William Huang Sandburg Middle School Honors English & History. Ninth Grade Honor Placement Test Positivity, intelligence, and strategizing are all characteristics of a successful leader. However, a great leader cannot succeed without understanding and working with their people. For instance, John Wooden, a highly famed basketball player and coach that carried his several UCLA teams to win ten NCAA championships, is known for his positive teaching methods to maximize the potential of his students and make them try their best. This essay describes the legendary coaching methods of John Wooden and his leadership, who accomplished an all-time championship record left unbroken to this day. Subsequently, it details a similar philosophy of a famed …show more content…
By playing with the utmost confidence, Wooden was sure that “... [his players] would win”. [And] if they played their best and lost, he could live with that” (Davis, Seth: Paragraph 2, Remarkable Legacy of John Wooden, 2017). After all, the players tried their absolute best and scolding his team on a loss would only worsen both the morale of the players and the coach, destroying the connection and limiting potential growth. Naturally, a loss meant the people failed–that their efforts were not enough. However, it wasn’t the same for Wooden. Instead of being frustrated at the team, Wooden remained level-headed in disappointing times, his system devoted to improving weaknesses and prioritizing conditioning over uncontrollable factors. For instance, a human cannot increase their height, but they can be in better condition than their opponents. Using this ideology, Wooden won “his first NCAA title in 1964 behind a full-court press and a starting lineup that did not include a player taller than 65” (Davis, Seth: Paragraph 3, Remarkable Legacy of John Wooden, 2017). Accordingly, height is undeniably a considerable advantage in playing basketball, but Wooden worked around it by maximizing potential in other areas. Instead of shaming his players’ weaknesses, Wooden …show more content…
In “Atomic Habits,” James Clear argues it’s not about achieving goals, but establishing a system to get there. Moreover, Clear was aware that failing is natural and expected in the steps of achieving goals, and that a loss does not mean the end of the journey. Moreover, a step back could be turned into three steps forward if done correctly. For instance, the first week working out in a gym cannot possibly give instant results. This is natural, yet most people give up here. Accordingly, they are weighed down by high expectations. However, success requires pain and suffering, as well as time. Clear warns his reader of the inevitable dark times he calls the “valley of disappointment,” which is the necessary sacrifice before achieving success: slow motion is better than no motion. Moreover, the pain and suffering makes the reward all the more worth it: it is the pain that makes us grow, so one cannot understand success without the distress of loss. Hence, Clear motivated millions of people to keep moving forward, no matter what. Regardless if it meant improving atomically–or one percent every day. Subsequently, the ideologies of John
nowadays they are being made of steel. Their main aim was to strengthen buildings. Most of them were wedge shaped. During construction of an arch, keystones were inserted last at the top centre. Wooden frames support most of the arches during construction. Once the construction is complete, the wooden frames are removed, the sides of the arch press against the keystones hence supporting the arch. Several arrangements of arches formed a vault (Hugh 22). Vaults were used to construct large open rooms
“Paper Pills” is a short story written by Sherwood Anderson in his most recognized book, Winesburg, Ohio, which has several interrelated stories (Belasco 859). The story is about an older physician, named Dr. Reefy, who is distanced from society, and only expresses his thoughts on pieces of paper, which he stuffs into his pockets (Bort). Eventually, he meets a younger woman who he marries and shares those crumbled pieces of paper with for a brief period before her death. The story is recounted by
comprehendible forms of writing will help me in y future to better myself and my work. The papers I write, and the forms in which is the most proper and beneficial. Although, I have struggled with my writing, I have learned valuable contexts to incorporate for my future. Argumentation has benefited me to depict on a subject and make it more understandable from the views of my own. In an evaluation paper, I was to determine why I thought something was the best or worst. In this case I choose to
will cover the following theorists’ contributions to early childhood: Jerome Bruner, John Dewey, Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Froebel, Howard Gardner, Loris Malaguzzi, Maria Montessori, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotsky. Jerome Bruner Jerome Bruner is known for his theory of cognitive growth in which a child’s intellectual ability develops in stages based on how the mind is used (Smith, M. K., 2002). During his research, he concluded that there are three modes of representation
setting of the story tells us that “the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green” (74). Mr. Summers did many things to slowly ween the old tradition, the old harshness, out of the ordeal. He had the wooden chips replaced with more convienent slips of paper. He also “spoke frequently...about making a new box” (75), so, therefore, he also represented new ideas as well as old. The new ideas that the close-minded village people would not accept. If given the chance, Mr. Summers
vampire “Lord Ruthven” One of the most recognizable nineteenth century literary vampires is John William Polidori‘s vampire. Lord Ruthven– the man of mysterious past and one of the most charismatic and interesting nineteenth century vampires- is a Gothic villain that has been used by his creator (Polidori) as a social metaphor. How is that? It is worthy of note, as Christopher Frayling asserts, that John William Polidori was the foremost nineteenth century authors whose penchant to blend together
References…………………………………………………………………………………………9 Abstract The following paper is about the Sultana Disaster in 1865. It describes the story of the disaster, includes a description of the ship, as well as ethics, the cause, results, and conclusion of the tragedy. Research includes online sources as well as a newspaper entry. Future work may include research of the aftermath and cleanup procedures of the disaster, as well as publicism throughout the U.S. Furthermore, research questions may address the structure of the ship’s
print almost anything. Before this, wooden blocks, carved by hand were used to print things. These blocks would have consisted of what the individual wanted to print which would take an incredible amount of time. Gutenberg’s invention of a movable type printer established the ability for mass communication. The Gutenberg printer consisted of a base that was constructed out of wood that provided a stable platform for the printing process. This required pressing paper onto ink typed heads. A holder, which
Introduction What might at first glance look like a junkyard filled with old tires, rocks, fire pits and shabby wooden platforms, is actually the hidden gem of adventure playgrounds in Berlin. Kolle 37 is a place built entirely by children, for children, where using tools and experiencing danger is encouraged. Some of the questions I try to resolve in this piece are: What exactly is an adventure playground? Why have I not seen any in the U.S.? How do children and parents today react differently to
basic balsa wood glider and later the basic remote controlled aircraft. With this knowledge as also the knowledge acquired from the concepts learnt in the classroom, our group participated in the Rubber Band Powered Glider competiti... ... middle of paper ... ... under the Indian Ministry of Defense for over two years. With a desire to contribute my might for the downtrodden, I became a member of a charitable trust ‘Friends’ involved in helping the poor and the orphans through education. With the
can thank war for increasing the interest in research for art conservation. After the Great War, the British Museum unpacked its collections after wartime storage in the Underground railway tunnels. Many items had unexpectedly deteriorated in a relatively short time; iron had rusted, bronze developed green corrosion, pottery and stone objects were covered in growth of salt crystals. The museum then decided to set up a permanent scientific research laboratory to further its understanding of the
This paper focuses on the views of corporal punishment as it relates to the discipline of children and why the topic is so controversial. The paper will state various definitions of corporal punishment as well as a brief history of punishing children with physical force. The paper will also state the alternatives and disadvantages as a discipline tool for children why corporal punishment may not be the best method of punishment for children. The paper highlights research and experiments performed
Jim Valvano, otherwise known as “Jimmy V”, was a college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. This paper will cover Jimmy and define his true leadership qualities. Jimmy was an icon in the sports world not only for his coaching ability. He taught the world that leaders need a vision, leaders need to connect with their followers, and that leaders learn from their followers. Jimmy defied the rules and transformed his players into exceptionally good players and even better people. He taught more
it. This man is probably as recognizable as the Pope. When we were asked to start thinking of our topics for our research papers Michael Jordan had just announced his retirement from basketball. There were all of these specials on the sports channels and the news so I had to find out what all the commotion was about. This is why I chose Michael Jordan to be the topic of my research paper. I hoped to find out how he became to be considered the greatest basketball player to ever play the game. I learned
many people. Yet, they don’t recognize that these everyday objects didn't always exist. Not to mention, they all emerged in the same region, near the same time, and diffused along similar paths. The mariner’s compass, block printing, paper money, and several types of paper were all developed and used during the Tang dynasty, and they had a great impact on China. Knowledge of these creations was spread by groups of people and animals along the Silk Road, sub-Saharan, and Indian Ocean trade routes. The