What is the topic of the passage? Importance of education for the young professional athletes. 2. What is the central message of the passage? Any professional athletes should not miss their education too as it is vital for their future. 3. Determine what is at issue. What is your initial personal viewpoint? Issue: Most of the parents of young sports athletes neglect education and gives priority to their children’s career. Personal viewpoint: We do agree that education should be given main priority despite being a young professional athlete as education is important for securing a good career after retirement from sports. . Distinguish among opposing viewpoints, and provide the rationale for each. Opposing viewpoint:A lot of parents of young professional athletes aren’t worried about their children missing education. Rationale: Parents are more focus on money earned by the children rather than tirelessness’s education. Opposing viewpoint:Gretchen Shackler, who has bachelors degree in finance, was determined that her son should finish high school. Rational: Gretchen Shackler place importance on her son’s education while developing his professional career as well. . Think carefully about the viewpoints.
Express a personal viewpoint, and give the reasons why you favor it. Does it differ from your initial personal viewpoint? Why or why not? Opposing viewpoint:Gretchen Shackler, who has bachelors degree in finance, was determined that her son should finish high school. Reason: believe that young professional athletes should equip oneself with good education to be more secure in future after retirement from sports. No, it does not differ from our initial personal viewpoint because I believe that education plays and important role in everyone’s future. . Write a few paragraphs in support of the viewpoint that you do not favor. According to text read,many parents found professional athletes are not worried about their children missing education. There are many reasons why young professional athletes should place importance in education as well as their career. Those athletes with a good academic background or foundation highly are destined to be successful in obtaining a good career after an early retirement from the world of sports.
Sport careers are typically shorter than most other careers or occupations, as most athletes retire, voluntarily or involuntarily, ring their mid to late twenties. Athletes are often forced to contend with the early age of career termination, the need to find another career to pursue, and the diverse ways in which they choose to or are forced to leave their sport. Many are lost when the reality of the real life sinks in and find it hard to cope. Education can often be overlooked by professional athletes, once they have made it to their desired sports league.
This is a major concern because many professional athletes have no funds or career options to fall back on. Without a college degree, higher education, or in some instances even a high school aplomb; there are limited options to explore in the world outside of athletic. An athlete with a good academic background will be able to adapt to a career transition easily. They are well equipped with good social skills and self- esteem which mainly comes from real world experience. These makes the scope of jobs wider and not only confined to the world of sports but to all walks of life.
No doubt that an athlete who has a good education is able to maintain a good balance in their life by pursuing other career which might not be related to the world of sports. CHAPTER PEG 348) GAPS a new technology tracking device with many benefits. . What is the central message of the passage? GAPS tracking device and its multifunctional uses. 3. Determine what is at issue. What is your initial personal viewpoint? Issue: Invasion of privacy. Personal viewpoint: Usage of GAPS causes invasion of privacy whereby all our personal information location are no more private because these information’s are available to public.
Opposing viewpoint:alt benefits certain party such as law enforcement and parents. Rationale: Parents: To monitor their children’s movements and activities. Law enforcement:Easier to track down suspects and to solve cremes. Opposing viewpoint:Many companies both large and small use GAPS tracking devices to monitor the location of their vehicles. Rationale: It enables the companies more information to keep track about the drivers schedule on the road. Give the reasons why you favor it. Does it differ from your initial personal crimes.
Yes, it differs from our initial personal viewpoint because GAPS tracking devices has negative implications too. GAPS made navigation extremely easier. However, navigation remains an art because the proper use of a map and compass remains essential even with a GAPS unit. On the negative side, illegal and criminal activities entered the high-tech age. GAPS tracking devices is used to track locations but in other hand anyone can also obtain personal details such as bank account information which can lead to fraud.
According to the text read, GAPS tracking devices are beneficial to law enforcements, teens and parents and big or small companies. GAPS tracking devices made navigation extremely easier butt has negative implications too. GAPS enables data theft easier by using spare on the internet to obtain one’s information on credit cards and bank accounts. This information’s can be used easily to do transactions illegally. People are very dependent on this device and neglecting the proper use of a map and compass which are essential too.
Besides that, terrorists can disrupt the GAPS as well, as they can use it to conduct an operation such as crashing airplanes into skyscrapers. CHAPTER 6(PEGGY) 1 . Read and think critically about the following short story written by Kate Chopin: The Storm: A Sequel to “Acadia Ball. ” 2. Summarize the passage into ONE paragraph. “The Storm” by Kate Chopin is a short story about infidelity and sexual desires. The story starts off with a young boy Bibb and his father, Bonito shopping at a store. While shopping they notice clouds high in the sky and a storm is brewing on the horizon.
Bibb is worried that his mother, Calcite who is at home alone, will be scared of the storm. Bonito tells his son that his mother will be fine and not to worry about her. They shopped and waited at the store for the storm to pass. Meanwhile at home Calcite starts to shut the doors and windows when she sees that the sky is dark. As Calcite runs out to take the clothes which are hung out, she saw her ex-lover Alice who is looking for shelter from the storm and she invites him in. Calcite tells Alice that she worries about her husband and on who are out to shop at a store and they are not back home yet.
She is at the window looking at storm and starts to cry. Alice hugs her to calm her down. Clarita pulls away but her ex-lover pulls her closer and this had made his infatuation with her returns. Alice kisses Clarita and it brought them to memories of their past romance so they ended up giving into their sexual desires. They spend time together happily and Alice left after the storm ends. Then as Calcite is preparing supper, Bibb and Bonito are back home. She is happy that they are fine. Then they sit down together to eat dinner. Alice who is married to Claries and they have children.
Later that night, he writes to his wife asking her to stay longer in Billow with their children if she wishes. Claries is excited and willing to stay as they are separated due to constraints in their marriage. The storm passed and everyone was happy. This is a story based on couples who are married and their unconcerned attitude toward infidelity in a marriage. The writer has raised issues on love and sex in marriage and being unfaithful to one’s spouse. 3. Use inference skills to determine why the author titled the story, ‘The Storm. ) Chopin expresses the idea that adultery is not a harmful act but instead it is an act that can serve as a change of pace for an individual who is feeling dreariness in their life due to the monotony of marriage. B) “Storm” could be one of the ultimate meanings that the author wanted to use in order to express adultery and strong sexuality in a marriage. C) Kate Chopin expresses that freedom and happiness through intimacy are more mysterious. She states in order to be happy and satisfied in one’s own marriage, the breaking of redundancy of a normal marriage life is not wrong.
