Tag: MLB

Hi, my name is Ethan and I learned in school that Jackie Robinson lived his life by nine values and used them to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. This is a story about a time that I used those same values to overcome a barrier in my life. At my school football got banned because some kids weren’t playing safely. I was very mad. It seemed unjust. I went back to my house that night to talk about it with my family. My father suggested a petition. At the time, I didn’t know what a petition was. So I asked. He explained that a petition is like a letter stating what I think should happen. It also should have signatures of the people who think the same as me. I decided to do it, but I was anxious. I couldn’t believe what I was on the verge of doing. When I woke up the next morning, my dad was still sleeping,...