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What I believe- Final

What I Believe In...

Have you ever judged anyone, or been judged by someone else? In reality everyone judges each other or gets judged by someone else. People have been judging each other for years, but now we aren’t as bad as the people in the past. Making assumptions is something that I realized us human beings have. I felt that this was a major problem that needed to be fixed. We may not know it, but when we judge someone it can have an impact on them to push themselves or just bring them down.

People judging others date back to the 1900s. This was a time where america became industrial, and new trends started to take effect across the country. Looking back it was a great time for white people, but for immigrants it was a rough time. If you were an immigrant you were considered below American citizens. People used to believe that black people were not as intelligent as white people, but if you look in our time our president is an african american. People that kept picking on the African Americans pushed them to do better in the american society. 

Back in elementary school I was short and skinny, and people made a lot of assumptions about me. They all thought that I was really bad at sports because I wasn’t as strong, fast, or as tall as the other kids on my team. Whenever we lost a game the team would usually blame me for the loss. That really brought down my confidence to continue in basketball. I decided to take up other sports like soccer, and baseball. I really liked soccer a lot because I had really good teammates that made me feel better about my athleticism. I decided to go back to basketball and play a little more, but kids still thought I sucked. They kept telling me that I was to small to play, or that I was afraid of basketball because of every bigger fatter person that intimidated me. Thanks to my new found confidence in soccer I decided I wasn’t going to take this anymore. I began to run more often and train myself to play against bigger guys. In middle school I played in a mens league which ranged from 20-30 year old men. Before I knew it I wasn’t afraid of the big guys anymore. I played with sixteen to eighteen year old kids that were about six feet tall, and I was able to beat them as a five foot tall twelve year old. Parents and even bystanders would think that I was in high school too. Now when I see my former teammates around the courts they all fear to challenge me. I was now taller, faster, and stronger than them. 

It’s now my sophomore year in high school, and I’m now playing high school ball. I look back at all those things that I was told when I was younger, and how I made it from the bottom because all those insults made about me fueled my fire to do great. I try to reflect on what they did to me, and I try to not judge others before they beat me someday. I try to be humble and treat everyone the way that I would like to be treated. I try to look for kids that have a chip on their soldier, then I’d play them in a little one on one. Win or lose I hope that I make them think twice before they go out thinking that they can beat anyone they want. I just want to make a difference by using basketball to defend what I believe in. 

What I believe in

Have you ever judged anyone, or been judged my someone else? I'm pretty sure that everyone's answer is yes even though we don't know it. People no matter who you are will always judge somebody. For years people have been judging others, examples would be in the 1900s when everyone still believed in racism. Nowadays we aren't that racist, but now we judge people by their appearance meaning the cloths the wear or the way that they look. I have realized that this is a major problem and have been trying to find a way to make people think twice about judging someone. I try to make people aware of what their doing because, when you judge someone it will start to change their real personality. 

Now in the 1900s people used to look at a african american man and think that they would not be good at anything,  but look at our country now an african american man runs this country. When I look back at all the kids that used to pick on me because I was short and weak, now I look down to them and they try to look up to me. Now that its all in the past and that I have the power to bully people I try to be humble so that I don't act like those kids that used to pick on me. 

Its Sophomore year now and I still see people judging others by their appearance. In order for me to teach these kids a lesson I start at a place that brought back some memories the basketball court. I go as myself a tall athletic looking basketball player that just roams to find the kids that pick on others. Once I  find them I mark them as a target for the next time I come to the court. I myself remember that when I was picked on I was small and weak, but now that I'm taller and faster kids usually won't challenge me.  So the next time that I go to the park I try to look as unathletic and slow as possible. Then I'd join a team that gets beaten a lot. I start off losing and when I think that they've assumed that I suck is when I strike. After we beat a couple teams I say that I play for a high school basketball team, and I hope that they think twice before picking on kids that are smaller. 

This is something that I believed in and I play basketball to defend what I believe. I try to find kids that believe in the same thing that I do. The more people that I get to help me in this shows the progress that I'm making. I find this to be a problem that us people have. I try not to judge others myself, but the truth is that we will always judge. The best thing that we can do is keep it to ourselves and not tell anyone else. If we go around spreading this then we could possibly change someone's personality. 

For years, people have been judging others. Ever since racism in the 1900s we have gotten a lot better so I think there is still a chance. I try to do my part to keep those that judge second guesses. I support this belief because its something that I've experienced and wanted to prevent. Now that I have made a difference against those that used to judge me I try to help others as well. I'm trying to prove that you can hurt others with your comments, and could possibly turn them into a totally different person that you won't like later. 

Hunger Games

In my district we have a lot of hunting grounds. Weapon of choice for me would be the throwing  knife, because my throws and shots are really accurate. Another factor that helps is that I can use my swiftness to avoid others in the hunger games. The symbol from my district would be the knife because it is one of the basic hunting tools, and its a tool that can be used for violence, or support. In the wild the knife is a very useful tool.

Black to white

In this project I learned that I have really changed a lot from what I used to do in the past. All these things I look down on now and I see other people do these things and I feel dissapointed in myself thinking if people me irritating when I look at them and I find them irritating. When I look at these mistakes I see how much I've changed and how I've learned from these mistakes.

The soldier graphic