"If the stress is blocked out, success will come out", fits the book, Million Dollar Throw, in many ways. Nate is given an opportunity to change not only his life, but also his family and his friend's lives. When Nate is given the chance to win a million dollars, many different stressful situations on and off the football field of stress are piled on top of his shoulders. The situations consist of his best friend going blind, the media constantly following him, and just the pressure of making the throw. When Nate is presented with all of this stress, he is able to block all of it out of his mind and just do what he does best, throw a football.
Mess runs over people. Sometimes, they don’t get up. That’s life” which is much deeper than what I am going to get into but I relate to this because there are times where you just wanna give up on something. For example learning a new instrument or drawing. For me it was drawing, I gave up on drawing for a year or two because I felt I wasn’t good at it.
Earlier in the story, Randy tells Ben Franklin to never point a gun at a man unless he intended to kill him (Frank 137). However later in the story, Randy makes a group of men help bury Porky Logan by holding them at gunpoint (Frank 215). This shows that Randy has hardened mentally because before, Randy wouldn’t point a gun at another man. Yet, later, when Randy is forced to adjust to his rough situation, he contradicts his earlier beliefs, thus showing change. This shows that Randy Bragg has hardened over the course of the
Mr. Cathey problems begin every day before his college classes even start. Everyone depended on him to help them but they were not prepared or equipped to help him. His focus was always changing from one requirement to another without moving forward in his goals. The author states “all that motion has not helped him get where he needs to be”.
He tries to be there to help anybody living in his area. Only a few weeks after The Day Randy realizes he is starting to get into better shape, “ he was Leaner and harder, and truthfully, felt better than before The Day” (Frank 181). Randy learns many new skills and does his best to improve things for his family and the others that he is close too. Through all the hardships they encounter Randy does his best to overcome them all, he invites the doctor, Dan Gunn to come and live at his house because he needs somewhere to stay when his hotel gets trashed. Randy went with the doctor in his free time to help out Dan with his daily duties that he felt obliged to because he was the only doctor in Fort
Todd Haley, offensive coordinator, said that the most prudent approach is to remain focused on the task at hand and try and reap the most out the players. He added that they are trying to see how good they can get every day which will be a sign of how really good their chances
Behind a team, someone always holds it together, the coach. Being a coach is not an easy job, as Mr. Galanter proves in The Chosen by Chaim Potok. However, no matter how hard things get for the team, Mr. Galanter is always there, cheering his team on in the sport that they love. So what goes into making a coach? How is Mr. Galanter always there when needed and how does he help the team in exactly the right way they need?
Higher education is important to most people, but there are times where it does not take priority. One major issue talked about by Magdalena Kay in “A New Course” is that teachers are teaching to the state test, and not to teach students knowledge. There are two perspectives in this article: one is from Magdalena Kay, an associate professor of English at the University of Victoria, and the other is Christopher Lasch. Christopher Lasch is a historian and a social critic, who does not have an inside sight into the educational system. Lasch is only able to express the perspective of an outsider, unlike Kay who has an insight because she is in the educational system.
As cliché as it is, “get back on the horse that bucked you” is a crucial piece of advice to remember when struggling to surmount obstacles. These obstacles are personal barricades that we set up unconsciously based upon our fears. It may be easy to identify what we are afraid of and how to overcome it, but challenging our fears proves to be more difficult. Sometimes, we don’t even address these problems because we are subconsciously trying to avoid them such as in the beginning of The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley. The main character unknowingly tricks herself into thinking that just because she continues to get thrown from her horse, it will always hurt.
John Wooden inspired others off and on the court, he taught people the basic necessities of how to live with the right choice in mind. His places of words are presented in the coaching world today: teacher, mentor, and guide because his ways of teaching were extraordinary. John Wooden legacy was the creation of the “Pyramid of Success” giving others a guide towards life, and allowing his basketball achievements as an aid of his creation. John Wooden was called the “Wizard of Westwood” for one of his greatest in accomplishments as a basketball player and coach. “Wooden was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame again in 1973 for his remarkable coaching accomplishments, making him the first person to be honored as a player and coach”- UCLA
In “College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening,” David Daniels believes there are many flaws existing in the lecture system of education. Daniels wants to change college by eliminating lectures during the students first two years at school. I agree with David Daniels in that lectures are ineffective for students who are relatively new to the college world. College students sit in overcrowded lecture halls dying of boredom, sleeping, and doodling while the rest of the undergrads don’t even show up to the class which in the end negatively impacts the students. Unfortunately, while the lecture system is a drawback for college students all over the world, it is still popular in college education.
" My coping mechanism was coaching tennis. Those two years were the toughest years of my life, filled with sorrow and disappointment. The healing process was long and slow. But, after all the wounds healed and there was only the occasional aching of the muscle left, I realized that life isn 't filled with dead ends.
During their conversation, Randy says, “I’m sick of all this. Sick and tired,” (Hinton 116). By “all this” Randy means all the fighting and hatred between the Socs and Greasers. This conversation was very important to the story because it was one of the first times a Soc went up to a Greaser and they attempted to understand each other. Randy wanted peace, which was something hardly and Socs seemed to want.
The quote is significant by connecting to an Essential question because it describes the difficult situation of the Greases, and the hopelessness of the fighting. Randy has decided to leave town instead of attending the rumble that night, and he explains to Ponyboy why. Ch 8 Pg 121
