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Denton Blair

Jamie Larkin

English 1003

September 24, 2018

Which is better Chevy or Ford?

Many people drive trucks daily for different purposes. Some people drive trucks for work, some people might use them for racing, and others just have them as personal daily drivers. There are many different trucks out on the market that people drive. There is Chevy, Gmc, Dodge, Nissan, Ford, Toyota, and many more. The most driven on the roads today are chevy and fords. Both of these trucks get used everyday for racing, working, and daily driving, But which ones are truly better at each thing? What makes these trucks better than one another and how are they similar to each other?

Chevy and Fords are driven everyday all across the world for different purposes but which one is better? Chevy and Fords are used a lot  as work trucks. They are used on farms, for construction, and for people that tow heavy things. One of these trucks are better for working? Chevys have steel bodies unlike a ford. The steel body is very strong compared to Ford's aluminum bodies that bend and dent easily. Chevys steel can withstand much more weight and tension unlike a ford. The chevys also have a 6.6 liter duramax engine that produces 445 horsepower and 910 foot pounds of torque. Ford produces 450 horsepower and 935 foot pounds of torque. So both of these trucks would be great work trucks, chevys are more durable, and fords can pull just a tad bit more.

Many people race trucks on a drag strip and on a street. Some people put lots of mods on their trucks to make them faster but in this comparison they are stock trucks with a stock motor and drivetrain. Which one of these trucks are really actually faster ford f150 or chevy silverado 1500? Chevys come stock with a 5.3 liter v8 vortec engine that produces 270 horsepower and 315 foot of torque. Which is pretty good.  A ford truck comes stock with a twin turbo 2.7 liter ecoboost that produces 325 horsepower and 400 foot of torque. That is also pretty good. If you was to line these trucks up it would be a pretty good race until the fords turbos spooled up. Then the ford would leave the chevy, the ford would win by a mile in stock street racing. Both of these trucks are fairly fast but the ford would take the win on this comparison.  So ford has the faster truck.

Many people drive these trucks just as a daily driver. So which one would be better as an everyday ride. A chevy silverado get 18 mpg in the city and 24 mpg on the highway. Chevys also come with a backup camera, push button four wheel drive, a big bonus is that the chevy’s come cheaper, and are rated as the longest lasting truck. Also on the Chevy you’ll find features like a sunroof, navigation, automatic wipers and high-beams, an active noise cancellation system, a trailer brake controller, and a wireless charger for cell phones.  A ford f150 gets 18 in the city and 25 on the highway. A ford is a little more expensive compared to the chevy, but they come with much more room and other goodies. Such as, keyless push-button ignition, a panoramic moonroof, a nifty integrated tailgate step, adaptive cruise control, a self-parking system and an automated trailer-backing system. The chevys are a rougher riding but yet more durable truck. The fords are a smoother ride but more prone to break and mess up. Chevy also offers V6 engine and two V8s, all designed specifically for use in trucks and are designed to deliver strong low-end torque for low-speed pulling power. Ford offers a few options also, they have one V8, two V6, and one V4 that are designed for a few different things such as speed and gas mileage.  So really either of these could be a great daily driver, just depends on personal preference.

Both of these trucks have their pros and cons about them. They each are good for different kinds of people depending on their occupation. Chevy’s are better work trucks. Fords are faster and pull a bit more. Both would be great for daily drivers. After comparing these two awesome trucks. My personal preference would be a chevy just for the fact that to me they have better quality, since fords break easy and tend to have more problems. Also with them messing up often it tends to get really expensive, and fords parts are already more expensive. Which one of these rides would you want to work, race, or just drive every day? Just remember the ups and downs from both vehicles when you make a decision on these two popular trucks.   

Works cited

“https://carbuyerlabs.com/settling-the-ford-vs-chevy-debate/”

“https://www.capitol-chevy.com’

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Autumn Courtney
Jamie Larkin
Composition 1
ENG 1003
9/19/18
The Perspective of College and High School

College is something I have always dreamt about. What will it be like, how will I adapt to it, what are the differences, but what are the similarities? Sure college has a lot to offer, there are many perks! However, there are so many things that not everyone knows the answers to. Not even some college students. It is scary to think about and can be stressful. College is different, but in the end there are so many things relative to what we are used to.
 Beginning with high school. High school is a breeze compared to college, that is work wise. In high school you are forced to learn the material, and you don’t have a choice but to do the work. This is because your teachers want you to become adjusted to not getting things your own way. It will not be like that in the real world. Things will not always go as planned, and people won’t agree with you one-hundred percent of the time. You’ll have bosses, your parents, even your future children that won’t see things the way you do. No one is exactly like you, and no one thinks exactly the way you do. That’s what they are trying to prepare us for. Most of our teachers do not give us loads of work just out of spite. They don’t want to constantly be grading, they want freedom too. They only want what is best for us. They’re doing their job, teaching us.
In college your professors couldn't care less about how much work they give you. College is all they have. They don’t want what is best for you, in fact they want you to fail. Because when you fail, they succeed, and that’s all they’re in it for. Sarah Heath (The Worst Professors You’ll Have in College) says, “I had a bad explainer, busywork assigner, unfair grader, and rude professor all in one. I didn’t know what I was gonna do!” Just because you don’t understand the material doesn’t mean that they care, or have any interest in helping. They get more of your money. It is only a job for them, and they simply do not care. In college if you don’t have the desire to put in extra effort and time you might as well not be there. That’s what college is. The willingness to put yourself out there, work hard, and if you work hard enough, you will succeed. You have to study, prepare, and even teach yourself things sometimes. Professors stress me out. I’m not looking forward to how much work they assign, how hard everything is, or how rude their attitudes are going to be. However, it’s going to be better in the long run. They’re only preparing me for my last step, adulthood.
One of the biggest benefits of college is that everything is optional. If you don’t want to be there you can go take a nap somewhere, if you want to party instead of study go right ahead, and if you want to go shopping with your best friends do it! You just have to realize that it is all on you. You mom isn’t there to give assign curfews anymore. You have to manage your time wisely, or you’ll fall behind. It’s completely, one-hundred percent your fault if you fail that test, get bad grades, or flunk college. So, that’s what you have to understand. Just because you’re finally free doesn’t mean you need to start making stupid decisions, and messing your life up. That is why time management is so important! Ross Rosenberg (Time Management Tips for New College Students) came up with helpful tips for new college students, helping them with their time management. The two that stuck out most to me were to prioritize your to do list and remove distractions. Those were the most important, and when you think about it, the ones we struggle the most with. When you go to college you have to learn how to start getting your life together! That’s such a big part of college. Not gonna lie, I’m not the best at it right now. I do everything last minute, and sometimes I don’t even do it just because I don’t want to. But, when I get to college it’s gonna be a completely different story. College is business, and that’s one thing that I fear. Because in a way, my whole life is at stake. If I fail college, I fail life. You can’t get anywhere without an education these days to be honest, or at least anywhere big. So, college is extremely important to me. All of my family went to college so I have to too. It’s a big accomplishment, and it’ll make them proud. I’m going to college for my mom, my grandparents, my future husband, and my future kids. This isn’t about me. This is all for them.
That’s one thing I strongly dislike about high school. I have to do all of my assignments, pass every single test, and impress all of my teachers. It’s like a requirement, which isn’t a bad thing, but not necessarily a good thing either. In college it won’t be that way. Literally no one will care about you, and in a way I can’t wait for it. It’s going to be a big relief going into a completely different school system. Not having so much pressure, so many people breathing down my neck twenty-four seven, and no one caring about my decisions. I’ll finally get to be my own person.
I know I’ll miss high school. I’ll miss it like crazy. Not seeing all of the same people that I have seen every day since seventh grade. That is gonna kill me at first, I’m sure I’ll cry a lot. I’ll probably fall behind because of it, but it’ll be a nice change for once. I’ll have realized how easy I had it, how much joy was surrounded by me, and how much other people impacted me. It’s gonna be a really sad day when I graduate. I think about it every single day. Saying goodbye to all the people I love, and who have left a mark on me. But, I think I’ll like it too.
One thing that doesn’t excite me about the whole idea of college is that I am going to be broke all the time. I don’t know if I’m mentally, or emotionally ready for that. I’ve never even had a job before and that’ll change too. I’ll have to get a job to support myself. There’s food, clothes, books, gas, and all my wants that I’ll have to pay for. It’s gonna be hard, and something that I’m not used to. I’ll get the hang of it, though.
In high school I never had to worry about anything like that. My grandparents and mom always provided for me, which I’m super grateful for. I never had to worry about anything, they always took care of me. So, this’ll be strange at first. Not having anyone to rely on. Everything will be on me, and I’ll be on my own for the first time in my life, which will be very strange.
What makes me the saddest is that I’ll, most likely, be moving out into a dorm, which is exciting too! I’ll be with friends, surrounded by people who relate to me, and having my own space will be nice. But, this is going to be the hardest for me because my mom, and my sisters mean the absolute world to me. I do not want to leave them. When I have to say goodbye to them, it’s going to be extremely difficult. They’ve been there for me every single moment of my life, through thick and thin, and I don’t even want to think about moving away. It’ll take a lot of getting used to at first, but I’ll adjust to college life rather quickly I feel.
College excites me so much, though! I’m not sure what I’m going to do yet. I wanna join a sorority, but most likely I’ll just be in a dorm. Sororities seem like a lot of time, dedication, and work anyways. So, I don’t know if I can be in a sorority, and deal with college work at the same time. It seems like a lot to handle. Maybe I’ll get to try, we’ll see. I’m excited!
I am so eager for college, and excited to see what the future holds for me. College is full of opportunities, and maybe one of these days I’ll get the opportunity of a lifetime. Everyone always says how college is the best four years of your life. However, college is going to be a lot of hard work, but I am more than ready to put in some effort!

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Anxiety vs. Depression
While many people do not know the main concepts on mental health and the disorders that come with it, anxiety and depression are two of the most critical and uneducated mental health disorders there are. Along with the many similarities there comes differences with such disorders. There are reasons they are caused and ways they can be prevented. Symptoms range from serious to minor and even symptoms that only show up for certain people. With so many people being diagnosed with these disorders we should not only educate ourselves but educate the ones with these disorders enough to the point where we understand the concepts that make up both mental illnesses.
For anyone with a disorder, the unknowing is traumatizing, the wandering of why such a disorder would possibly happen to you. Surprisingly though more than 40 million adults are affected by anxiety and 16.2 million are affected by depression. For those numbers to be so high, we should begin to go through the process of how these things happen. We should be more educated on what causes these traumatic disorders to so many people. ("Depression: Facts, Statistics, And You.") ("Facts & Statistics | Anxiety And Depression Association Of America, ADAA.")
With there not being any specific way to get anxiety, the causes and reasons are greater than any. Whether it is being traced through your family or starting up on its own, there is more than those reasons for it to happen. Anxiety can be, of course, brought on by if family members have had it before, and even if you experience traumatic events like abuse, loss of a loved one or chronic physical illness. With these not being every single way a person can go through anxiety, they are triggers that show up in most mental health patients.
As well with anxiety, there are ways to cause or trigger depression, some being relatively similar. Depression is a disorder in the brain that is triggered by genetic characteristics, changes in hormone levels, certain medical illnesses, stress, grief, or substance abuse. With these being bad enough on their own, if these triggers are combined, they can make the symptoms and recovery process harder and longer. But they still affect the human brain that leads up towards depression.
Along with disorders comes many long and short-lived symptoms. Some are more serious and others are minor. Symptoms are the hardest part of any disorder because of the not knowing how serious they could be or long they could last. The worrying and stressing of these symptoms doesn’t make them better with though. But even with both disorders being different, the symptoms they share are equal.
With every disorder or mental illness, there are symptoms. Some are more drown out and the person has to live with them longer, others notice the symptom and soon remove it from their life; either way, it affects the human brain and bodily functions just as much. According to (“Causes of Anxiety and Depression: Symptoms and Signs.”) the most common symptoms are the feeling of nervousness, restlessness, severe panic attacks, sweating, fatigue, rapid heart rate, chest pains, and difficulty concentrating. All these symptoms lead up to the main disorder of anxiety.
Just as any brain disorder, depression has its symptoms. Many symptoms can be shown differently in everyday life, such as feelings, behaviors, thoughts and even physical problems. As said in (““Depression: What Are Signs and Symptoms.””) these symptoms include loss of interest, guilt, hopelessness, trouble making decisions, concentrating, harmful thoughts, showing distance in people, substance abuse, tiredness, weight loss, and gain, and changes in sleep. Of course, every person lets the symptoms affect and hurt them differently.
Of course just like any other disorder people want to find ways to cope. Not all work for certain people but they are usually your only hope. Some may take a few days,others monthss and even some take years. Some may take money but either with how many people have these disorders, it shows just how much help they actually need. Finding help and a way to cope will better their lives and future.
Even with people who suffer from PTSD or have trouble with anything else in life, there are certain ways people like to cope. Some people try to ignore the whole problem entirely and slowly destroy themselves more, some like to self medicate themselves because of they don’t want to be wrong, but there healthy and stable ways to find help and cope with these disorders. Most the time disorders like these that deal with the same concepts in symptoms and causes, share similarities in help and coping mechanisms.
A main way people try to cope, according to (““How To Deal with Anxiety and Worry | THIS WAY UP.””) is to gain back control. Losing control over your emotions and feelings is a effect of anxiety and it really takes a toll on people. Within this process of gaining back control, it is key for people to relax, plan activities, exercise, and eliminate all negative thoughts. Of course with any disorde,r you can see a doctor. With anxiety being relatively linked to depression, you can see a doctor or get medication for both of these
Just like anxiety different therapies are available to help cope with depression. Such therapies, as said in (““How To Deal with Anxiety and Worry | THIS WAY UP.””) like CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy.) Both these therapies require a effort towards the activities required and to target your negative and biased thoughts, just like anxiety.
Just like every other disorder there similarities and differences; whether they be found in the ways to cope, how they happen or even symptoms. Every person with these disorders should know everything that comes with it, through the complicated stages to the simple ones. The obvious facts and statistics should show just how important these disorders are. According to ("Facts & Statistics | Anxiety And Depression Association Of America, ADAA.”") anxiety affects 40 million adults a year, everyone should know the basics of it, especially since only 36.9% of people diagnosed get treatment. With depression, more than 19 million people are affected by some type of depressive illness. These statistics are unbelievable and show a great deal about our country and world. With people dying around the world from diseases we can’t cure, it shows shame on the diseases, such as anxiety and depression, that have cures and have stable ways to find help. Overall there should not be a single human who can’t find help for these disorders. The signs show up and the help is there. We can’t let it slip through our fingers because these disorders seem “smaller” than others. The differences and similarities are there, they are eye opening and they should be making a difference in a way we see them. We have to stop belittling these disorders and make a difference and impact on the effects they have. Similarities and differences come small and big, but they are for sure important for everyone to know.

Comparison and Contrast Essay - Gage Crews

Which Type of Therapist Is Best For You?

Have you ever seen two things so much alike, but so different? Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy are alike, but also different. They both make good money, and have many jobs to fulfill. While they are two completely different occupations, they are both used to heal a patient. Whether it be recovering from a knee replacement or a baby not knowing how to use its hand, one of these therapists can help someone recover from this. Even though these careers have their negatives, they both are great careers for anyone interested in helping people get through tough times.

An internet article states that Physical therapists are well educated health care professionals who can help patients reduce pain or restore mobility(Jason). They save thousands of patients a year from having to have a surgery, and they can reduce the need of long term prescriptions. They also help maintain mobility instead of losing it, during a point in someone's life.  A patient can go to a physical therapist to get a fitness plan. PT’s write plans out, using treatment techniques to promote the ability to move around, remove pain, and prevent disabilities.  Physical Therapist primarily work to heal or prevent injuries. Their goal is to get patients back to normal by exercise, massage, or other techniques. They also evaluate or diagnose movement dysfunctions and treat the tissues or structures. 

Occupational Therapists help clients go throughout life after an injury. They teach you how to use something that you didn’t know how to do before. They improve independence and the ability to do daily activities. They primarily work on teaching muscles and other body parts how to work, instead of building up that muscle like a physical therapist. 

 These careers are alike, both offer rehabilitation care to recover from injuries or care for disabilities. Both Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist educate their patients on how to prevent future injuries, how to heal, and how to help the way of life and movement. Both of these jobs are important to recover from injuries. They are also similar in their education, both require a bachelor degree, and three years of graduate school.

Both careers have an assistant job, a physical therapist assistant, and an occupational therapist assistant. Both of these jobs are two year programs(associate degree), and are offered at many colleges. These are for the people who want to do all the same things as their “big brother”, but have less ability, less entitlement, and less education, but they also make less money. The salary of a PTA (physical therapist assistant) is $52,000 a year, while an OTA (occupational therapist assistant) is $56,000. 

An occupational therapist is someone who helps people from all ages, shapes, and sizes. They can help babies, to also helping eighty year old men. They help people engage in their daily life. From making it through a work day to rolling out of bed without hurting yourself, occupational therapist help do it all. They work in schools, to help kids with disabilities of behavior or physical behavior. They can also work in nursing homes, to help old men or old women deal with Alzheimer's, take a shower, or even recover from a stroke.

Occupational therapy is a masters degree. It takes about 7 years to obtain this degree. You graduate occupational therapy school and become a OTR, a registered occupational therapist. An internet article says they make about $90,000 a year, both nationally and in Arkansas (salary). There are many open jobs for OTRs, their outlook is 27%. The job consist of a lot more females than males, 90% to 10%. There are a lot more opportunities to become an occupational therapist than a physical therapist. There are 15 occupational therapy schools in Arkansas. Explore Health Careers website says “OTR’s working environment can vary as far as a hospital to a high school. They offer healthcare and community settings.” (Occupational Therapy) A typical occupational therapist works a 40 hour work week, but over 30% work part-time. While they do some of their job in an office, they typically stay on their feet many hours of the day,

To become a physical therapist, you need to get a bachelor's degree in health or exercise science, and then apply for doctorate school. It is a 7 year process to become a physical therapist, but the countless hours of school is worth it. After school, you will have to pass an exam. Once you pass this, you are a certified DPT, a doctor of physical therapy. They make about $85,000 nationally, and $80,000 in Arkansas. The job outlook of physical therapists is high, at 34%. Females outweigh males, at 64% to 36%.

There are few schools to get into for physical therapy, only 3 in Arkansas.  These are University of Central Arkansas, Arkansas State University, and Harding University. It is extremely difficult to get into these schools. You must be determined to get through all the tough classes. According to an internet website, University of Central Arkansas’ DPT program has a 95% graduation rate, and a 100% employment rate (University of Central Arkansas|UCA) This shows how serious students take the course.

Physical therapist have a work environment like occupational therapist. They work in clinics, hospitals, and schools. They can also be found working in nursing homes, helping old people get their physical abilities back. Physical therapist stay on their feet many hours of the day, but they also sit in an office too. They spend most of their day working with patients or filling out paperwork.

Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist are both good fields to enter. They both have high job outlooks, and they pay pretty well. Although  they both require a significant amount of education, it is worth it in the end. It is relieving to see an impact in someone’s life, knowing that you had something to do with it.

Compare and Contrast Essay - Lexi Hall

Lexi Hall

Jamie Larkin

Composition I

ENG 1003

September 9, 2018

Comparing Different Aspects of High School and College

It’s hard to make adjustments after you become accustomed to something like high school. We’ve been doing it nine months out of the year for six years. After high school, students either enter the workforce, or attend college and further their education. The students who go to college say it’s like a foreign culture to them (Nelson). It’s typically not the way students are used to attending school or learning. There are many differences and similarities between being a student in high school and being a student at an university.

In college the intensity of classes begin to increase opposed to high school. Not only academically but socially. In most high schools everyone knows everyone or majority of students do, but in college it’s not that way in most classes.

My cousin attends college at Arkansas State University and so does my sister. They started to school on a Monday and were getting to know how college classes worked and who was in their classes. Friday rolls around with their first week of classes ending and my cousin spots my sister in the same lecture class. She walked up to her and asked her where she had been at. My sister said that she had been in class each day, and neither of them had seen each other in this particular class until Friday. This is one example of how many students are in one class for someone to not recognize someone they know.

On average in a lecture class there is around one-hundred and fifty to three hundred students in the class at once (Wcccd.edu.). At the high school I attend, the largest class I have has twenty-six students in it. I know everyone in my classes by name, but in college there’s no way to do that with the number of students in most classes. Also, in these types of classes they don’t really talk to other classmates unless they need help with something. This can also come with its advantages though. Having so many different students in each class, gives many opportunities to make new friends. In high school we have attended K-12 with majority of the same classmates. By the time we get to high school we have the same six or seven close friends that we’ve always had. After high school some of us split apart and attend different colleges. College and high school are  similar because they bring friends together. Most friends that people have were made in high school or college. It brings people from all types of backgrounds and places together, which can lead to lifelong friendships. College gives us the opportunity to make new friendships. Social interaction is just one way that college is very different and similar to high school.

Academics is everything we’re going for, whether in college or in high school. One makes it much harder than the other though. According to the article “How Do College Freshmen View The Academic Differences Between High School And College”, students said that college classes are much harder and much more in depth compared to high school classes (How Do College Freshmen View The Academic Differences Between High School And College?). While in high school some students don’t have to study for any tests or exams they may have. Others, on the other hand really have to take the time and study hard. In college almost everyone needs to study diligently. Another student from the same article, said that in highschool when we were given reading to do at home no one really had to read it. In college you have to read everything you’re given (How Do College Freshmen View The Academic Differences Between High School And College?). You can’t be unfocused in college like in high school because you will miss something that you need to know.

Also, when we apply for college we have to get scholarships, loans, grants, or some way to pay for college. Majority of scholarships given out have a GPA requirement for students. That means passing classes is important because you’re held to a certain standard to be able to keep the scholarship. Studying needs to be done in college, not only because classes are harder than they were in high school, but you have to be able to pass classes with acceptable grades. Studying and class work aren’t the only thing harder about college classes.

Professors aren’t as helpful as teachers are in high school. Teachers tend to remind you of upcoming deadlines and assignments, whereas professors don’t. They don’t really care if students turn their work in on time, or if they’re passing their classes with good grades.  Most teachers on the other hand, do care about all of these things. They are trying to get students grades up, and they are also giving reminders throughout the week of upcoming deadlines. College needs to be more difficult for obvious reasons. People are getting prepared to be surgeons, doctors, accountants, teachers, or whatever they’re going to college to be. Therefore, these professors must expect a lot out of students. No one wants a surgeon who doesn’t know what utensil to use to open their heart with. We trust surgeons and doctors because they went through an intense amount of schooling to get their degree. There are reasons behind the work getting more difficult as you go. It’s even like that in high school, eleventh grade is harder than tenth grade and twelfth grade is harder than eleventh grade. It gets harder as we go along to better prepare us. Teachers allow students to drop in any time of the day for help. Professors have certain hours that they allow students to drop by, which means they must make their schedule work around the professors. College is more complicated in many aspects, but one that is for sure more difficult is academics.

High school is more simple than college in more ways than one. Athletics is a major one that is easier. Now, I’m not saying each game played in high school is an easy win because it’s not. The competition in high school is still difficult as in college but it increases in college.

When you play sports in high school coaches have to play with whoever tries out on the team, and there really are no academic benefits to playing sports in high school. College offers so much to student athletes. When students in high school are exceptional players, college coaches offer them scholarships to come to their university and play while their academics is getting paid for. That’s one positive to playing sports in college. Students who accept to go play at an university, shows they’re able to compete at the next level. Coaches in college get to pick who they want on their team, which means they get the best players from all around the world. Just like all sports teams, they’re competing against so many schools to see if they’re better than the next school. You have all the best players competing against each other making the level of competition go up by a lot. Competition isn’t the only difference that makes college sports divergent from high school. On the basketball court the three point line gets farther away from the goal, coaches get harder on their players, players get stronger, and all of these differ from high school.

In high school most programs don’t prepare athletes for college sports but others do. Even when coaches are preparing their athletes for college or not free time is there. High school sports aren’t as consuming as college sports. In college free time is limited from all the training, practicing, and team building that goes into it. According to Jaimie Duffek, head recruiting softball coach at Drake University,  she says “When you’re a freshman in college, you’re training on the same program as 21 and 22-year-olds and they push you. Every practice is like an All-Star game.” (Jaimie Duffek). Athletics change majorly from high school to college. People don’t realize all the rules that change for every sport along with the intensity. The whole environment changes from high school sports to the next level of college sports. College athletics can make the enjoyment of the sport increase because the competition is more intense.

Enjoy the simplicity that high school offers because everything seems to get  harder once students attend college. The social aspects of college increase with more people and the extra  opportunities to interact with new people. Athletes experience greater competition than they did in high school sports. Academics get harder and require more studying than teachers required/expected in high school. In many ways things grow more difficult in college, but there are many pros to college that are cons in high school and vice versa. Both college and high school have their very own differences and similarities. Each are times in our lives that we will never get back, so enjoy everything that each have to offer to their students.  

Works Cited

1. "How Do College Freshmen View The Academic Differences Between High School And College?." http://www.apa.org. N. p., 2018. Web. 22 Sept. 2018.

2. Jaimie Duffek, NCSA Head Recruiting Coach et al. "Five Major Differences Between High School And College Sports." USA TODAY High School Sports. N. p., 2017. Web. 22 Sept. 2018.

3. Wcccd.edu. N. p., 2018. Web. 27 Sept. 2018.

4. Nelson, Vicki. "The Culture Shock Of Adjusting To College." College Parent Central. N. p., 2014. Web. 2 Oct. 2018.

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The Tale of Two Cooperstown Greats

Both Greg Maddux and Randy Johnson are known for their tremendous pitching abilities and their crazy stats that they put up over the years. Their numbers are mind blowing the more you look at them. Really the only big difference between the two of them is their height. Randy Johnson stands at a whopping 6’10”. Greg Maddux on the other hand is 6’0”. Maddux and Johnson are both icons in all of baseball and their legacy still lives on to this day.

Greg Maddux was born April 14, 1966 in San Angelo, Texas. He spent most of his childhood overseas in Spain because his dad was stationed there in the Air Force. According to (GamesCricketRugbyCFL) “Once he got back into the U.S. him and his family moved from Texas to Indiana, North Dakota, California, and then finally landing in Las Vegas”.

Greg fell in love with baseball at a very young age along with his brother Mike Maddux. Their father is who made both of them fall in love with baseball. Even when they lived in Spain, Greg and his brother found a time to play baseball. After school everyday, Greg and Mike would go outside and play baseball.

Greg graduated from Valley High School. He played American Legion Baseball with Post 8. He was named the Graduate of the Year in 1984. He was drafted in the second round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft by the Chicago Cubs. He had the option of going to college or just cut straight to signing a deal with the team. He did just that and the two sides met on an $82,000 deal.

That decision paid off for him. Two years later he found himself standing on an MLB mound for the first time. On September 3, 1986, Greg Maddux made his MLB debut. His first appearance came as a pinch runner in the 17th inning against the Astros. The next inning he pitched and allowed a home run while taking the loss.

Greg struggled in his first full season in the majors. He went 6-14 with a 5.61 ERA. His next year started a streak that will be remembered for years to come. In 1988 he went 18-8 with a 3.18 ERA. That began a streak of 17 straight seasons in which Greg totaled up at least 15 wins every season. That just so happens to be the MLB record.

From then on out Greg became the ace of the Cubs’ rotation. He led the Cubs to their second ever National League East Division championship in 1989. He started the first game of the NLCS but gave up 8 runs by the 4th inning and was replaced before the 5th. They lost the NLCS that year.

He signed a deal with the Atlanta Braves in 1993. That's when his career really took off. He had a strong season as he led the NL in ERA and had an excellent 20-10 record. He won his second straight Cy Young Award that year as well. He was having a career year in 1994 with a 1.56 ERA but the season was cut short due to the players strike that took place. He ended up winning his third Cy Young Award though.

The next year proved even better for Maddux. He was dominant as usual all throughout the season. He pitched 51 consecutive innings without letting up a walk. He led the Braves to the World Series. He lost in his outing in Game 5 but the Braves still won the World Series. Maddux took home his 4th Cy Young Award becoming the first player to ever win 4 Cy Young Awards in a row.

Randy Johnson was born on September 10, 1963 in Walnut Creek, California. He attended school at Livermore High School. He was amazing even in high school where he struck out 121 batters in 66 innings. He even threw a perfect game in his last start in high school. According to ("Randy Johnson." En.wikipedia.org.) “He got drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1982 draft but turned down their offer of $50,000 so he could go to college at the University of Southern California”.

A few years later in 1985 he was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the second round. He would make his Major League debut a few short years later on September 15, 1988 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He earned the victory and would go 3-0 with a  2.42 ERA in four games in 1988.

The next year it got turned completely upside down. He went 0-4 with a 6.67 ERA through 7 games. He was then traded to the Seattle Mariners. His career still didn’t take off quite as much as anyone anticipated. He had lessons with legendary pitcher, Nolan Ryan, and instantly started dominating.

In 1993, Johnson had a 19-8 record along with a 3.24 ERA. This was the first season he would have more than 300 strikeouts in a season. He also recorded his 1,000th career strikeout that year.

Johnson, like Maddux, pitched really well in the 1994 season. He went 18-2 with an ERA of 2.48. He also recorded 294 strikeouts that season. Johnson would take home the American League Cy Young Award which was very much deserved. Unfortunately this was the strike shortened season.

In 1999 Johnson agreed to join the Arizona Diamondbacks on a four year deal with a fifth year option. Most people remember him playing for the Diamondbacks. He was excellent for them. In his first year with the team he led them to the playoffs with a 17-9 record and a 2.48 ERA and 364 strikeouts. He won the 1999 NL Cy Young Award. According to ("Randy Johnson." En.wikipedia.org.) “He became only the third pitcher ever to win the Cy Young Award in both the American and National League”.

In his fourth year with the DBacks, he and Curt Schilling led the team to their first appearance and win in the World Series. He won the World Series MVP award as well. One of the things Randy Johnson is most known for is killing a bird with his pitch. On March 24, 2001, he delivered a pitch to home and a bird crossed paths with the ball and it struck the bird killing it instantly. It is certainly one of the most strangest things to ever happen on a baseball field.

He became to 30th pitcher in MLB history to pitch an immaculate inning meaning he struck out the side on 9 pitches. In 2002, Johnson won the pitching Triple Crown. It means he led the NL in wins, ERA, and strikeouts. He, like Maddux, won his fourth straight Cy Young Award.

Both were really great pitchers. I honestly think they are the two greatest pitchers to ever take the mound in the game of baseball. They both have many other great accomplishments that I didn’t include. The list seems endless for their achievements in both of their careers. They are still highly respected to this day because of the impact they left on the game of baseball. They serve as inspiration to many young MLB players.

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Tiffany Fulcher- Comparison and Contrast Essay

As a child, did you ever wish that you were an adult? Or as an adult, did you ever wish that you could go back to being a child? Childhood and adulthood occur at different times in a person’s life. Childhood comes first. It’s the time you spend growing up. When a person gets to be eighteen, a person is considered to be an adult and entering adulthood. Adulthood is from that time and lasts for the rest of a person’s life. They are both are stages of life. Childhood and adulthood are similar and different when it comes to the behavior, responsibilities, and the fact that a person is growing and learning as an individual.

Children have less responsibilities than adults. Adults have to support themselves, whereas children have their parents or guardians to support and take care of them. When a person reaches a time in their life when they are considered an adult, they have to go out and get a job to make their own money for the things that they need. Adults have to get their own home, pay bills, do taxes, be smart with their money, and provide themselves with food and other necessities. Children are able to be less responsible than adults because they do not have to take care of themselves. A child has to depend on their parents to take care of them due to the fact that they aren’t capable of taking care of themselves. They depend on their parents for food, money, a home, and other things they might need while growing up. A child doesn’t have to worry about bills and taxes. In an article on Teen Ink, it said “Children prove to have a much easier lifestyle than adults, and have to only worry about few things” (Maturity: Childhood Vs. Adulthood). Responsibilities that a child never had to worry about growing up appear when they reach adulthood.

A child’s behavior differs from that of an adult’s. Children are less mature and seem to act wild in a comparison to adults. This can be due to the fact that children’s brains are not completely developed like an adult is. This can have an effect on the maturity level of a person. Boy’s brains aren’t fully developed until they are around twenty-five years old, which means a boy’s behavior is going to be different than a grown man’s behavior. A grown man will act mature and responsible, and a boy may act wild, irresponsible, and not do what they are told. With girls, their brains do not fully develop until they are around eighteen years old. This may be the reason that young girls are not as mature and responsible as a grown woman. Someone whose brain isn’t fully developed may tend to make riskier decisions than a person with a fully developed brain (At What Age Is The Brain Fully Developed). An adult might look at a child as if they are not well-behaved, but the reason for that could be simply that their brains aren’t fully developed during childhood.

The independence and amount of freedom for adults and children are different. A child has the freedom their parents or guardians allow them to have. Some children have little freedom while others have more. Children can’t do whatever they want to do. They have to obey their parents and follow the rules set for them by adults. Adults have more freedom and independence than children. They are able to do whatever they want to do as long as it is not breaking any laws. Adults stay out for as long as they want, go wherever they want to go whenever they want to go, and more. They are able to do more than children. It’s usually the lack of freedom and independence that a child has that makes them wish that they were already an adult while they are growing up.

The actions of a person changes from the time when they are in their childhood to the time they reach adulthood. Adults have to go out into the world and get jobs to support themselves. The chance to get a job as an adult can make a person grow more responsible and change their actions to where they are doing more productive things instead of childish things they would do when they were a child. A child doesn’t have to go out and gain responsibility by taking care of themselves so their actions are usually less productive than adults.

Decision making becomes more difficult in adulthood than it is in childhood. Children do not have to make all of their decisions on their own. Their parents will help them with decisions if they need them to. A child won’t have extremely difficult decisions to make. For example, a hard decision for them may be choosing how to handle a situation involving peer pressure from others. It may seem like a hard decision as a child, but if you are an adult, it doesn’t seem hard. Decisions in adulthood are difficult. An adult might have to choose which college to go to, which career they want to go in, or how to remove themselves out of situations involving conflict. Children and adults both have to make decisions, but childhood decisions will be easier most of the time since people will be there to help make a decision. Adults don’t always have people their to help them make a decision.

Immediate family for a person can be different during their childhood and adulthood. In a person’s childhood, their family will most likely consist of their parents and siblings in they’ve got any. It might become different after a person reaches adulthood because they might have their own family consisting of a spouse and children. Their spouse and children might become the family that they care about most, not that they would care about their siblings or parents any less. They’ll just feel the need to care more and watch our for their own family rather than continue always looking out for their parents and siblings.

A similarity in childhood and adulthood is the fact that during both stages of life, a person is still growing and learning as an individual. There is never a time in someone’s life where they’ll know everything there is to know about this life and how things work. Children are going to have more learning experiences and chances to grow than adults because children are relatively new to the world and have to learn everything as they go along. Adults are still learning as they get older. They just aren’t learning as much due to the fact that more learning happens during the childhood stage of life. Everyone, no matter what age, is always going to learn new things and life lessons.

In both childhood and adulthood, a person needs to have people around them that are going to support and encourage them through difficult times. A child would most likely have their parents or guardians to help support and encourage them with things in their lives. Children could possibly have siblings to be there for them as well whenever they need them. An adult isn’t always going to have their parents, guardians, or siblings around to be there for them when they need some support or encouragement with things that are going on in their life. That’s one downside to adulthood. As an adult, people have to learn that their parents won’t always be there. Throughout childhood and adulthood, there are going to occasions and circumstances where a person might need support and encouragement from someone else, a shoulder to lean on. A child will most likely have their family for that, whereas adults might have to use their close friends. It doesn’t matter if a person is a child or an adult, everyone needs some support every once in a while.

Everyone is going to go through the stages of life. Everyone goes from being a child to an adult. Childhood is a time in a person’s life where they can grow as an individual and learn things they will need to know when they are an adult. Adulthood is a time in a person’s life where they’re going to have to be responsible and learn how to take care of themselves to establish a healthy and honest living. When it comes to behavior, actions, and responsibilities, there is a difference, but no matter the age, a person is always growing and learning. Childhood and adulthood are a part of life and we have to go through the easier way of life as a kid before getting thrown into the real world to be on our own as an adult.