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Personal Narrative: Joining Football
In my first year of high school, I didn’t quite know exactly what it was about. I wasn’t in any sports or clubs. My sister was the one who actually wanted me to join soccer. She wanted me to keep our last name going into high school. Sophomore year was the year I joined clubs and sports. I joined soccer, track, and AVID.When I joined AVID, they told me joining sports and clubs would benefit me if I was interested in going to college. That made me more convinced to join soccer. Joining soccer was one of the best things I could’ve ever done. It made me exponentially stronger, both physically and mentally. I took the leadership role and learned so many new things. I’m grateful that soccer has become a major part of my life. I played soccer sophomore and junior year in high school. My sophomore year was …show more content…
When practice ended late, I would go home, take a shower, and do my homework as fast as I could just sleep early. Although it was really tough sometimes and all I wanted to do was sleep, I pushed myself to do my homework and get my stuff done. I would sometimes go to sleep really late and I’d have to wake up early for school. It was probably one of the toughest things I’ve ever done and the most exhausting thing I accomplished. By the end of first semester, I had a 3.3 GPA with only A’s and B’s. I have never had good grades like that before and to have all that pressure on me was insane. By the end of second semester, I had a 3.5 GPA. Considering I was an athlete, I felt proud of my ability to balance the responsibilities of school with homework, projects, etc, work, late-exhausting nights, and being an athlete, dealing with my teammates and my coaches expecting so much from me. It was all worth it at the end of the season and at the end of the school

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