Imagine waking up for school,the first full week,you see in big letters CHICAGO PUBLIC  TEACHERS ON STRIKE,which means no school. For the past week there has been a strike going on in chicgao. Teachers are one strike for many reasons. The main reasons are lower health care costs,a raise in pay,knowing that their jobs are secure and about test scores of students affecting their pay. There is over 3,000 teachers on strike. A strike I am against for the many selfish reasons the strike is for.
    The teachers that are on strike believe what they are doing is right and benefiting everyone. Instead it is doing more hurt than good. With the teachers not teaching,there about 350,000 students at home or on the streets. It is also affecting the parents who don't have places to put their kids,so they have to stay at home from work or take the kids to work. Another thing is that because the students aren't in class they are not learning and are going to have to make up all the work they have missed. "We know that a strike will put a strain on many families, and no one will be hurt more by a strike than our students," said
    One of the main reasons for the strike is that teachers want higher salaries. I think that this is wrong. The main reason why I think that this is wrong is because they are already making close to $80,000 a year. They also get 2.5 million dollers each when they retire.However cost of living might be higher in Chicago, $80,000 still makes a pretty good lifestyle and 2.5 million makes a pretty good retirement fund. Also the teachers should be happy that they even have jobs in this bad economy and the teachers should love what they do and it shouldn't be all about the money. In a long term affect, the teachers striking are also hurting the economy. This is beacuse the students are not getting an education because they are sitting at home which means that they won't get good jobs when they are older which will lead to  higher unemployment rate in the future. 
    Lastly the main reason I am against this strike is that as the teachers are striking some may not go back after the strike is over which means bad teachers are replacing good teachers. Which means if they all have job security bad teachers could be teaching and not be fired. Which is un-fair because the teachers could not teach and they could be mean but students will have to suffer and not learn. 
    As you can see the strike is wrong is, it is affecting the education of students and it is showing that the government isn't in charge which bothers me the most. Even though the stike is over, the affects of the strike will still be seen. The government having to pay teachers more and bad teachers are still teaching. Do you believe that the government should of given the teachers what they wanted?

 Think about the athletes you saw at the Olympics. How do they take care of their health? What are some things you do or eat that they would not?  Most of us watched the Olympic games, we saw the athletes sweat,swim for hours,beat world records and saw the amazing sculpted bodies. As you saw most of the athletes were pretty healthy,but how do they stay healthy despite all the traveling,meeting fans and cold season? 
  To most athletes their body makes their career. If you are out of shape and unhealthy you won't be able to go through training,drills and the routines of a athlete. To keep themselves healthy they have to take many precautions. One of the main things is keeping hydrated and eating the right things. The other thing is constanly working out because if they stop it hurts their body and it messes up their whole system. During cold seasons olypic althetes have to stay well. They usually isolate them selves from the sick and get their shots.
   The amount of calorie consuption is very important for Olympic athletes . They consume from around 4,000 to 6,000 calories a day due to the amount of training they do everyday. However fluid amount differs on the type of olympics,Winter or Summer. In a study conducted by Nanna Meyer, a nutritionist, showed that fluid and calorie consumption was less for Winter Olympic athletes because they sweat less than the Summer Olympic athletes do.
    I don't know about you but what I eat and do is totally different then what an Olympic athlete would do. To begin with I eat about 2,000 calories a day and consume very little sodium unlike professional athletes who eat about on average 5,000 calories and consume a lot of sodium to replenish  the sodium they lost during training. Another thing is that I have a little bit of a sweet tooth and professional athletes probably try to stay as far away as they can from sweets. The amount of exercise I do is nothing compared to an Olympic Athletes. I work out 3-4 times a day for an hour and I have physical education unlike the athletes who train and work out on average 24-36 hours a week. 
    So I must say I am not healthier than an athletes. They go above and beyond to keep their number one possession as healthy as it can be. So do you think you are healthier than a Missy May or a Ryan Lochte? 

  I have been training all my life for this moment. Not many people keep on going after all the injuries, the pain and the tears. However I did. I made it to the 2028 Olympics in San Diego. I will be competing with the best, but after tonight I will be the best in Pole Vault. My turn is up,the ebullient crowd is cheering and waving the U.S. flag. I feel like my heart is about to burst out of my body. The bell goes"Bing!" and I salute to the let the judges know I am ready.
  Shifting my feet back and forth, the adrenaline is taking over, I begin to run. My name is John Paul and I am from Detroit. I am fifteen years old, a straight a student,  I lived in a terrible neighborhood where there were gangs and violence all the time, and sports aren't a big thing. I lived with my mom Shirley,a fragile Irish lady, who has gone through so many things. My father left us after my brother was murdered in a gang shooting. My mother was afarid that I was going to turn to drugs to cope with everything that has happened. So one day she went out of town to find a sports center for me to participate in. She found the I and C track and field center about fifty miles from the house. Without asking me for my opinion, she signed me for the Pole Vault team. I didn't even know what Pole Vaulting was!
    I stick the pole in the ground. The next week my mom took me to the center where I was going to meet my coach. My coach was Lin,a funny looking Asian man,he was won five championship titles in his career. I though he was a cool dude but he is tougher than a lion trying to fight a predator! The next day I woke up at 5 am in the morning to go to practice. At practice I kept falling,falling and knocking the stand down. I felt like a loser especially with the other members glowering at me through the corner of their eyes. I went home that day with my gym bag as the "thugs" in the neighborhood , leaning and smoking,yell remarks at me like "Save your time boy,your never going to get out of this town." The next day I woke up with blisters on my hands the size of Jupiter. 
    Flying in the air, I know I have won. After three years of intense training, people denying me and winning a plethora of awards, I was ready to go higher in my training. I got my first scholarship offer to the University of North Carolina [UNC]. A year into college I made the top 10 in Pole Vaulting in the Unites States. I was sitting in my room studying for a major test and the phone rang. My mom was on the line and she was crying. My heart drop faster than a alka seltzer tablet dissolves in water. "You did it!' she cried. " Mom, what did I do! Is everything okay?" I whispered. That night I found out that I made to the Olympic Trials and I have made my dream come true. 
   I was so excited but nervous. I called my coach and he yelled" I couldn't keep it a secret anymore!" The next day was my birthday, I was turning 19. My friend Jake, a tall nerd,and I decided to go skateboarding. We were both drunk and stupid. I got on the skateboard and went down this new ramp,right when I was about to get off I fell and "Pop" went my ankle.
    Thump! Went my feet on the mat. I have finished my routine.That night when I sprang my ankle was one of the scariest moments in my life. I didn't know if I could compete in the Olympic Trials. At the trials my ankle was throbbing but I ignored it. My name is called and I run, nail  the pole in the ground,fly over the post and land on the mat. The next thing I remember is my mom attacking me and yelling" You did it!' and Coach Lin crying. I did it, I made the United States Pole Vaulting Olympic Team! 
    I get off the mat.The crowd is cheering,yelling my name. It was the happiest moments of my life.After the judges tallied the score, the announcer's voice came on and he announced my score, clear,crisp and loud. I stood there,frozen like a popsicle in a freezer. I was 0.01 points away from being on the podium.However I was not upset. Growing up in the projects and having people deny my efforts, I believe I have made it far enough, To be honest I will keep on trying and training. The games will see me in the next four years, on the podium with a medal around my neck.