Some people might think that basketball is just a sport. Well, I say non-sense. I think basketball is more than just a sport, its life. Why say that, because basketball is more than hoops and dreams and it's where you can let all your problems go. To me basketball is my escape world. It helps me to clear my thoughts, focus, and feel better about myself. People ask me why am I so serious about it and why is it so important. I tell them, " That's my only motivation." There are days when I might be angry, feeling depressed, or just thinking way to much. When the ball hits my hand, my problems start to sink and flow away. It makes me a completely different person. I have been through alot in my life and never knew how to compromise until things got better. I thought writing or music would do the trick but it never worked.Then every now and then I would listen to a song that would match my mood. Unfortunately, it didnt work olut. So I turnt towards basketball to fill in the blank thoughts in my head. Since then, I have been in love with basketball and its affects on me mentally as well as physically. At the end of the day, while im on the court, all my problems are free and I can live the way I want.
By: Kenya Byrd, Lexi Roseberry
In the 2012 fall strike in Chicago, IL, over teacher’s salaries and healthcare budgets; the teachers are causing more harm than good. There are many negative effects of the strike than positive. Many people would support the decision of the teachers, but I oppose. There are three specific reasons why I object: dropout rates raise, crime and violence, and the city loses money. Schools rely on teachers to take care, teach, and develop a career in each student. So when they refuse to do their job and the students aren’t going to school nor learning, they’ll begin to not care about the aspects of learning. So have a booming and economic building city the future generations that will soon be the rising job corps, not in school learning and enriching their brains with the knowledge they need to obtain to go to college and broaden their horizon of opportunities. Drop outs are the fall of the cities around the country or even the world. As the dropout rates rise, crime and violence would rise as well. Chicago has a high rate of crime and violence from all different ages. With the parents of adolescent's ages approximately 5-20 that are at work doing what they have to do to support their families, while the children could be doing anything, including theft, murder, fights, riots, public indecency and so on. Chicago, and other cities that have the same beliefs of that of the teachers in Chicago, can't afford to have a rise in crime and violence. The rise in crime and violence is making a money issue in the city of Chicago. Now since the strike, there are many more deaths which are causing families to pay money for funerals, hospital bills, and many more other things. Now days, money is hard to get and hard to keep. The increase in crime and violence is taking away so much of the city’s money and they can’t afford for that to happen. Another thing is that Chicago is not the richest place and teachers and their salaries can prove it. Since the whole protest, the city has been losing more money than it has ever had. The city and its people are losing money, and so are the teachers are too. Since the teachers are on this strike, they have not been going to work. All of these are causes and more are building up and are starting many more issues. The question is, What will they do about it? Will they try to stop it or just ignore the situation? Will they listen to what those people or those teachers have to say or will they let the situation just build up? No one knows just yet but something is needed to be done. If there is no action taken upon the situation, more teachers won’t go to work and more people will be on strike. It could cause a domino effect in other states that have the same issues as well, for instance like our own Chamblee Charter High School, we have the same issues that the Chicago teachers are protesting, bad working conditions, pay cuts, unreasonably large classes, and salaries based on standardized tests but in Georgia it is against the law for a strike, even if they have a deep passion of it. "You don't even know what strees is. You only go to school, come home, do homeowork, and sleep." That is what most parents tell their children when their kids say they are stressed out.
What they don't know is that kids could have stress as well. They just cope with their stress differently. Some may go outside and play or some may talk to a frtiend. For moms and dads, they feel like they should always be the ones stresed out because they are the paying the bills. Teens could be stressed out about work, classes, and/or anything related to that. Another thing it could be is personal isssues. There are alot of kids out there that are dealing with their own issues the only way they know how to. Some of them may try to hurt themselves, try to kill themselves, or try to kill others which is NOT a good idea. I tend to deal with my stress completely differently. Music is my way of life. Everytime I deal with stress, I try to play music that matches my mood. It helps me understand as well as others to understand how I really feel. There were plenty of times when I went through stressful situations. It would be either stress from school or stress from my internal feelings. Sometimes it was kind of hard for me to deal with. There was a specific situation I had to deal with recently that stressed me out. That situation was too much homework. I couldn't really keep myself on a balance. I would go to basketball practice, come home, do homeowork, clean. There would days when I would have homework from all different classes and there was not enough time in the day to finish it. How I would deal with that was be precise and balanace out my time. I would come home and do half of my homework first. Then I would clean up, get in the shower, and then finish the rest. While doing my homeowrk I would make sure that my music would be turned up loud so that I could focus. Unfortunatley I have to turn it down when my mother gets home. To me that is not something I like to do. I like to have my music loud because I feel as if it tunes the world and my problems out. How do youthink I should deal with my stress? If any suggestions, please comment. |
Kenya ByrdMy favorite color is blue but I prefer pink & green. I love the game Basketball. Its the only thing that keeps me going. My biggest pet peeve is when people smack gum. I love to sing. Archives
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