Obstacle course

“Now, today I will be teaching you all about the basics of grappling. We have some grappling hooks for all of you and we will begin to take turns scaling this large wall one at a time.” Goodfellow showed us how the hooks worked. They were made from heavy iron and braided fiber rope. We had to twirl them through the air to launch them up to the top of the wall. Then we had to place our feet against it and start climbing up. It took a few practices, but I began to pick up on it pretty quickly. "No rush guys, take your time to get used to how the rope feels." We practiced This back and forth for little over an hour until Goodfellow blew his whistle. "Okay everyone, good job. I saw some real progress here. But now we are gonna step it up a little." Goodfellow pulled out a stopwatch from his pocket gave a sharky grin. "We are gonna play a game now." He announced. "I want you all to get with your partners and scale the wall at the same time. The first person to scale the wall and reach the top will get an immediate "a" for the day. The loser gets a fail." We all looked at each other in disbelief. Is he really serious? How can he do that. "Oh and one more thing." Good fellow added. "You have to do it all within a minute." What!? I thought. That's impossible. How can he be this crazy on our first day. "You two start first!" He shouted at Becky and her partner. We all watched as Becky and her partner stepped up to the bottom of the wall. They readied their grappling hooks and glanced…

I was now playing on a select team and also on a premier club team. I was feeling great. During my eighth grade school soccer season, I was the top scorer for my team and I had high hopes of making Varsity soccer as an entering freshman. Two weeks prior to the start of soccer season, I broke my ankle playing indoor soccer. I was overcome with more disappointment than imaginable. I felt like the one thing I had worked so hard to accomplish was once again taken away. Similar with The Pact when Sam…

According to the Nevada Department of Education, the first one is called “Standard High School Diploma.” In this pathway, the state requires four English credits, three credits of Math, four History credits, the mandatory credits for History are: U.S. Government, U.S History, Humanities, and World Geography or World History, and two credits of Science, but the student must have twenty-two credits to graduate. The other graduation pathway is called “Honors Diploma Program.” Learningpath.org…

Whoever came up with that idea, I think he/she wasted time. You could always jump over that board or similar. Even when I was reading more about it, it said that they used to be put in a sack or bag, tied close to their neck. So, that way they were still able to cuddle somehow, but that was it. Again, to me this is nonsense, but it is part of history, it is good to know all this and how we improved over the time. I am in Social Service Worker- Gerontology program and I think that Human…

The three certifications desired are Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), and Enrolled Agent (SEE). The five year plan and timeline would be as follows: Program Start Date End Date Complete Cost Online My Tax Course Nov 15 Jan 16 SEE $779 Online Certified Financial Planner Feb 16 Nov 16 CFP $8,295 Doctoral Business Management Jan 17 Dec 20 PHD …

full time, staying focused on assignments that I see no interest in, and taking point during group projects so my potential group can stay on task and accomplish assignment. I think the two courses I will really like from my major would be GAM-207 Information Technology and Game Design and IT-340 Network and Telecomm Management. I have always found networking and…

The soft green grass under my feet, the cool breeze running over me, the warmth of the sun shining its rays on my face...Lost in my thoughts of form and grip, contemplating yardage, angle and loft, dreaming of my future, I am at peace, I am on the golf course. When I was four years old, my dad put a club in my hand and a ball at my feet, since then, I have loved and despised the game of golf. From the moment I was introduced to the game, I was hooked and while many view it simply as ‘a game’,…

Around the early nineties, golf was one of the remaining segregated sports in the United States. It was around the mid 1900s when this popular sport was took into consideration of allowing different races to play alongside each other in a championship golf tournament. The topic came into existence because of a man by the name of Charlie Sifford, who was a passionate golfer from North Carolina. Charlie began to make history with his work ethic, his love for the game, and his accomplishments.…

discomfort. Once, after hitting my third consecutive drive behind a tree on a cold, fall day, I felt the urge to pick up the ball in defeat; however, instead of giving up, I found a thin gap between the tree’s branches, took my club, and scrambled my way to a par. Inventively taking advantage of the opportunities in front of me taught me to view life through a new lens. It was at this moment that the golf course became a sanctuary, one where I could be alone and wrestle with adolescence. It…

Dictionary.com definition of transcendentalism is, “...a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical.” This philosophy is consistent with the search for the ‘Authentic Swing’ or ‘Self’ that Bagger leads Junah on. The idea of the ‘Authentic Swing’ is first introduced the night before the opening day of the big golf match between golf legends Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, and Savannah’s own, Rannulph Junah. When walking the course with newspaper reporter, O.B. Keeler and…