Matt Walsh

Many people have an athlete that they look up to and that is their role model. Many of these people are children and teens so because of this people think that it is the sports teams responsibility to hold players to a higher standard for their personal conduct. It is the sports teams responsibility because of the power athletes can have in a society and the image of the team and the game they can create. Players should be held to a higher standard because since they are celebrities they have the power to spread messages to their fans and society. In a website article called, “Are Athletes Good Role Models?” from Psychology Today by Frank L Smoll Ph.D, it says that “Athletes have an incredible opportunity to use their celebrity power to influence the next generation.” Since many kids look up to athletes and they have the power to spread both positive and negative messages it is important to keep them both morally and ethically right because they have a hand in influencing the next generation. In the website article from the Washington Post called “Personal conduct policy unfairly demonizes cast majority of NFL players who don’t hit” by Sally Jenkins says that people in today’s society are hero worshipping athletes. When people are idolized and looked up to, they are emulated by others and can impact a person’s values. So athletes need to be held to a higher standard because if they venture out into making bad choices they are influencing the people in the society giving…

Priscilla Juarez 1/08/2015 Ms.Jenson Touching Spirit Bear In the beginning of the book Cole Matthews a fifteen year old from Minneapolis, Minnesota arrives in Southeast Alaska in handcuffs. Cole agrees to stay on a neglected island in Alaska all alone for a year to avoid jail time in Minneapolis. Accompanied by Two Native Americans from the Tlingit tribe; one named Garvey, a parole officer, and the other named Edwin, a quiet elder who helped arranged Cole’s banishment. Edwin was the one who…

CLAIM STATEMENT - Adam should be given a sentence of two weeks in jail, as well as drug testing, counseling, community service hours, and restricted use of the Internet. ARGUMENT - Adam’s crimes consist of threatening by stating “that a better way to get rid of kids you don’t like is to put sleeping gas in the school vents and then go through school and “kill the people you don’t like” (Jacobs), and getting in a “fight with another teen at a party” (Jacobs). He had, in the past, claimed that…

This is not your typical boyband, the ones that all dance the same and dress the same. No, these five boys have dominated the entire world with their angelic voices, handsome faces, and each having an amazing personality, this band is called One Direction. One Direction is the best boyband that has walked the planet. They were making history before they even released there first album. Having lots of involvement in charities and breaking records every time they release an album or single. An…

Cheshire; Louis Tomlinson from Doncaster, amd Liam Payne from Wolverhampton ( he had reached the judge's house stages of The X-Factor at 14 years old back in 2008). Each originally entered 2010's series of The X Factor as individuals. But a guest judge Nicole Scherzinger though were grouped together to become One Direction. Mentored by Simon Cowell they soon became the favorites to win the show thanks to Kelly Clarkson's song"My Life Would Suck Without You," Elton John's song "Something About…

Kind Killer On April 19th, 1775 in Lexington, Massachusetts there was the shot heard round the world. The book April Morning by Howard Fast factually is about the American Revolution and fictionally about a boy coming to manhood. Adam is a boy from Lexington, and he loses his father, goes to war for his country, and has to grow up all in one day. The character Solomon Chandler helps Adam all throughout the book, but Adam does not like Solomon in the second half, due to Solomon gets satisfaction…

At Ayush house, Durgapur "O look! I did overtake you.� "Wait and watch baby!" "Ah...fast...fast ...fast...fast." "Oh! Shut!" "Petrol is over." "Time please, nature call." Chandya and Ayush had been playing bike racing video game on the computer. Each time Ayush had overwhelmed Chandya in the game, but Chandya kept persisting on. Ayush went in the bathroom. He turned up after a minute and started a game again. "Well- done!" "Go�" "Hurrah! I won!" "I have told you I will win it and you are…

To become the president of Springfield it takes allot of responsibility, and integrity. The people of our country are counting on the Future president to take a step up and make Spring Field the best and safest environment. They are expecting that he or she will speak up upon them to help make changes for the best. This is why i present to you, Lisa Simpson - one of the most well know and trust worthy. At her young age she has proven to be brilliant and one of the most passionate about the…

The Eleventh Doctor from Doctor Who, said, “Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan!” Before, I started my master I had a plan already on how to successfully finish. I know theirs four ways to distinguish my accomplishment on succeeding on masters. I want to accomplish my masters in these four areas that are intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, time management, and academic preparedness. They all have a significant plan in place, but they all reach for the same goal in achieving my…

applied for a writing position on a television network that would help her further her career. Her odds of being hired were slim, but she was hopeful more than ever. Kaling explains, “I'm the kind of person who would rather get my hopes up really high and watch them get dashed to pieces than wisely keep my expectations at bay and hope they are exceeded” (Kaling 70). Throughout my life, I have also used this mechanism when it comes to either trying out for sports or applying for job. It helps me…