Reading Log #5

Reading Log: #5
Title: From crystal meth addiction to world athletics title - long jumper Luvo Manyonga's great leap.
Author: Reuters
Text Type: Article
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Summary:
Luvo Manyonga is a South African 26 year old who won the world championship long jump title, after missing out on an Olympic gold medal in Rio and overcoming a drug addiction. He led in the final from the second round with a leap of 8.48 metres - the third best mark of 2017.

Personal Response:
Statement: This article is relevant to students my age because it shows how much drugs can hold you back in life and ruin your career.
Example: For example, after coming from a township just outside of Cape Town, South Africa, Luvo Manyonga was given an 8 month suspension in 2012 after testing positive for the drug tik - the local variant of crystal meth.
Explanation: The suspension would of made him feel like he let his friends, family and himself down. From this students my age can learn not to take drugs as it will ruin your career and life.
Your Link: I think this article relates to the real world because there have been plenty of famous celebrates who have ruined there careers due to drugs. Students my age look up to these celebrates. This could cause students my age to try and get addicted to drugs. This contrasts with the film Walk the Line because like in this article we see a person with a very good career and we see it get destroyed for some time due to drugs.

Personal Response:
Statement: An important lesson to learn from this article is to never give up on your dream no matter what or how many set backs you experience.
Example: Luvo Manyonga got suspended from Long Jump for 8 months in 2012 for testing positive for the drug tik - the local variant of crystal meth.
Explanation: Luno Manyonga never gave up on his dream. He won the world championship long jump title in 2017 at the age of 26 with a jump of 8.48 metres - the third best mark of 2017. At one point Manyonga admitted that he was only 5 percent away from death. After all of these set backs Manyonga worked hard and never gave up which eventually won him a world championship.
Your Link: I think this article relates to some of the people in the real world who have terrible set backs which are very hard to recover from but they never give up and they don't stop fighting until they conquer there dream. Also, from this we can learn not to ever give up on our dreams no matter what or how many set backs we experience.