Although there were some subjects that I had no difficulties with, I did struggle with science and physical education. I was aware that math and science worked hand in hand but naturally I had no passion for science. Even though I found science experiments interesting, I could not deny my lack of apathy for the subject. I knew from a young age that I had difficulty in science which gave me excuses to not try hard enough in the course. However, that changed when I was in 8th grade. One of my teachers, Mr.Ritter, noticed how strong I was in other courses except science. He questioned me one day saying “Angel I’ve noticed how strong you are in math but you aren’t as strong in science. Is there a reason”? Then I responded “I’m just not interested …show more content…
Every time I had P.E. it was as if someone in my family has died. I was mourning silently on how I’m going to make a fool out of myself. I’ll be silently counting down to the end of sophomore year where I don’t have to take P.E. again. Unlike some of my fellow classmates, I was not good in almost all the sports we had to play. People wouldn’t want me to be on their teams because they knew I did not have the ability to help them win. However there was a sport that I managed to be alright with: basketball. Whenever I played basketball my heart would rest because I wasn’t that bad at it. So one day my P.E. teacher came up to me to give me a flyer about summer basketball camp. I thought to myself “Wow, this would be a great opportunity to further my skills in basketball”. I was interested in doing the basketball camp because I also watched basketball in my house and my favorite team was Miami Heat. Summer of 2013 came and I did basketball camp for the whole week. It was more intense than I expected. We warmed up early in the morning, did some drills, and had practice games every week. I started to get discouraged because I knew naturally I did not have athletic skills but I pushed forward and didn’t give up. I met people in the camp who I’m still friends with today and I’m so grateful for the experience. My skills in basketball did increase and I still play today. Even though my skills were not enough to