Back to the Drawing Board
Most all kids play play on a sports team at one point in their childhood. Many of them who enjoy what they are doing, continue to play and they think that they will be a professional when they grow up. That is including myself, I played many sports when I was young. But little do they know how many and how tough the obstacles are that are ahead of them in order to get there. I played sports such as: Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Gymnastics, and Lacrosse. I originally only stuck with baseball and hockey and began in 5th grade to also play lacrosse, but at 6th grade I quit baseball and began only playing hockey and lacrosse. I always wanted to be the best at what I was doing. When I joined lacrosse I had no experience and was one of the worst, if not the worst. I was in love with the sport even though I was really bad at it. My first season was very difficult, I didn’t know the rules, was
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I had to take care of future, which meant taking care of my grades. I had to go back to the drawing board and make a schedule that would work for me. I still spent a lot of time playing lacrosse but at 8 o’clock every day, it was time to do my homework and study. It was a system that worked for me. I worked harder on school than I had ever worked before. I learned to participate and do my work. Everyone knows that all anything takes is work, but it’s a matter of actually doing it, like how Colin Powell said, “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.” When I finally began to work and learn from my mistakes in 7th grade, I got my grades up and highly improved my education. I learned how important time management is and that in order to succeed in life, you have to plan your time. In 7th grade I put absolutely nothing into school, and I got nothing back. But in 8th grade I put all my effort into it, and I learned and had great results in