High School goes beyond academic lessons. Intellectual growth is just a step of the staircase of four years. To tell the truth, high school is a reflection of life, it is a place where principles and habits are formed, and most importantly where passions are born. It is a stairway of four years in which each day contains an opportunity for personal growth. A path full of achievements of all kinds; academic, athletic, personal, and social or a combination of all. Each achievement holds a deep personal value, my most precious achievement in this staircase is my performance on the Varsity Tennis Team. The fact that I am the first generation of my family to study in the United States is vital to comprehend the value I have for my achievements. My greatest enemy was my lack of knowledge, my ignorance of the system. In other words, I had to explore the opportunities by myself and sometimes it was too late. Despite the drawback I took advantage of all tools available to make the most of my high school education. I was granted the opportunities to be part of advanced classes, honor societies, math groups, and foreign language clubs. Above …show more content…
Remembering the beginning I realize my growth. The expansion of my game and the advancement of my technique is a result of hard work and experience. Nevertheless my inner and mental growth was exponential; the passion that burns inside, the work ethic I have developed, the power to inspire others to be better was a secondary effect of my tennis career. In my junior year there was a dream, an unreachable goal, to qualify in regionals and compete at the highest level of high school tennis. My partner, a sophomore, and I were determined to succeed in our goal. The season progressed and our tennis improved each day, we played as one in the court. We moved in synchrony, our minds were inexplicably wired. As a result, our goal seemed more