During our visit to the NBA official office, we learned a lot about athletes’ mental health and gender inequality. One of the most important things that we learned one of the biggest things that affects athletes is the ability to see if I can or am weak. “It takes a lot of strength to say…
Our Interview With The Athletes Mental Health Foundation.
by Harry Davenport
Her son was the first person who made sure that mental health was an issue people were aware of. we also learned that it’s not always diagnosed issues that athletes fall with, it’s also just anxiety and stress that people have. adding onto that, apparently as an athlete, it’s really important to mentally prepare yourself…
Speaking The Truth From an X Games Gold Medalist, Alex Scholpy
by Harry Davenport
In this fieldwork, I learned so much. For example, X games athletes, or any athlete who participates in action sports are so eager for adrenaline that they will sometimes abuse substances to get through to themselves again when they have that buzz of adrenaline. Apparently not getting a trick was also fuel for that fire……
The Day we Went to The UN
by Harry Davenport
Today we went to the UN, and we went to the majority of the meeting rooms and saw how they organize them, sometimes based on the color of the chairs, and sometimes based on the rankings of the people. We saw some artifacts from the Nagasaki bombing. We also saw some artifacts that had been salvaged from the bombing, including a statue of a woman. it was face down, so if you looked at the back it was completely melted. One of my favorite things that we saw was a brick that had been made out of compacted plastic. it was really cool to see on the screen that they had managed to make a building for the children to learn in and be safe. for some reason, it kinda reminded me of the hunger games or the perge.
