You can check out Oscar Pistorius's website here. One of my favorite quotes from his website:
You are not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Oscar Pistorius at the 2012 Olympics
Oscar Pistorius is the first athlete to participate in both the Olympics and Paralympics. I will be using this with my students when we discuss rethinking failure and resiliency.
You can check out Oscar Pistorius's website here. One of my favorite quotes from his website:
You can check out Oscar Pistorius's website here. One of my favorite quotes from his website:
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Hi Joe!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, we could use Oscar Pistorius as a model for almost anything that we want our kids to learn. He is one amazing man!
His disability in one sense is ability ' the South African double-amputee, runs on artificial carbon-fibre legs that each weigh less than half of what a normal fleshy limb would do. With this lighter load, he can swing his legs around 20% faster than a runner with intact limbs, moving at the same speed.'
ReplyDeleteCrazy. I like to show motivational videos. This reminds me of the young wrestler who won the Dick Vitale Award at the Espy's a year ago. Incredible heart and determination!
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