Monday, January 9, 2012
Inspired Redux?
How does the Danny McCaskill Way Back Home presentation relate to your world? Can his new exploits connect with your academic endeavors? Again, did he make you look twice? Did he inspire and motivate you? Other reactions? Please connect and comment using complete sentences. This blog post should be completed by Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 at 2:30p.m.
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I guess this video can relate to my world through all the obstacles we all have to face in life. In this video he does a lot of cool tricks with hard obstacles. His exploits can connect to my academics I guess because he makes the tricks his own and he masters them, so I guess you could connect that through you have to fit yourself to school and make your work your own. He was also very motivating and inspiring. Inspiring because you know he is one of the very best at what he does and it kind of makes you want to go out and dedicate your life to just being really good at something you love.
Danny McCaskill can relate to everyone in different ways, but to me personally it reminds me of my swimming endeavors. Danny didn't know how to ride a bike at one point in his life, and I didn't know how to swim at one point. Look where he is now, and I can certainly look at where I am now, qualifying for high school state, making the Colorado All Star Team, and qualifying for a full meet at sectionals at only 14. We both have something to look at in our lives and be proud of the progress we've made with starting with nothing, working hard every day to make it into something, and having it turn out to be our life. He is very inspiring to me because he keeps giving me the thought that anything is possible. Be creative and don't ever give up on yourself is what I get from his videos. It also takes a lot of patience to be able to learn how to do what he does, and that's inspirational to me too.
Danny McCaskill's Way Back Home relates to my life because to get to the level he is at with biking, he had to probably practice every day. In my life, I practice school work every day. Every day I have homework that helps me get better in subjects. The video really inspired me to keep practicing on everything that I do to become better.
On Danny's way home, he faced many obstacles, just like how we all face hard times in our life. He relates to my world because like him riding a bike I once couldn't run as fast as I can now. The hardships he faces with learning to ride a bike can also relate to me learning. Through kindergarten until now, every year is a new learning experience. Also like Danny, some tricks he learned could be easy, while other difficult. This is like my life because some subjects come easy and others take more dedication to fully understand. Danny's ability to ride a bike inspired me to go try new things, and prepare for hard tricks that get in my way.
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Danny McCaskill can relate to my world in soccer. We always are being pushed to be better and do better. He does tricks that take relentles practice. In soccer we have to work hard to master tricks. It takes weeks even months just to do a spin move or a pop up in the air, an to be able to do it so well you don't have to second guess yourself when trying to do it. He has been able to do impressive tricks and so have I. We both have something to be proud of. It's hard to do what he does. And the same with any sport or passion it takes time to achieve something that you really want. It's always more fun to see how you improve when you do something you enjoy.
This video can relate to me by all the difficult things I have been through in my life. His exploits can help academics by showing people that when the going gets tough you should keep trying and not give up. He made me look twice because all the tricks on the bike I thought were impossible he did perfectly. He inspired me because I have been dirt biking since I was seven years old and never really thought of all the things I could do. He motivated me by basically proving to me anything can happen if you just try. My thought on this video is that guy is amazing and should defiantly be shown more often in schools.
Watching Danny McCaskill go through all those obstacles on his way back home, represented how everyday, humans have to face challanging obstacles. He couldn't avoid all the jumps and we can't avoid our problems. His exploits do relate to my academic life because you just have to try harder and you'll eventually get to the point where you'll wake up with the feeling of wanting to, and not feeling needed to. Nothing is easy the first time you go around, which is why if you feel you are passionate enough about it, you should set your standards high and reach for it. He inspires me to stop saying negative things about everything whenever I try something new. At first, Danny McCaskill didn't know how to ride a bike. He worked at it, and like a normal human would he probably gave up and said all negative comments and nothing positive. But he realized that he would get no where by putting himself down. He shows that to go far in life, it will take a lot of work and effort, however, it pays off to say, 'I finally accomplished this!'
To me the Danny McCaskill presentation relates to my world through all the obstacles I've faced my whole life. I've had many bumps along the road and I guess I've hopped over them. His exploits can definitely connect to my academic endeavors. I screwed up all of freshman year but then I started trying hard and this year has been amazing academically. I am also inspired by him to continue trying to improve in the areas I'm passionate about which include art, shooting,and finding my path in the world. This video also showed me that no matter how small a talent it can always portray a message if you want it to. I really hope someday I can do something that gives people a positive message.
I think there is a strong message in "Way Back Home" that can be applied to anything you try to achieve in life. You have to put time and practice into anything you want to do well in....whether that is school or sports or other things. Sometimes I can feel overwhelmed with all my school work, practices and other things I do, but I know that to really get anywhere in life you have to work very hard. Way Back Home also made me think about not doubting yourself and giving extra effort when you may feel like you have nothing left to give.
In sports, I have to push through injuries and pain sometimes. But when I feel like I have nothing left and nothing more I can give, I like it when I push past what I think are my limits and keep going. Danny is like this too.
I think that in high school you have a lot to manage and giving up time with your friends for studies or sports can be hard to do. So, when I feel like I’m giving up my “fun” time, I try to remember that I want to achieve things in life like going to college in California and studying in Japan and remember that getting those things is going to take hard work!
This video relates to me because i also bike as well but i am not nearly that good. It shows that if you put your mind to something that it can be done. This video also relates to my hockey life because with out effort, I will never score and then i would not be helping my team.
Danny McCaskill's, Way Back Home relates to how I want to become a neurodurgeon when I'm older,and It is going to take a lot of schooling, hard work, and practice, but Danny shows that if you do practice and work hard you can get accomplish any goal and any dream. Of course there's a class I really have to try hard at and work on and that relates to his new exploits. Danny definitely motivated me and inspired me. I want to work just as hard as him.
I think that Danny McCaskill mad this video so that he can inspire people to work hard at whatever they are good at to keep working at it. This relates to me by he has been working at this and for a long time and I have been working to get better at soccer. At one point I hurt my Back and thought about quitting soccer but I pushed through my injury and made the high school team and even pushed passed that and moved to JV. This video inspired me to keep pushing through obstacles so that I can keep improving and getting better.
I think that the video can be related to the things and obstacles you go thrrough in life. It takes a lot of hard work but in the end it pays of. He may be sending the message that never give up and inspires young kids that havent figured what they want to do in life and to do what you love and what inspires you.
Watching Danny McCaskill's video shows what can be accomplished through hard work,determination, and patience. At one point in his life he was unable to ride a bike, he did not learn how to do what he can do over night, he had to work at it. He shows that nothing is given to you, if you want it, go get it. Looking back at my life there is so many things that I can do that I could not do before. One main thing I do are triathlons, which require to know how to ride a bike, run, and swim. I had to take my trianing wheels and floaties off and work hard for it. This video shows that with hard work you can do anything!
Danny McCaskill can surely inspire many people. Learning to do tricks and feats such as that is very awe inspiring. It subtly shows us that you can accomplish much with practive and ambition. My endeavers are not so much as a phsyical feat as a mental one. I aspire to become a orthopedic surgeon, and with much dedication to this dream, I will work hard and tedious to outstand in my class. Danny obviously had the same idea, or something like it, as he is relatively popular on YouTube.
The inspirational video by Danny McCaskill inspires me by showing that if you can put your heart to anything, you can accomplish the impossible. If you are intent on finishing your homework, or succeeding in anything you want, you can if you put your mind to it, just like Danny McCaskill. It connects to real life by showing us that we can succeed in anything that we do.
This video acan realte to my world because I am constantly overcoming obsstacles all in the persuit of making it to my desired destination of a great college and an awesome gymnastics career. Like Danny, I can look back at how far I have come not only academicaly but also in sports considering that I am 14 and do gymnastics 26 hours a week and managed straight A's this past semester, I dont think I have ever been this proud of myself as I am sure Danny felt after mastering the incredible stunts he does on his way back home. I would say he is an inspiring figure to me because he has so much drive and works hard at what he loves to do.
On Danny McCaskill's Way Back to his home, he relates to my life. He relates because to get to the level he is at with biking, he had to make it his priority. In my life, I practice school work every day. Every day I have homework that benefits me in school and in life. The video made me think, to keep practicing on everything that I do to become better at what, i haven't wanted to do yet, but may try later in life. I don't know why i have been wasting my time, if I'm already in a classroom, i need to use it to my benefit.
This video represents what we all want, we all want to have this much skill and confidence in what we do. We want to be able to do what we love and have courage that we will not fall in the process. Danny McCaskill had practiced his trait so much that he could do this, and thats what im inspired to do, practice enough to the point where I am 100% confident in my endeavors.
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