Yao Ming

Introduction: • Many children and adolescents are victims of school bullying. • Bullying include verbal bullying as well as physical bullying. • Some children and adolescents are bullied because of differences among them. • These differences include physical appearance, sex orientation and personality. Thesis: Differences among young students’ physical appearance, sex orientation and socioeconomic cause school bullying. • This paper will explore how each of these differences is a potential…

Olympian- Shawn Johnson 3-15-17 Keirsten Heflin Shawn Johnson is an American gymnast, she’s performed in the Olympics many times. She was training to go to the 2012 Olympics, but she had to stop training due to her knee injury. She tore her ACL, MCL and meniscus, and her hamstring. Unfortunately, her knee never returned to its full strength, and she had to retire. She was the all-around World Champion in 2007, they say she is very good at the balance beam, she is called the balance beam…

However, most sports have languages of their own; people can communicate on the court or on the field both verbally and through gestures. Immigrants receive a great deal of exposure to English through team sports, which serves as informal education. Yao Ming, a famous basketball player from China, said in a TMZ interview that “if you’re sitting in an NBA locker room for six months, you learn (English)”. While exposure to English is one of the best ways to learn the language, playing sports…

In a Huffington Post article about the power of words, Israeli author, Yehuda Berg, states that words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity (Berg). Unfortunately, over half a million people will never know the feeling of having such power. In 2012, there were 669,202 abortions in the United States. This is an injustice; abortion should be treated like murder, and should be illegal because it negatively affects society and excuse murder. Within a single moment, a gender is…

Throughout the world various cultures have excelled in particular sports. However, despite this wide array of sporting cultures some athletes prove to be particularly amazing. Throughout The Sports Gene we encountered athletes like Donald Thomas, sled dog, and to an extent basketball players. However, athletes like Dan McLaughlin, Jim Ryun, and Dominican baseball players seemed to be the product of arduous practice and their environment. Both of these factors allow devoted athletes to reach…

which places Tag Heurer amidst other well-known luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Moet, Hennessy, and others. The brand has been well represented by numerous celebrities including actor Brad Pitt, tennis pro Maria Sharapova, and basketball star Yao…

I’ve always believed that the ocean is the heart of Earth, the center of life and the most perfect natural beauty this Earth has seen. When I was younger, swimming always was a way for me to escape normal life and jump into life under the sea, a way to put all stress and worries behind me, and instead simply swim. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a Marine biologist, and help the animals that have been on earth for millions of years, live longer and have a better life. Sharks…

In the beginning of the 20th century, 500,000 rhinoceros roamed through Africa and Asia and only range from five species: Sumatran rhino, black rhino, white rhino, javan rhino, and Indian rhino. Out of these five species, the most iconic is the black rhino. Known for their two horns and hook-lipped, black rhinos live in the lower half of Africa, separating into two subspecies: Western black rhinos and Eastern black rhinos. However, in 1970, it was recorded that there were only around 65,000…