Saturday, November 13, 2021

If You Don't Give Up, You Can't Fail

There are many stories of brave people in sport who didn't give up. Here is one of my favorite.

Derek Redmond

 



It was the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, the semi final of the 400 metres.
The sun was shining and the crowd were ready for a great race.
The British athlete, Derek Redmond was a top runner.
He had a very good chance of winning a medal.

The race began. At first, Derek was running well. Then after about 150 metres, he felt a pain in his leg. He fell down on one knee. He had a bad injury and couldn't carry on. The other runners went past him and finished the race.

After about five seconds, Derek got up and started to run again, on one leg only.  Some organisers tried to stop him but he kept going. The crowd stood up and started to clap. Then another man came onto the track - Derek's father, Jim. His father put his arm around him and said, "Derek, you don't have to do this."
Derek replied,"Yes I do. I have to finish."
And so together they walked the last 50 metres and crossed the line.

When he finally crossed the line, Derek was crying and 60,000 people were cheering him

Thursday, September 9, 2021

What is Portfolio ?

Actually, what is a portfolio?  
 
Quoted from various sources, a portfolio is a collection of documents and writings that are neatly arranged and attractive.  
 
That is, this portfolio is a complete report of a document and the overall work of a person's activities carried out. 
 
It aims to document a progress in achieving the goals that have been achieved.
 
Now, the portfolio is also published online using a personal website and can be accessed by anyone.