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sports right now is if college athletes should be getting paid to play. College sports is big money maker for many people. The sports make so much money for the schools and television programs are just racking in money on game day. The only people part of college sports not making money is the athletes. Many of the athletes think they should be paid to play the sport they are playing. Well, lets get things straight; these kids are not pro athletes they are students. They are students receiving…

universities. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization that sees their athletes as amateurs and not professionals. A non-athlete at a university has more free time to pick up a job that will help them make money for their needs. Whereas an athlete will need the time away from the classroom to…

college. Now I had been paying for my own expenses in terms of college, transportation, and other expenses with a part-time job and helping out my parents with the occasional bills, but with my father’s income out of the loop I would have to do something drastic in order to help my family with the missing income. I was faced with a conflict of value of either helping my family in its time of need or continue my education. Further education was a very important value that I wanted to achieve,…

pact together and struggling in the ghetto of New Jersey to fulfill their dreams to become doctors. In “The Pact” there are George, Sam, and Rameck achieving dreams with the power of friendship. I find the book worth reading because I can relate to parts of the characters life. The pact formed between George, Sam, and Rameck is a good example of success because of their mindsets. The mindsets I want to talk about are “applying past knowledge to new situation” and “persistence”. These two…

resilience from the beginning. Arnold Spirit Jr., or Junior, for short, spends lots of time getting up on the soccer field to go play harder. He lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation, in Washington, where the majority of people living there are constantly drunk, gambling, or fighting one another. The education is poor, people are hungry, and nobody ever leaves. In the comedic novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, the main character, Junior, demonstrates…

find yourself, and to feel free. A place and time to be responsible for yourself and learn how to live. And in order to be responsible for yourself, you have to face obstacles many college students are going through. These challenges are social, study and financial challenges, and these are the main challenges I think many college students struggle with. It is difficult for college students to keep up with themselves and with love ones. It takes time and effort to make it work. I believe the…

Her level of English is very high, as she had taken part in several community college English classes for foreigners. She starts the interview by expressing that even though she has to work 3 part time jobs, she wouldn’t change anything in her life because her kids are her strength. As previously mentioned she works 3 different jobs; cashier at a convenience store, delivery driver…

“The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore was about two boys with the same names, similar backgrounds, who had in similar situations, and grew up in the similar neighborhoods. Wes Moore the author and the other Wes Moore grew up with difficult life situations, but whose lives took two different paths. One becomes successful and goes down the right path and the other Wes Moore is a failure because the actions he decided to do. One of the reasons why Wes Moore is successful was because his mother Joy.…

Christ not accepting authority, or anything that I couldn’t profit from. My life was spiraling out of control more quickly than I could believe it was. I was working a full time job and a part time job, I was hanging on the streets and more worried about making money any way possible than being home. Suddenly I left my part time job without letting them know or giving any consideration, even though I had worked there for almost 3 years. Money was my motivation and…

In The other Wes Moore: One name, two fates (Moore, 2010), Wes is an African American child that has never had a fatherand grew up in a bad neighborhood in Baltimore. Bernard, Wes’ father, chose not to be there because he “spent most of his time searching for himself at the bottom of liquor bottles” (p. 23). On the other hand, Mary, Wes’ mother, is a hardworking mother that tries to provide for her children, but fails to give them correct supervision and lead Wes down the correct pathway.…