this is the date according to his estate. The career biography of Jim Thorpe reads like an encyclopedia of sports, encompassing virtually every major athletic event available. In the 1912 Olympic Games at Stockholm, he won both the pentathlon and decathlon events. In the same year, he led his Carlisle Indian School team to the national collegiate championship, scoring 25 touchdowns and 198 points. Following the college football season, Thorpe went on to play 6 years of Major League Baseball. Meanwhile
I Introduction A. My pet peeve is arrogance B. I find it extremely difficult to validate a story being told if the person telling it has never experienced it, or at least studied it. C. Watching the making of I am Cait, a reality show based on transgender women, I am confused by the portrait of a woman as just someone who dresses up nice, curls their hair, and paints their nails because they have nothing better to do. D. Bruce Jenner an American Gold medalist decided at the age of 65 to become a
Vanity Fair photo shoot. Bissinger begins the article by describing how the paparazzi endlessly stocked Jenner while she was having multiple surgeries to look more feminine. He then explains how Bruce Jenner won a gold medal in the 1976 Olympic decathlon. The article also describes how Jenner had begun to transition back in the 80’s, but ultimately decided to stop transitioning when the media started
Caitlyn Jenner was born as William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949 and was born to William Hugh and Esther R. Jenner. William and Esther also had three other children Pam, Lisa and Burt. Unable to find out much on Bruce during the first stage of life according to Erickson’s stages of psychosocial development which was trust vs. mistrust. Do know that Bruce’s mother stayed home with the children. Bruce’s father was home every night and the family had dinner together. They all attended church every
Sport Record The founding father of the Olympic Movement, Pierre de Coubertin, referred to the sport record as having the same function in the ideology of Olympism as the principle of gravity in Newtonian mechanics (Loland 1995). The record was, so to speak, the eternal axiom of sport. No doubt, Coubertin was right in many ways. The fascination for records is a key element in our fascination for sports. Records are the stuff of which legends and myths are made. Johnny Weissmuller's 1924 one
auditioning. Wanting to eliminate competition, Sharpay investigates the new girl and arranges for the scholastic decathlon captain, Taylor, to find out about Gabriella's past academic achievements. During basketball practice,
percentile of the SAT test, and in the 99th on the ACT. I achieved a 5 on the AP Computer Science test, and despite a C in my AP Physics class, I managed a 4 on the final exam. On top of that, in my two years on El Camino Real High School's Academic Decathlon team I have been the highest scoring C Student in all of the Los Angeles Unified School District twice in a row, placed third in the state of California, and look forward to a promising season this year. Some say I am lazy, and some say I have untapped
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James Francis Thorpe accomplished without argument what no other athlete in history has. The Sac and Fox Indian won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon in the 1912 Olympic games in Sweden and played both professional football and professional baseball. His feats on the football field put him on the 1911 and 1912 All-American football teams. In 1920 he became the first president of the American Professional Football Association (later to become the NFL). In 1951, he was one of the first men
I believe that my life experiences have turned me into a person that would enrich your campus and community. Up until I was 9 years old, I had always been an only child which made me grow up very fast and always be way in front of other kids for maturity and responsibility. When I was 9 years old, my mom got remarried and with that marriage came 3 younger step siblings. That was a huge change within my life that also taught me how to be more generous, be more patient with other people, and really
college football. He later accepted a football scholarship from Graceland College in Iowa; however, during his freshman year he acquired a knee injury that forbid him from continuing therefore he ran track instead. In 1970 at his first meet he ran the decathlon and set a school record
story about two high schoolers, Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez from opposite cliques that try out for the leads in their school musical. Troy is a “jock”, the captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella is a shy “nerd”, captain of the scholastic decathlon. They inspire their peers not to “stick to the status quo” and get out of their comfort zones. Sharpay Evans, the “theater queen” does anything she can to be with Troy or sabotage Troy and Gabriella’s relationship with the help of her brother Ryan
LGBTQIA stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual. The LGBTQIA topic is still an issue in society. There are people who are still against it. Some people in society still see this topic as a negative thing. The Stonewall riots was an important event for the LGBTQIA community. Stonewall is where the gay rights movement started. The transgender community is an important part of the LGBTQIA community. Same sex marriage was an important event that happened and impacted
wild horses. Where most athletes study and learn from professionals he learned from the outdoors. After years of trying to imitate and learning from the wildlife he competed at the Stockholm Olympics of 1912. Thorpe won gold medals in both the decathlon and the pentathlon, received fourth place in high jump, and seventh in long jump. With so much success in the Olympics came
Robert Meely 12/2/14 1st hour Argumentation Essay The contradictory topic of Jim Thorpe and what should have been done with his medals and trophies leaves us with a heated debate. James Francis Thorpe aka Jim Thorpe,was born on May 28th 1887. Jim grew up as part of the Sac and Fox tribe. His father Hiram Thorpe and mother Mary James were strong parents, and part of the reason that Jim excelled in athletics. Jim grew up playing 3 main sports of: track and field, football, as well as baseball. Jim
Hamlet is the world’s most filmed play, after Cinderella. In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Hamlet is the prince of Denmark and the protagonist. He is yearning for revenge of his father’s death. He is indecisive, impulsive, mad, and seeking revenge. All these characteristics are shown in Hamlet’s character but through other character’s personas and actions. Hamlet becomes mad when his father’s ghost comes to see him and tells him that his uncle, Claudius, was the cause of his death. His madness
Have you ever thought about who you would consider to be the greatest athlete in the world? Well, many people throughout the world have either heard of or would consider a man named Jim Thorpe. Jim Thorpe was like a man on a whole different level than every athlete of his time. Jim Thorpe is the greatest athlete of the twentieth century and will always be remembered that way. Jim Thorpe had a very rough life. It started from the day he was born to the day he died. Jim was born on an Indian reservation
Throughout my high school career, I’ve been recognized as a well rounded student. I engage myself in team related sports that require teamwork and reliability, extracurricular activities that require responsibility and patience, all while managing to keep up with my academics. During my freshman year of highschool, I’ve dedicated my time and hard work to all activities offered by my former high school located in Marshall, Alaska. I was apart of the volleyball team, girls basketball team, and a native
allowed to participate in the training and program (I applied several times to be a part of this program). One teacher who was participating was leading a mediation session with his class one day. After he asked a student who was being vulgar and insulting to the other participants to leave, that student, the child of someone who worked in LAUSD leadership, complained to the school board that the teacher was discussing inappropriate topics. The teacher leading the remediation was suspended without
overshadowed by athletes by telling us how the Mountain View football team had won their state championship, it had been given the utmost attention by getting banners and assemblies, meanwhile the Science Bowl Team, the Debate Team, and the Academic Decathlon team had also won state but had only got a total for ten minutes of recognition. Penrod then goes onto show more successful examples of