter…

at Graceland College in Iowa with a football scholarship. While playing football on his scholarship he had injured his knee and was forced to just focus on Track and field. His track coach L.D. Weldon encouraged Bruce to train for the Olympic decathlon. In 1972 at Olympic Games in Munich West Germany he placed 3rd in the trials and 10th in the games. Then at…

discover myself. I took part in clubs like DECA, Junior achievement, and Chess. I went to volunteer events, sponsorships, and committed hundreds of hours to research. One of my proudest moments was when I was selected to compete in the academic decathlon competition representing my school. I participated knowing that I would have to study for something that would not be directly reflected in any application but I thought it would be fun. On the day of the competition, I had no intention in the…

Over this past year I learned that my negative beliefs I had about myself regarding my potential were the cause of my lack of success in my school work. When I first did academic decathlon last summer I kept telling myself that I wasn’t capable of being as great as the top students in the class. This year I went in with a different attitude, therefore proving to myself that there was nothing wrong with my brain, and I can in fact be successful with hard work and dedication. Reducing my optimism…

Men and women have come a long way over the last century when it comes to body image and how people look at each other. Men and women both have a standard image that they supposed to fulfill, with men being manly and women being womanly. What exactly makes a person manly or womanly? Men tend to be more muscular and have deeper voices versus women who are generally not muscular and have higher voices. When someone differs from their original sexuality whether masculine or feminine it is different…

As a freshman, the statement that high school contained the best years of my life held no merit to me. I recall my freshman reputation presenting itself as one commonly found among the introverted crowd; unpopular, lonely, and scared of stepping a toe out of line. I felt trapped by dullness and repetition I’d brought upon myself. This instance rings itself as one of my most noticeable moments of high school purely for my stunted assimilation into high school culture; I avoided clubs,…

GoPro Inc. has monopolistic market structure which means there are many competitions in the market. GoPro decides independently with their price based on its product demand, its market and production costs. GoPro Hero4 Black with tag price of $499 which is their most expensive product line up was released in September 2014 and their least inexpensive $129 entry level model to cater to a wide range of customer. GoPro sold 5.4 million of cameras with total sales revenue of $634 million in 2014.…

dedication toward this one speech. I was deeply dedicated to proving my teacher wrong that I even turned down my homecoming date just to practice and prove that I can properly present my speech. Just a day before competition, while in my Academic Decathlon class, Mr. Medina announced “Class I hope you have…

Vaillant’s article we know that the Harvard Grant Study of Adult Development created a specific criteria of what a successful life should look like from the ages of 60 to 80. Their decathlon of flourishing seemed to hold a few irrelevant statements that could not necessarily help measure the level of happiness felt over the last fifty years. Since originally the Harvard Grant Study of Adult Development took place on an élite campus it…

immense amount of fame they have today, the Kardashians were a small part of the Bruce Jenner popularity. Bruce Jenner, now Caitlyn Jenner, is one of the greatest American athletes. He won a gold medal in the 1976 Olympic games for his success in the decathlon, which is 10 different track and field events and is said to be one of the most difficult olympics games. From his wins, he was featured in multiple commercials, and was featured on the front of the Wheaties box. Before Bruce had his…