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He turns his assignments in on time and has a 2.7 GPA.  I want to be a teacher and work with kids back home in Hawaii, said Chris.  A lot of kids are hard headed like me. The age I like best is from 10 to 12. That s when they start to change. In my neighborhood there are gangs and drugs. The last time I went home two kids got killed in a gang war right in front of my home.<br> I d like to be an elementary school teacher and coach little league football. Chris feels little league would be more fun.  Whatever happens with money or pro ball, I d still want to teach. I m happy with a simple life. <br>Chris would be also happy with a Luau everyday. He doesn t eat poi but does eat taro and bakes it like a potato. He doesn t particularly like food here on the mainland. Chris is trying to eat a lot of salads now to keep his weight down.  But it is real hard, admitted Chris. You should have seen Chris eyes light up when I told him about the new BFS nutrition plan explained in this journal.<br> Chris has always tried to keep himself clean as far as drugs and alcohol.  I have never had a drink in high school or here at Utah, confided Chris.  My whole life people have always asked me to drink. But if people push you about it, they aren t really your friends. My teammates don t bother me here at Utah. They tell me it is cool that I don t drink. <br>Chris laughed,  Maybe I would drink if you could find somebody tough enough to beat up my mom but I don t think so. Anyway, my mom and brothers would beat me up bad if I were to be stupid and drink. That s why I never touched one drop of beer in high school. <br><br> In my neighborhood a lot of people smoke Marijuana along with a lot of cousins. They would never ask me to smoke because of my mom. They knew better. In my neighborhood she is known. Mrs. Ma afala is 6-1, 225 pounds and when she speaks people listen. Chris dad was also big at 5 11, 240 pounds.<br> I ve changed this year, said Chris with determination.  I look to the future of being a teacher. I leinto (A6ȁ allowed his bodyweight to go up again, and by 1995 he accepted the fact that he was fat and had to do something about it. <br>To get lean, Dan went on a low-carb, high-protein diet. Dan s description of a good breakfast:  meat, eggs and other stuff. A bad breakfast:  not meat, eggs, and other stuff. In a few months he dropped 50 pounds.  It s funny, I got down to 206, and I found that I could throw the discus just as far as I did when I was heavier  and my injuries isappeared. <br><br>The State of the Sport<br><br>Although Dan says the US stil^{|cu<= cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" border="0">

Dan Johns History Lesson



By Kim Goss
Published: Winter 2003
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