Sports: A Passion

I absolutely, wholeheartedly love sports, and thus I have always done. There is nothing that has consumed more time in my daily life through the years than sports. Watching sports, reading about sports in the newspaper, and also doing sports myself. Among the different kinds of sports, the ones I love the most must be Football, American Football, Handball, and last but definitely not least; Taekwon-Do. Handball is maybe the most exciting team sport for a Norwegian to watch, though mostly because we are actually good at it. The difference between handball, and say, skiing. Is that handball is a team sport, and my experiences tell me that team sports are generally more fun to watch, the only exception for me being Taekwon-Do. I have practiced Taekwon-Do for seven and a half years now, and I have almost reached my ultimate goal: Getting the black belt. Although I am definitely not planning to quit Taekwon-Do when I get it. I want to continue with Taekwon-Do for as long as I can, because it is a great sport. Not only is it fun to practice, but it has such an amazing culture around it. I have never thought that I would be fighting a guy in the ring, beating and being beat, and then the next second, we would be best friends. It is a feeling that I want to preserve, and be able to feel for the rest of my life. Football is kind of obvious, everyone loves football. My favorite sports moment is also from this sport. I will never forget being at Lerkendal when Rosenborg beat Valencia 2-0 for the second time in Champions League. My interest for American Football developed during my stay in the USA. Although I like many other American sports like Ice Hockey, Basketball, and so forth, this sport really caught my eye. Being a nice mix between some violence and tactics it is very fun both to watch and play. 

Why I like «The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

There are many reasons to like this book. But the main reason I like it is because it has many interesting factors that may be relevant to autism. First of all because the book is written in such a way that it is supposed to give you insight into how people with autism think. In the book, the author uses very few metaphors, similes, and hyperboles. This is because Christopher, as an autistic person, does not understand things like these. He takes their meanings literally, and therefore do not understand their true meaning. However, the Christopher tries using these sometimes in the book, but it does not work out very well. Therefore, when one read this, one starts to understand the mindset of people who struggle with autism. Like how they do not understand these simple things like metaphors and especially facial expressions. Another thing that makes me sympathies with people with autism is that they do not have that filter that filters away unimportant things around you. Especially in a serious case like Christopher’s. I can imagine that it is extremely tiring to have to process every bit of information that comes into your brain from the outside world. An example about his from the book is when Christopher is on the train alone, he starts to explain how; when normal people see a dairy commercial with cows on it, they see exactly that. But when he sees it, he remembers exactly how many cows there were, specifically what tone of green the grass was, how many spots there were on each cow, and what their colors were. All in all, a nice little piece to give us insight in the world of people with autism. Although, I cannot say for sure that how the author portrays it is precise.