Sunday, July 5, 2015

Student's Summer Writing Quest: Michael's Thoughts on Basketball (a 7th grader)

Michael's summer writing:

Based on "Satnam Singh becomes 1st Indian-born basketball player picked in NBA draft" from CNN report.

An interesting article I found this week was an article titled "Satnam Singh becomes 1st Indian-born basketball player picked in NBA draft." I chose this article because I enjoy basketball and the effects that one human can make on a whole nation. The article was about an Indian man named Satnam Singh, who grew up in a remote village in the Punjab province in India. Singh's country had almost no clue what basketball was until June 25, 2015! As a matter of fact, there were practically no basketball hoops in the whole province of Punjab! However, Singh's dad realized his potential and made him work hard at basketball. This eventually led him to enter the NBA. He was selected by the Dallas Mavericks on June 25 2015. Although Singh was the 52nd pick in the draft, the news soon reached India. Because of this event, millions of Indians took interest in basketball. This article is interesting because it explains a recent and important event in history: the spreading interest of basketball in India!

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