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This I believe...
I believe confidence is very important in every day life. With out it, it would be hard to accomplish very much. I used to not have a lot of self confidence, But about 6 years ago while playing soccer I realized that i needed confidence. This was about the first time i ever really played soccer in an actual organization and i wasn't very good. Almost every time i tried to get past someone i always doubted myself at the last second, and a lot of the time i got the ball stolen away. My mom noticed that i was always ashamed and upset with myself even when we won. She asked me why I was always upset after a game and I told her it was because i could never get past anyone is soccer. Then she told me one thing that changed everything and i will never forget it, she said "its all in your head, if you have confidence in yourself and don't hesitate you will have a much better chance of getting past people, this will also help you out in life". I thought about her words for a while and realized it couldn't hurt to try. It was a little hard at first but i tried and started to notice it was working. For The rest of the soccer season i scored around 8 goals per game and I've felt a lot better about myself ever since that year. That year changed my hole look on things. Now I always have confidence in myself no matter what i do. From homework, or a big project that's due, to sports, and activities I'm doing, I always have confidence that i can accomplish it. For the past few years I've been encouraging my friends to have confidence with anything they do or try to do. I've noticed that a couple of them have been doing much better academically and the others are very athletic and it seems to me like they are very good at almost any sport or activity they try. This is why i believe confidence it very important to be successful in life-so that's why i want to encourage everyone who doesn't have confidence in themselves to try to. I know its not easy at first, it wasn't for me but now i am self confident and feel a lot better with myself when I'm doing homework or playing soccer, or doing anything for that matter. Now i find myself doing good in school and I'm on the A team for a competitive traveling soccer team, and it all started with those few works my mom said to me that changed everything and i will never forget that moment. So that's why i believe confidence is the key to success.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Hey, this is my overview for my English project. I think my ending is a little weak, could you comment on whats working and not working for you? Thanks!
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan, usually referred to as just the K.K.K. All started on December 24th in 1865. By Calvin E. Jones, John B Kennedy, John C. Lester, Richard R. Reed, Frank O. McCord, and James R. Crowe. It started In a little town in tennessee called Pulaski with a population of about 6,600. The main reason of making the Klan was to show that whites were the dominant race, and all minority's were of lesser value. The name "Ku Klux Klan" comes from the word Kuklos, which means a band or circle. John Kennedy attended Centre college in Kentucky and did research on the word. Then James Crowe was the leader that suggested splitting Kuklos into two and changing the last letter to a "x", making Ku Klux. Since they were of Scottish decent they decided to put clan in it but changed the "c" to a "k" to make "Ku Klux Klan".
The Klan started just after the Civil war and it is believed that all six of the leaders were in the Confederate army just a few months before the Klan was established. The money value in the south dropped so they wanted to make a club. They made to committee's, one to choose a name and the other was to make rules, titles, and activities to be preformed by the Klan.
The Klan wanted Purity and to preserve their homeland. They also wanted protection for women and children. they made robes for the members that were all white- the symbol for purity. They had red trimmings to represent the blood shed in the defense of the helpless. these colors were also Confederate colors. The wife's of the Klan members made over 400,000 of these robes for the horses and the people. After the robes were made and they had there meeting, the six original members paraded down the streets on their horses wearing there robes. most Blacks thought they were ghosts coming to scare them.
The Klan did not intend to be violent until people dressed up as Klan members were hurting and killing blacks. Once this was happening they decided to get violent because the people wouldn't know the difference between the real and the fake Klan members.
Today there are still people that are members of the Ku Klux Klan but are not as violent as in the '50's and '60's. But today there are still people who do not like minority's, but still tolerate them so it makes up the culture of the United States.
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan, usually referred to as just the K.K.K. All started on December 24th in 1865. By Calvin E. Jones, John B Kennedy, John C. Lester, Richard R. Reed, Frank O. McCord, and James R. Crowe. It started In a little town in tennessee called Pulaski with a population of about 6,600. The main reason of making the Klan was to show that whites were the dominant race, and all minority's were of lesser value. The name "Ku Klux Klan" comes from the word Kuklos, which means a band or circle. John Kennedy attended Centre college in Kentucky and did research on the word. Then James Crowe was the leader that suggested splitting Kuklos into two and changing the last letter to a "x", making Ku Klux. Since they were of Scottish decent they decided to put clan in it but changed the "c" to a "k" to make "Ku Klux Klan".
The Klan started just after the Civil war and it is believed that all six of the leaders were in the Confederate army just a few months before the Klan was established. The money value in the south dropped so they wanted to make a club. They made to committee's, one to choose a name and the other was to make rules, titles, and activities to be preformed by the Klan.
The Klan wanted Purity and to preserve their homeland. They also wanted protection for women and children. they made robes for the members that were all white- the symbol for purity. They had red trimmings to represent the blood shed in the defense of the helpless. these colors were also Confederate colors. The wife's of the Klan members made over 400,000 of these robes for the horses and the people. After the robes were made and they had there meeting, the six original members paraded down the streets on their horses wearing there robes. most Blacks thought they were ghosts coming to scare them.
The Klan did not intend to be violent until people dressed up as Klan members were hurting and killing blacks. Once this was happening they decided to get violent because the people wouldn't know the difference between the real and the fake Klan members.
Today there are still people that are members of the Ku Klux Klan but are not as violent as in the '50's and '60's. But today there are still people who do not like minority's, but still tolerate them so it makes up the culture of the United States.
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