Fall Student-Athlete Spotlight
Live Oak recently recognized three student-athletes with the Fall Student-Athlete Spotlight. Eighth graders Gibson Eberhart and Mikaela Ho, who participated on the Live Oak cross country team this year, and Olivia Ardila, who participated on the Live Oak volleyball team, were recognized for their hard work and leadership skills in the classroom and in athletics. Read below for interviews with each student-athlete.
Gibson was interviewed and asked about his thoughts on academics and athletics. Here were his responses:
问：学术和体育之间有什么相似之处？
A: I think that if you don’t care about the thing you’re learning about and the sport that you’re playing, then you can’t do your best in that sport or academic.
问：你是否发现自己在体育和学术方面同样努力工作？如果不是，你在哪一个方面更努力？
A: I try my best in either, but I find that I spend more time on academics.
问：你最喜欢的运动是什么？
A: My favorite sport is skiing because I’ve been doing it for a long time and I love nature.
问：你最喜欢的科目是什么？
A: My favorite subject right now is probably math because I feel like the things I’m learning are very interesting.
问：你有一个学术或体育方面的榜样吗？如果有，是谁，为什么？
A: An athletic role model of mine would be my dad because he always works hard to keep his body in shape even when he has a lot of work.
Mikaela was also interviewed on some of these same topics and here were her responses:
问：学术和体育之间有什么相似之处？
A: Something I find similar between academics and athletics is that you have to commit and put your time and effort into both of them to get the result you want. You will never get farther than how hard you try. It’s a lot of work but can also be very rewarding when you do well and know that the effort you put into it has paid off.
问：你从体育或学术方面学到了什么东西，并能够应用到其他领域？
A: Something I learned from running is persistence. Cross country taught me persistence since I usually prefer sprints, but a mile and a half to two and half miles is actually a lot longer than 200 meters. It’s very hard to be persistent in cross country, because it can sometimes feel like the race will never end, or like you’ve been running for a really long time. In academics, this has helped me to do better recycles of my math quizzes and not give up on challenging problems, as well as better edit my writing for humanities projects.
问：你最喜欢的运动是什么？
A: My favorite sports are track and field and cross country.
问：你最喜欢的科目是什么？
A: My favorite subject is math.
问：你有一个学术或体育方面的榜样吗？如果有，是谁，为什么？
A: I don’t have a specific academic or athletic role model, but some people I look up to are my teachers, coaches, family, and friends. They help me to always try and improve myself, and never give up.
Olivia was also interviewed on some of these same topics and here were her responses:
问：学术和体育之间有什么相似之处？
A: The similarity is teamwork. In athletics, you have a team, and you lean on them for support, like you lean on your peers in academics. You might not realize how much you need the people around you regarding school.
问：你从体育或学术方面学到了什么东西，并能够应用到其他领域？
A: I’ve learned from athletics not to be afraid because you might just miss out on something life-changing.
问：你是否发现自己在体育和学术方面同样努力工作？如果不是，你在哪一个方面更努力？
A: I feel that I try my best in both, however some days I might try harder in academics because of a test, and then the next day try harder in athletics because of practice or a game.
问：你最喜欢的运动是什么？
A: My favorite sport is volleyball.
问：你最喜欢的科目是什么？
A: My favorite subject in school is math.
问：你有一个学术或体育方面的榜样吗？如果有，是谁，为什么？
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