An Essay On Flick Webb's The Ex-Basketball Player

The ex-basketball player was a poem about a once great basketball player in high school named Flick Webb who had his life go downhill after graduating high school. He had a glorious life in high school because he was one of the best athletes in the area. Many still remember how good of a player he was in high school. Sadly his stardom is over. He should've focused on his grades and acquiring valuable skills and knowledge for his future. Getting an education is important and valuable. It's important to get an education because hobbies aren't going to benefit your future. Once high school ends, everything you learned during that time is what is going to benefit your future. Education is something that will benefit and help you achieve a successful

If Flick would've attended college he could've still been playing basketball and at the same time getting an education for his future. The thought of playing college basketball should've made him work harder to achieve his goal. Many said he was an amazing athlete and its sad to see a talent be left wasted. Going to college would've gave him the best of both worlds. He could've played college basketball and become more recognized and at the same time getting an education that can benefit his future.

He didn't think his actions through and it has led him to where he is now. His once glorious days has taken a turn and gone downhill. This poem had one line that became the reason for my interpretation. During the first line it said that Pearl avenue runs past the high school lot but suddenly stops off before getting a chance to go two blocks. This seems comparable to Flick's life. Flick didn't go anywhere past high school. In fact, his future was cut off because of his lack of education. He didn't have a chance to get an amazing future because he never went to college to gain skills for a professional

Flick was once admired for his talent but now is just looked at as a gas station attendant and nothing more. The value of education is more important than a hobby. Getting his college education could've helped him get a better job instead of working as a gas station attendant. Popularity as an athlete in high school doesn't help you in the future. Reality will hit and people will realize that being something amazing in high school wasn't going to help their future.

Flick started out great but ended bad. His glorious popular days in high school stayed in high school. Those athletic accomplishments didn't move past high school. Playing basketball in high school didn't give him anything valuable for his future. He never learned any valuable skills or knowledge that could've helped him become something bigger in life instead of a gas station attendant. His choices and actions gave him this future and job. Reality had hit him right after high school and he most likely realized the importance of working hard and getting an