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I Wanna be Like Mike
Many people don’t think of it as an organization for preventing crime. ... I’m talking about something that will get kids to stop doing drugs and committing crimes because of their boredom. ... I think they more specifically try to aim to the pre high school level. ... I myself am a prime example of how this method works. All my life I was a die hard athlete I never really cared too much for school grades. I was the kid that liked making people laugh and would get in trouble every day for talking too much and was anxiously waiting until recess time. I would be the only girl out there rough housing with the boys playing games. When I got to high school I began to hate school work even more, everything was harder and I just didn’t want to do it. But oh when it was Track or basketball season did I get my butt in gear. I was seriously doing my homework just so I could participate. I did the bear minimum too I did just enough to get me the 2.0 I needed to play my sports. ... I used to cry when my dad would tell me he wouldn’t let me compete in my next meet if I didn’t do well on a test. Sports were the reason I and many others got threw high school. ... I would say 6 out of 10 teenagers that skip class and performing some type of illegal activity on their little break from school. ...
I remember that I hated going to class especially as I got older as a junior or senior in high school I had a car at school so it would be very easy for me to go off campus and miss class. But it wasn’t until I had this one really strict coach that would weekly check up on our attendance and one time I missed class and he found out and he didn’t let me play in that week’s game. I was so mad, but I only had myself to blame for that. But it taught me a lesson I never skipped again because my sports meant so much to me. I remember some of my friends would always skip school just to do stupid things. The only reason I would have skipped school would have been because I wanted more time to sleep. I would wake up early to go to school spend 7 hours in classes then I would go to a long practice by the time I got home I would do my homework, shower and eat I was ready for bed. ... Teenagers nowadays don’t really care about that stuff anymore they only car when they could loose something very valuable to them like playing in a championship game. ...
When I was in high school I made myself a promise that I was never going to drink or do any type of drug when I was in school. I’m glade to say I’ve lived up to it today. The reasoning behind my promise was that not only was it for moral reasons and because I knew it was bad for you. I just got sick of seeing great athlete’s fall off the road to great career in sports just because they wanted to party more without worrying about the game or coach.
Approximate Word count = 2775
Approximate Pages = 11.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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