My name is Nathan Rice. I am 19
years old and I am a college student at Blinn College. I just graduated from
Westside High School in Houston. Ever since I was little I love playing
football so, I started playing organized football my whole life. The people who never seen me play they think that I was not good at football because of my height. Until they seen me play. But small colleges were recruiting me to play football, but I had a
concussion. So colleges lost interest in me because I was out for most of the
season. I stop playing after the season because I already had to many concussions. So I do not want to risk my life. In the 8th grade I found my new love for track. I ran track for my
high school. For the past few years I made it to regionals in track. The Regional track meet is the track meet that determines on who goes to the State track meet. One of the
many things that I love to run track is that it is a really completive sport. I
am a very completive person. Round the 4th grade I started to play
basketball. I stop playing basketball after the 8th grade in light
of the fact that I did not take basketball serious I just played for fun. I
just wanted to devote my time to just do sports that I am serious about.
My hobbies are going out with my
friends, working out and staying active. I really do not like staying inside
for a long period of time. I get bored because I do not have any activities in the house. I like to do stuff with my friends
because I am an only child. It gets really boring around the house for me when
you have no one your age to talk to. When I get bored when I am in the house I
go outside and run or go play any type of sports with my friends. This is how I stay active. That is why I
am barley home for that reason I go out a lot.
Nathan, In my DIRW classes, we read an article by Malcolm Gladwell titled "Offensive Play". On the surface, it appears to be an article about how dog-fighting and football are very similar sports. With a deeper look, readers will see that it's actually an article exploring why football players continue playing football after sustaining concussions and brain injuries. It's an interesting piece. I have extra copies of the article in my office. Let me know if you're interested. Being a player who actually quit playing after getting a concussion, I think you might appreciate this article.
ReplyDeleteim the same way in some what i dont care to stay indoors because it does get boring so i like to get as much active as i can
ReplyDeleteim the same way in some what i dont care to stay indoors because it does get boring so i like to get as much active as i can
ReplyDeleteWhat made you start football at a young age? And after getting a concussion what made you start track? With being apart of sports medicine my job was to tend to players with concussions and it was not fun.
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