What is value? Does anyone really know? In everyone’s mind value is different. Some say value is how big the price tag is. Others say it is how much love you have for something. Value is what you choose it to be. You can say you’re $300 iphone is more valuable than a memorable family vacation to your beach house, but others will say the complete opposite. It is truly up to you what you find more valuable.
The feeling, the rush, you get during a football game is indescribable. When your offense is driving down the field and the defense can’t do one thing about it and they know it; that is what you play for. The look of a scared puppy is on their face. They don’t want anything to do with you, they want to go right back on the bus and go back where they came from because they’re scared and they want nothing to do with you.
On defense when you’re sacking the quarterback and leveling the running back in the backfield, you get a rush like no other. You hit the opponent as hard as you can and you get up and you know that back doesn’t want the ball again. He wants do get off the field and stay there safe on the sidelines. He knows every time he touches that ball there will be three or four insane defensive lineman right there waiting to blow him up where he stands.
Playing football is something I love to do. When eleven brothers work together to reach one common goal it really means something when you reach it. It can be as simple as gaining three yards for a touchdown or as big as winning a super bowl, but there is no greater feeling than knowing you did everything you could to succeed.
The music is blaring in my ears; my brothers and I are putting on our armor, getting ready for battle. I am in the zone. My songs are playing, pumping me up for the fight about to come. As I wrap the cords of the headphones around the sleek orange body the lyrics replay in my mind on top of the plays I am thinking about.
My ipod is not just an entertainment device; it is a tool I use to get my adrenaline pumping or to relax after a long day. My various 400 plus songs are all fantastic in their own way. The genres vary from country, rock, and rap. There are artist from today and the past years but I like every song on it. They all have different uses. Some for pure entertainment, others for pre-game rituals, and some relaxing tracks that are just chill and mellow.
There is no comparison in my arsenal of expensive things that can compete with the love I have for my ipod. I can live without a cell phone or a Wii, but if my ipod were taken away I would have trouble getting to sleep at night. That’s not a metaphor either. It is the truth, I use my ipod to fall asleep by listening to country music while I drift off into a deep sleep.
Comparing these two things though is very easy. Nothing can match the feeling I get when I play football, not even blasting my favorite song before a game. There is no comparison to the intensity that is felt while on the football field. It something that you can’t buy in a store no matter how many zeros you add to the price tag.
You can’t find feelings on a shelf in a store; you find them within yourself. I value the feeling I get on the football field more than anything I could ever buy in a store. I love football so much that if I was given an option of millions of dollars or never again, I can truly say it would not make me happy to choose money over the love of a game.
The Beatles said it the best way I could ever put it, “you can’t buy me love.” Plain and simple. You could be the richest person in the world and have very expensive things and still not be happy. This is because price tags don’t dictate value. The only thing that can dictate value is you and your feeling toward something. If you don’t love something it doesn’t have value. I can put a price on my ipod; it would be impossible to for me to put a price on football.
Value has the definition you give it. Some say it is how big the price tag is, and others say its how you feel towards something that tells its value. It is for you to decide. In this day and age, many people work for money and wealth, but sometimes working still can’t get you what you want. You need to get what you want by doing what you love and enjoy. Doing what you want to do and love to do has significant value. Money can only buy you things that society has dictated its value you for. Everyone has different views on what is valuable to them.
I. The author here seems to be saying that price does not show value. He also states that everyone has different views on what is valuable and invaluable. He also says that the Beatles said it the best way I could ever put it; "You can't buy me love." He then goes on saying that "(you) could be the richest person in the world and have very expensive things and still not be happy."
ReplyDeleteII. The priceless moments best described in this essay was football moments. The author described this several times where "his brothers are putting on their armor and getting ready for battle." Another description where he says how scared the other team is;"The look of a scared puppy is on their face. They don’t want anything to do with you, they want to go right back on the bus and go back where they came from because they’re scared and they want nothing to do with you." This, I think is an extremely well-written part of the essay which gives a very in-depth look at the way a losing team's persepective might be.
III. Overall, I believe this essay had quite a few strengths. I liked how the paragraphs flowed where he describes where he and his brothers get ready for the battle, he describes his iPod in the final sentence and goes on into the next paragraph to talk about how his iPod is not just for entertainment. Also, I liked his writing style, keeping me interested throughout the essay. The author's overall description, in my opinion, was great. It was very appealing to read this essay.
IV. As I read this essay, I could see very little wrong with it. At some times, I saw there was a few repetitive sentences, but not much else. Next time, maybe you might want to show a few people and have them read and proofread your essay beforehand. Also, consider that when you write an essay all at once, you sometimes rewrite things, and look at it about an hour later to revise. It is overall very good, and I liked reading it.
1. In max's essay he is explaining that price doesn't always determine value. Max says "You could be the richest person in the world and have very expensive things and still not be happy." He also states that everyone has different views on what is valuable and invaluable.
ReplyDelete2. The best described part in this essay was the football. Max uses examples like "his brothers are putting on their armor and getting ready for battle." in another description he says how scared the other team is;"The look of a scared puppy is on their face. They don’t want anything to do with you, they want to go right back on the bus and go back where they came from because they’re scared and they want nothing to do with you."
3.Max's essay has a lot of strengths but the best one is the sheer amount of description cramed into a relitivly small essay. He uses phrases like those mentioned above to give me a clear picture of the football game or his ipod which is deffinatly his greatest strength.
4. I don't have any really good advice for max's essay. it is well written and is very flowing. If were to do anything it would be check for spelling and gramatical errors, otherwise it is a great essay.
Max is saying that value is what you make of it. Value is different for everyone. However, for him, numbers on price tags aren't what makes something valuable. What Max values most are doing the things that he loves to do.
ReplyDeleteI think football games were well described in Max's essay. I liked the way he used phrases like "you get a rush like no other." I can easily relate to this because I get the same feeling when I am in a game, even though it isn't football. I also liked the way he described the fear on the opponents' faces.
The essay has a lot of strengths. One thing that particularly stood out to me, though, was the descriptions such as the ones I pointed out above. They definitely made the essay fun and interesting to read.
Max's essay was very good. There really wasn't anything wrong with it, except maybe a few gramatical errors and repetitive sentences. I agree with the people above me that these mistakes could have been easily avoided with proof reading. Overall, the essay was excellent. Great job Max!