I know if they're a foreign athlete they get their country's name but what about if they dropped out of any higher education before they went into the NBA? Would they just say they were from the U.S. or would they use their high school's name?
It's what the Founding Fathers would of wanted us to on this special day.
I see a ton of youth soccer leagues at local parks. Elementary school aged children grow up playing the sport. It’s popular among both boys and girls, where a sport like football is (with very few exceptions) only played by boys. The phrase “soccer mom” refers to mothers who take their children to sporting events and activities, with soccer being a common one.
Once you get to the older age groups, like teenagers and young adults, soccer becomes much less popular. Football, basketball, and baseball are the big sports at high schools. They are the revenue generating sports at colleges.The best athletes play these sports. These are the sports where college scholarships are given out to.
Why such a decline in interest for soccer as kids become older?
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I am currently a rising senior and am planning to major in computer science in college. I owe a great deal of where I am today to my incredible computer science teacher, whom I have had for several years. In addition to providing me with endless encouragement and inspiration, she introduced me to an opportunity that has opened doors for me that I didn't even know existed.
The award is called Aspirations in Computing and it is given by the National Center for Women and Information Technology. It is designed to recognize and encourage high school girls (9th-12th grade) with an interest in technology and who see computing in their future in some way. It is awarded at a lot of different levels, from National Winner (top ~40 in the nation out of 4000+ applicants) to "Rising Star" (those who are newer to technology but show a lot of interest and promise). The application consists of a few short answer prompts and a short recommendation from a CS teacher, robotics coach, or someone in a similar role. It typically opens in September and is due in November.
When my teacher first told me about it, I didn't plan on applying. While I did some techie stuff outside of class, I certainly wouldn't have considered myself a "tech person" and I tend to shy away from "Women in Tech" stuff for whatever reason. However, I did eventually turn in the application and I am SO glad that I did. Winners at all levels are invited into an exclusive online community where members post all kinds of opportunities, network with others, give and seek advice, offer to give professional referrals and just generally support each other. I literally found a tech internship as a HIGH SCHOOLER through this group, which has been a phenomenal experience and has led to a myriad of other opportunities itself. I also found out about a really cool tech competition that I'll be entering in a few weeks. We also have a really great tradition where recent HS grads will help current seniors with their college applications each year.
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I live in Arizona and the farthest East I have been is Mississippi and I have never been North.
Any advice or places I should go would be helpful!
What work are you doing now and how did you get there? How hard was it?
Let me begin this by stating that I am not an athlete, and never will be. This does give me a very strong bias that should be understood before reading my following statements. However, it is my hope that my statements do not come off as "athlete hate," or something like that. I don't dislike student athletes, I dislike how the current interscholastic athletics system handles and treats student athletes. This also is not about unionization of college-level football players, or anything related to that. Enough has been said on that topic, and, unfortunately for those who would like to see a rant on it, it is not the source of my anger. With all that said, let us begin.
My younger brother is a lacrosse player and a very good one. There is no doubt in my parents' mind that he will go to school to play lacrosse. And, as supportive as I would like to be of my brother, I cannot help but see something fundamentally wrong with how colleges deal with student athletes. First of all, is not the purpose of an academic institution to teach and research, not to act as a sports club? If so, why are athletes given preferential treatment? Obviously, this makes sense in the context of sports like basketball and football, which can bring thousands to millions of dollars in revenue to a school. This makes sense. It's not fair that a star basketball player may be accepted to a school over a dedicated academic scholar, but it makes sense. Why, then, should players in sports that do not bring money to the school, such as lacrosse, tennis, rowing, wrestling, baseball, receive preference as well?
Let us examine this further. A daughter of one of the friends of my parents is an excellent tennis player. She is going to a public university and plans on playing tennis there. Because of this, she is entitled to a special dormitory for athletes with a special cafeteria to guarantee that she receives the right nutrition and priority scheduling with her classes (when many of the majors at this school are impacted, meaning many kids need to take 5 years to graduate). Never mind the fact that athletes, even those that play in sports that do not bring in or actually lose money for the school, receive special scholarships (I will ignore the case of a stellar athlete from a low-income family receiving money so they can go to school. That is reasonable. However, I come from a relatively wealthy area, and many of my classmates received athletic scholarships for tennis, volleyball, etc. despite
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Not agenda, the guy’s a freaking dumbass. How? Why? How can you defend this guy? There’s better conservatives. What the hell man. Someone please explain how he won
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