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__Athlete Essay__ By Kyle  Although athletes in the Olympics lead their lives differently than I do, I have things in common with athletes more than I thought.Such as hard work,dreams and goals and different types of things do to.  I'm like an athlete because both of us have to work hard everyday. While an athlete may be practicing a course with tricks, I'd be working hard on trying to solve that last algebra problem in math. Everyday I have to work hard because I face things that may seem challenging to me. This is almost like an athlete having issues pulling of that one backflip with a 360 twist or going down the Super-G with ease. I also have to do it over and over, making sure I have it correct. For example, in math class, once I got equations with algebra, I had to keep doing similar problems until I was sure I got it. Shaun White wouldn't have just said that now that he's done a 1080 he once, he can do it in the Olympics.  I'm like and athlete because we both have similar dreams and goals. For example, I always dreamed that I could atleast   // use //    a snowboard and be able to pull off tricks that only athletes could do. I would also dream I could go down that one course that was a double black diamond course. Athletes usually think the same that way. They just want to be able to use that one snowboard or pull off amazing stunts that they could preform. Athletes also want to be able to go down that one Olympic course they can only do every once and a while. Both of us dream we can achieve anything. I've always wanted to be able to go off a jump at Echo Mountain or a jump anywhere while athletes may want to go off a giant jump at the Olympics.  Athletes and I have yet another thing in common. We both have similar schedules to learn. I'll have to learn in reading,then writing move on to math and then finish with science but athletes have to learn different subjects. Subjects for athletes include 360s, backflips, frontflips, twists and training. Both of us switch to different 'subjects' everyday unless we have a 'field trip.' For me, field trips usually are to museums,zoos and any other thing that ties to what I learn each day. Athletes field trips, though, are to races,games and even the Olympics! We both have to study for our 'field trips' whether I study art,nature or the economy, I have to be prepared for the trip. Athletes must do something identical by practicing to be ready for the Olympics so they have the best ready for 'the trip.'  Although athletes may have differences from me, it doesn't mean we don't have things that are equal.