Category Archives: ADL 10 Assignments

Community Connections

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For my Community Connections project I chose to interview a former NFL athlete and one of my favorite current players fathers Terrence Metcalf. Terrence Metcalf is a former NFL guard for the Chicago bears, New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions.

I felt that Terrence Metcalf would be a good person to contact about my project for a few reasons. Firstly my interests in life are to do something with the NFL whether I’m a player a manager or even work in the sales department. Secondly Terrence Metcalf is one of my favorite players in NFL history since I believe that the being a part of the O-Line is the most underappreciated role in the entire NFL and I believe players like Terrence Metcalf go heavily underrated in NFL history.

While asking the questions to Terrence the biggest thing that stood out to me and I think I will take the most from is the fact that football wasn’t just a hobby to him it was a way to escape from the gang violence and crime around him, and if I want to become a professional athlete it has to be more than just a hobby to me.

The questions I asked Terrence Metcalf after asking if he’d be willing to answer a few questions are

Why are you passionate about playing football?

His answer was  “My passion for football came straight from my desires not to be a failure. Football for my was simply a way out of a small town that had taken so many lives around me. It’s seemed as if young guys was in a hurry to either get arrested or die.  I was a big, tall and fast kid that everybody loved to see do his thing.  That drove me to compete at a high level. Seventh grade was a struggle, but from eighth grade on God blessed me with success on the grind iron. I was a Parade All-American in high school, All-American in College, and a 3rd Round Pick to The Chicago Bears in 2002.”

 

What obstacles have you faced to get to where you are today?

“One of the greatest obstacles I had to face was overcoming my neighborhood woes. I totally refused to become a product of my environment. Growing up there was gangs, drugs, and friends dropping out of school. Doing wrong was simply the norm, so to not give into the foolishness was my number one goal in the 7th grade. I made my mind up and went to work, on and off the field.”

 

What advice would you give a kid if they’re interested in becoming an NFL athlete?

“For young players that’s looking to play Professional Football, I would say find your purpose early and never waiver from it.
Find your what, develop your why, and process your How? Never lose site in yourself.  The way you treat others, the process you go by working, and your relationship with God will lead and guide you down the right path.”
How have you had to overcome racial issues on your journey to becoming a professional athlete?
“Racial issues isn’t something I’ve had to deal with. Crazy people have said foolish things during games, but I would only deal with those individuals at that appointed time. There’s always politics in sports on every level, but it’s the individuals in those situations that has to find their proper process in difficult situations.”
I would like to say thank you to Terrence for taking the time out of his day to help me with this project, I learned a lot while doing this project and I hope that if I have another opportunity I can stay in contact with Terrence.

Digital footprint

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How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities? give at least two examples.

I did a google search of myself and found that there were images of me that I had no idea were online. At the moment the only images I could find were of me at sporting events. However, it makes me wonder if there could be other images of me online that I don’t know about. Maybe pictures of me that other people took and I didn’t even know. I believe your digital footprint could affect your future opportunities in positive and negative ways. One negative way it could impact your future opportunities is if you post bad stuff like going to parties and drinking at a young age. Pictures like this could suggest that you are irresponsible or you’re the kind of person that could get yourself into an inappropriate situation. When a company is looking at your digital footprint and sees pictures of you partying it could make it look like you’re irresponsible and might be the type of person to blow off school assignments or work to go mess around at a party. A positive way it could affect your future opportunities is if you post good stuff like if you graduated or pictures of your family. Your future employers could see these images and know that you’re the type of person that values important aspects of life like family and education.

Students hold 'silent graduation' to help classmate with autism - InsiderIbiza vs Mykonos: I saw both party islands, and the winner is clear - Business Insider this is an example of an image that could make your digital footprint look bad.

 

Describe at least three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.

The first way you can help keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe is to act responsibly. If you were to go to a party you have to make sure you don’t get drunk and act stupid so people won’t take photos of you and post them online. The second way is to make sure you know what you’re posting online. Even if you post something on a private instagram account people see it and it gets out to the public so you have to be responsible with what you post or say online no matter what the circumstances are. The third most important way to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe is to always check and make sure your privacy setting are set the way you think they should be. Like the video said if you’re going to be active on social media remember your privacy settings can change without you knowing it. So it’s very important to go back and check on a regular basis to make sure your personal information is safe and private.

Facebook friends judge you on what they see, not what you say | Daily Mail Online

What information did you learn that you would pass on to other students? How would you go about telling them?

First of all I didn’t realize there were images of me online that were posted without me knowing about it. So the first thing I would tell other students is to google themselves regularly and see what’s out there. If there’s anything out there that you didn’t know about and is troubling they need to follow up on the source and have it removed. Second of all I would remind them that their privacy settings can change without them knowing it and I would tell them to make sure they don’t change and keep their accounts private.

How to Manage Privacy Settings on Popular iOS Apps - The Mac Security Blog

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