Think-Ink-Pair-Share: What happens when people expect very little of you? Do you only do what they say you can? Do you try to do better than they expect?
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Instruction:
Wilma Rudolph was stricken with a crippling disease called polio when she was a child. No one thought she would walk normally again, let alone run fast. Yet she ended up winning three gold medals in track at the Olympics.
1. How do you think Wilma Rudolph felt about people's expectations of her?
2. What personal qualities do you think Rudolph displayed to help her challenge people's expectations?
3. How is Rudolph's story inspiring?
4. Read current olympians' inspiring stories here. Read all ten and then choose one to summarize and explain why it is inspiring.