The Association

It was my first season playing with Storm. I was excited to play because I knew it would help me develop my soccer skills and mentality of the game. So I went to tryouts and a week later my mom received an email that I had been placed the 02 Boys Black, one of the highest teams in the academy. I went to training and met my team. Two of my friends were on the team. Seeing the other kids play I knew how more talented they were than me. So I knew I had to step up my game. I was becoming more…

Doesn’t it just eat you up when people think that they can say whatever they want, and try to make an excuse saying they have a right to freedom of speech? While reading an article, a female journalist by the name of Melanie Philips said “Giving offense or hurting someone’s feelings or making them feel unloved should never be prohibited. We should surely all be robust enough to things not least by combating such opinions with other ideas which pose a real threat, which are responsible for…

football Football is a popular sport in North America. Known as football in the United States and Canada, it is often called gridiron or American football in different parts of the world. It evolved from rugby football, and the first game was played in 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers. A lot of people in america play football if it's not professional they play it professional and for fun it is a American Football grew out of English sports such as rugby and soccer and became popular on…

The day I made it to varsity soccer Tryouts started at 6:30pm and ended around 8. My friend Miguel gave me a ride that last tryout. I remember being nervous because It was my last year I would be playing in high school and the only team I was able to play for was varsity. There was about 115 kids trying out, and 3 coaches looking for kids to play for them. The coaches were able to pick less than 22 players. There was a freshman team, junior team, and a varsity team. The last tryouts,…

All Canadians like hockey, everyone in Alaska lives in igloos, and all homeless people are lazy and drug addicts. Assumptions make people think of people as just one thing, when they really aren’t; they are much more. Two famous authors, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Sherman Alexie clearly state how single stories block people's perspective, by showing them just one side of the story. They use their own experiences to show how assumptions relate to stereotypes. Even I made an assumption of my…

Have you ever heard of the fourth most famous athlete in the European League? His full name is Neymar da Silva Santos. He was born on February 5, 1992 in Sao Paulo Brazil. Growing up Neymar loved playing soccer he would go outside every day and play, trying to get better. His efforts paid off after He moved to Santos when he joined the club, Santos. Neymar came into fame at an early age at Santos, where he made his soccer debut at age 11. Later he joined Santos FC, signing a three-year…

The game had started and I was running towards the goal with the ball at my feet. Take a shot I repeated to myself, score a goal. “Shoot!” I lifted my foot hitting the ball into the air spinning to the goal. It was saturday morning and the sun was shining bright. I was outside practicing shooting goals. I really wanted to score a goal. I had a game later that day and I was so excited. I had been working all morning on shooting goals.I was so focused on shooting I could barely hear my…

In my time at Wilkes Central I have prided myself in being a well rounded student, participating in multiple sports and a variety of clubs and other extracurricular activities. Through these activities I have developed into a more mature and responsible person. I have had to become more outspoken and assume roles of leadership as a part of my sports teams and my job. I always try my best to be a moral and honorable individual and am always humbled when I get the opportunity to volunteer and give…

There are several facts that appeal to me in considering working for Whole Foods. A workplace the treats people with fairness with consideration for the customer seems like a win-win situation. The core values at Whole Foods give employees a chance to be active members of the organization by giving them opportunities to share their thoughts and idea. By working for an organization that cares about its employees motivates one to go to work each day (Declaration of Independence, 2017). Another…

I have been playing soccer for an organization called AYSO, since the age of five. This organization is overseen at Liberty Park, which previously was a burn dump before the conversion to a park. As a kid I was very care free and never thought about the consequences that may follow an ignorant decision. Over the years I adopted the nickname “wild child” by my parents because I wore shoes the least I could, but my bad habit quickly changed in the matter of one day. It was a hot afternoon at…