Throughout high school, I had many great memories. From sports to girls to all the partying, I just wanted to know what everything was like. I cannot believe that it has come this fast. From being an inexperienced sophomore to a somewhat mature senior, things have really changed for me. Some say that “high school was the best time of my life”, just like others say that high school was the worst time in their lives. I was just dying to experience all the new and exciting things that awaited me. I’ve had plenty of good times, as well as just as many bad times, in high school. And the most important thing is that, not just that I learned through the books, but I learned about life and the road ahead of me. I started high school as a brash and cocky athlete.
Being a student athlete really changed me during my freshman and sophomore year. It made me a better student but it also changed my attitude . I was a kind person and caring for my best friend until I dedicated all my time into basketball. Being a basketball player, I had to do well in class and maintain a certain gpa in order to play. My school work ethic improved but my sleeping schedule was very irregular. I focused only on basketball to improve my skill and being the best. I had no social life except a basketball life. Sophomore year, I started to realize that the basketball program was unfair. The coach tends to move his favorite players to varsity level. He also gives his favorite players more playing time than others. Even though, I was better than his favorite players, he would never give me playing time. Eventually I learned that life is not fair and you just got to deal with it. I left the program with my friends that was going through the same thing as I was. After quitting the team, I was able to focus more on school and having a social life. Throughout the years in basketball, I always listened to my coaches lecturing about life lessons to prepare me. As I am older now, I tend to reminisce about the lectures and apply it to my life. The lectures and stories made me become a hard working person and never take things for granted. I had my up and downs in basketball, but I can say is that I enjoyed every part of it.
School Time Wanted Home
The day was coming, my feelings were getting nervous, scared, more like terrified. Mixed feelings were coming alive in me when I thought about going to school also how I felt about experiencing a new and different life. At the age of twelve my life was shifted. First day of school came walking onto the campus it was a whole different feeling than what I was used to. New and different faces turned ...
