I had never played an official soccer match or played on an actual team therefore, I wanted to take baby steps and take that season to “learn
founded the kibera girls soccer academy. Abdul was seeing that the girls in his neighborhood were just finishing school and having nothing to do in their life, so he decided to influence the way their lives would turn out through the soccer girls academy. Abdul kassim founded the kibera girls soccer academy. Abdul grew up without his father so many females influenced his life. His childhood sparked his motivation. “Like many other children in kibera i had an absent father so my mother raised me by herself…
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your team,” said my mom, while tears were rushing down my face. It was my first soccer game, ever. I knew I loved playing soccer, but me being me, I was a professional mommas boy and didn’t want to find myself without her for even a moment. So, my mom, with a broken arm and all eventually got me out of the car and onto the pitch. Not only did she get me onto the pitch, but I conditionally told her I wouldn’t play unless she was there with me. Disabled as she was, she managed to hold my hand while we…
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My identity is inseparable from soccer. According to my mother, a soccer ball was my earliest fixation, the sole object of my desire. At the ripe age of three, she enrolled me in the Little Strikers soccer team, igniting my love for soccer. There was always something about soccer that somehow always made me come back for more, almost like it was magnetic. The movement of the ball off the field with victory fuels players fighting to score the next goal, and all while passionate parents cheer for their…
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happening to me was when my older brother first started mountain biking. I saw it and didn't really think anything of it, my brother then proceeded to tell me how fun it was and that I would be great at it. What he didn't tell me was that I could get hurt if I wasn't careful. I was riding down a trail about a week after that conversation right behind my brother and a big tree root was striking up in the trail and I didn't see it. I rode right into it and went flying over my handlebars and landed face…
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Personal Essay Hello, my name is Tyler Bryce Baker-Williams. I am 15 years old and I attend Tamalpais High School. I am currently living in Tiburon CA. However, I was born in Connecticut and moved to San Francisco shortly after being born. I lived in San Francisco for 1 year until moving to my current home at the age of 2. I have a younger sister in 8th grade named Kylie. I have 3 pets, a leopard gecko, a beta fish and a dog. I am a competitive tennis player and in the winter I ski with friends…
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time I stepped on the soccer field at the age of five, I knew this beautiful games hold on me would never diminish. While being able to play for thirteen amazing years was life changing, it also had numerous ups and downs that came into play. All were experiences that transformed my soul to become a resilient and determined woman. As I made my way through my athletic career I realized that I would not be able to play forever, but could not imagine a time in my life where soccer was not a part of it…
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Hello my name is Joanna Raphael and my question is how do prejudices affect the entertainment industry. I will be looking at this topic from the gender perspective. What first peaked my interest in this topic was the knowledge of women being placed on different pedestals than men. Dee Meehan, a sociologist, theorized over how woman in media are typically only seen as three things, a house wife, Mother, and a sexdx object. I then wanted to further my research, and really dig deep into the inequality…
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that mean the most to me without my parents. They push me to do better with my education and also out on the field. Physical education and classroom education is what makes a student athlete grow. The support from my parents and the sports I play help my growth, influence, be a better person, and show how I’ve matured with their encouragement. Sports have helped me grow tremendously. I can remember when I was in 7th grade just starting on a real school soccer team. I rarely interacted with classmates…
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quite sometime in the early years of your life are your family. Therefore, family is primarily responsible for your socialization. Socialization concerns the language, norms, and conditions of the cultures that you are a part of. I believe that my family situation has shaped who I am throughout my development and continues to influence me today in both positive and negative ways. As a child I was loved unconditionally. I’m an only child and looking back on my youth I was definitely punished when I…
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chapter. One method I recall my parents utilizing was the sociocultural method since they were very religious. All of our family values were interconnected with religion, and we went to church several nights a week with other children in youth groups. In my opinion my parents were trying to aiming to shape me into a respectable young man. In terms of other significant adults in my life, I have had teachers and coaches who used the cognitive socialization method throughout my childhood. For instance,…
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