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In a small town of 1,000 people called Peanut in the state of Iowa, there is a girl the age of 19. Her name is Beth Rose; she is very intelligent, kind, and curious about the world. Beth wants to go to college and live her dream to become a mathematician but there is some obstacles she has to accomplish first. It is currently the year of 1962, the era where women have no rights in the world. Women cannot vote, have minimal rights, they are not allowed in many Ivy League colleges, are not allowed any professional jobs, and are getting poor pay. Beth was an activist herself against these things. She always puts her “foot down” and demands that she will have the rights that they will not give her just because she is a woman. All of the other girls looked up to her at school; Beth graduated with honors and first in her class. She wants to achieve her goal to be a mathematician, to do this she has to work harder in her community to get more support that she needs to go to college. A few years later (1967) Beth got all of her support from her community and got her associates degree from her local college in mathematics. Beth has soon realized that her real goal to be a mathematician is to help others solve Hilbert’s twenty-three problems. Some of the problems were already solved by some other mathematicians. Beth still needs to go to an Ivy League college to finish her mathematics degree to be able to help solve the problems. Beth has always had a dream of going to Princeton;…

For Season 18 Episode 11: Great Expectations the show begins in the middle of a hockey game with 3.5 seconds left. The victim, Jack is racing to the goal but just barely misses; of course, his parents greet him with cheers of “you did great! You'll get them next time honey!” But in the locker room is a different story as his teammates show anger towards the missed “wide open shot”. The camera then cuts to Jack and his mother as they're leaving the ring and when asked if he wants to stop at the…

“It’s something I feel like is wired within me to achieve.” Alice Wright is a name that has grown to be popular in University of New Mexico athletic world. As she heads into her final season with the Lobos, she has already left behind an impressive legacy; a legacy that all started with a decision to be made in a small English village. Wright was originally known to be a field hockey player until one day when she decided to participate in her village’s local fun run. She ended the run doing…

Shayne Gostisbehere was born on April 20, 1993 in Margate Florida. Growing up in Florida, hockey wasn’t the biggest sport. With the weather being fair year round, it wasn’t very appealing to be inside a cold ice rink for most. But Shayne had always had this passion for hockey. At a young age, he showed interest in the sport. His parents showed him baseball, football, soccer, but they never really tried to push him to hockey. But he always told his mom and dad that he was going to be just like…

To make advances is basically to grow, or enhance the knowledge you already have. Some goals that I have planned out for myself at the moment, is when I get into high school, to be accepted into Pre-IB, and the IB program. Some small goals that I can set are to get straight A’s in 8th grade, and so forth, and I will write the best essay I have ever written to be accepted into Pre-IB in 9th grade, and start IB in 11th grade. I also spend a lot of my free time on either the soccer, and field…

Do I Really Know The Game of Street Hockey? 1) WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT STREET HOCKEY? Street hockey is also known as ball hockey, road hockey, and dek hockey. Street hockey is a variation of the game of ice hockey, in which the game is played outdoors with people wearing inline skates, roller skates, or just shoes. The game is played with a hockey stick and a ball or puck. Although it is preferable to play on an outdoor surface, such as tennis court, parking lot, a street, or any other asphalt…

First, Pauline’s mother takes Pauline’s hockey table and puts it on top of the book shelf so Pauline could not reach it (84). Pauline’s game being moved in location where she cannot reach it represents how initially she feels like she is unable to achieve her dream of playing hockey. The author uses Pauline’s situation to teach the reader that sometimes our goals seem out of reach at first. Second, the triggering event that changes Pauline when Marie gives her a hockey stick (86). By giving…

Hockey I love hockey and I also love playing it. Before I came to Canada, I didn’t know hockey existed in Canada. When I started school in Canada, I was in grade four (4), I played hockey for the first time and I loved it right away. Did I forget to mention, I was good at it too even though I never played it before that. I learned about hockey in school and every times I had gym class, I couldn’t wait to go and play. In grade five (5), I was in a floor hockey team. I do not play ice hockey due…

WHOOSH! That’s the sound of the opposing team scoring one of many excruciatingly painful goals. Last year my lacrosse team entered an All Star tournament in Wilmington, North Carolina unknowing the fatal consequences. Don’t get me wrong, our team was good but nowhere near All Star status and our record shows crystal clear that we were not ready for the ocean of skill but rather showed we should stick in our quiet, desolate puddle. My theory on why my team’s numb skulled coaches entered us is…

My participation in competitive hockey began ten years ago through the North Bay Girls Minor Hockey Association in North Bay, Ontario. Since then, hockey has become a lifestyle and a major part of my own identity. The first nine years of my hockey career were spent in North Bay as a part of the Ice Boltz team. My obligation to the team and desire to be successful required me to make sacrifices in my personal life. Travelling to games and practices, working out during the summer, and…