Blog Post 3/ Challenge 2

Alan Webb is an outstanding runner who accomplished the unbelievable. He is the current American record holder for the mile. He ran in high school just like I did and from there on he broke records and impressed everyone. He was a star from the start who was ambitious and had a dream.

I joined track and field as a junior right after leaving the baseball team. My biggest fear was my bold move to switch sports would fail. I had no clue what I was in for, I didn't know how fast my competition was , and I didn't know how fast I was. Just like Alan, I slowly started standing out to people. He got a scholarship to a big university just like me, which I will always be proud of for the both of us.

I watched a bunch of videos, saw many pictures, and even looked up all of his records and races. Throughout his career he progressed, and the way he ran showed me he was confident in himself. I was not confident at first but I slowly came out of my shell and became very confident not only as a runner but as a person. I admire his ambition; not to win, but to make himself better throughout his journey and having the great character to be humble about it every step of the way. My goal is to become the best student I can be through my dream school UF, athletically excel throughout my college years while staying humble throughout it all.

Challenge Check In #3

TO: Mikayla Beaudrie

FROM: Andrew Llewellyn

DATE: July 25, 2014

SUBJECT: The Yellow Wall-paper

Due to an increased notice on the subject of feminism this story gives an example of their deprivation of rights. During the 1970s there was a 78% increase in protest of women's rights.  With technology connecting everyone involved in the rights movement the protest began. Technology connected everyone through the use of:

• Television
• Radio
• Telephone
• Internet

 They felt trapped by man, society and within themselves. All the years went by and no woman had the courage to stand up for their rights until this time.Women were no longer happy being unequal to men and many changes happened rapidly.

Significant Changes

Shifting towards the peak of the movement getting the idea out there was no problem any more it was about actual change. It went from ranting about rights to seeing them on paper with new laws created. After the first year they were officially allowed to vote over 70% of the female population voted. Only 17% of women were in office in the 1970's now there's over 40%. Jane Addams along with many other activists were head of these movements. Because of them a strong change has happened equaling woman to man. By refocusing on new problematic areas of the US they have affected many new areas of society and opened up many new opportunities for modern day women.