Shoes

The Kobe 10’s were already one of the best basketball shoes on the market, so why would Nike make a better, more expensive version you might ask? Well first of all, because people are always looking for a way to on up their friends and are will to pay a pretty hefty price to do so. Also, the original shoe was a low-top, which isn’t the best for basketball. The the Upgraded version you get a high-top shoe along with many more color choices. The main reason for the $50 price difference is that…

The EVERLAST Pro Style women's gloves are also known as the 'hook' and 'loop' training gloves. These boxing gloves are designed for sparring and punching bag training. Since these gloves conform to the shape of the female fist, they promote proper punching. These gloves feature an increased wrist protection for a more deadly punch. The marketing slogan for these gloves is that they are "serious gloves for serious boxers". EVERLAST started out during early 1900 by making swimsuits and later…

‘Walk a Mile in My Shoes’ Slavery is one of the most important and controversial topics in United States history. A decade after Jamestown’s settlement, slaves appeared in British North America and the landscape of the U.S. would never be the same. Enslaved African-Americans were denied any sort of rights or ownership and were sentenced to a lifetime of labor under a slave master. This prolonged suffering led to Northern Abolitionists campaigning for the freedom of slaves during the years before…

Imagine if you were born with the inability to walk. I was born with bilateral club feet which is caused by the achilles tendon to be too short. My parents were worried that I wouldn’t be able to live a normal life, but thanks to the help from doctors I am. I’ve been able to do everything everyone else does. Bilateral club feet causes the feet to point down and in towards each other which makes it impossible to walk. When I was six days old the doctors put me in casts to help move my feet into…

Playing basketball in the wrong shoes is a serious deal!! Excited as I can be ready to shoot a 3 my team came out strong our score was 15-3, before the game I was told that I didn't have on the right shoes, but I didn't listen I just did me I guess it was just the excitement of our team being the best in the state. The night at the hotel after playing Florida AAU I felt a little pain in my leg, but I thought it was just nothing shook my leg because I thought it was just a cramp but it ached as…

Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family is a fascinating story told by Pauli Murray about her maternal grandparents, Robert and Cornelia Fitzgerald, and the realities of slavery, survival, and miscegenation in the South. The novel ranges from the pre-Civil War era through the Reconstruction ultimately narrowing in on racial segregation and how it affected interpersonal relationships and individuals. The racial segregation divided people significantly and impacted the gender roles people…

In All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes, Maya Angelou travels to Ghana with her son. Throughout her travels, she faces many hardships and experiences a personal reawakening. Maya Angelou’s personal identity, history, and experiences facilitate the realization of the goal of acceptance into Ghanaian society. Ms. Angelou moved to Ghana because she believed that she was a descendent of West African tribes. She thought that the instant the she arrived she would be welcomed with wide open arms…

Have you ever put a pair of those tiny store-bought shoes on your baby, then watched as they struggled to lift their feet, and keep them flat on the floor? Then, as soon as you take those clunky shoes off, your little one takes off with no problems walking or running. Learning to walk is hard enough, but the factory-made shoes only made it worse. I wanted something different for my baby, so I bought a pair of leather baby moccasins. When I put them on my child, I was amazed at how she was able…

important to me is my first pair of ballet shoes. They started as a perfect, ballet pink, shoe made of soft leather. After, they became dirty, with blackened spots from all the wear. They were obviously bought for me by my parents who signed me up in classes based on my mom’s love for dance when she was growing up. I loved them, I was so excited about dance and getting to see my friends and teachers every week. Graduating into my next pair of soft leather ballet shoes was still exciting, and to…

I’ve always had a thing for shoes. But not like someone who can never have enough pairs. No, I’m more of a carefully-select-one-pair-and-wear-it-until-the-holes-get-too-big-andmy-toes-poke-through kind of person. I could recount my entire life based on my shoes. Fifteen years ago – the farthest back I can remember My mother bought me this pair: hideous, impractical, bright red wooden things that she thought were ‘absolutely darling.’ Those shoes rarely touched the ground, but I traveled far…