Personal Narrative: The Aledo Football Team

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I was going back and forth of what to tell you guys of what got me through my high school years. There were three words that came to mind that I felt helped me get through my years of high school. For the young ones listen up for the older ones take notes for the grown-ups reflect. The first word that popped up in my mind was perseverance. The word perseverance means to steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. Many of you know that the Aledo football team is one of the best in the nation we are known on a national level of being the bullies we were called bullies because we blew out a team 99-0 but would you believe me if I told you that Aledo was not always the best but at one point we were the …show more content…

But in the 8th grade, I was no longer one of the strongest but one of the weakest but I still worked hard and kept pushing myself to get better. Five years later through all my hard work I can say it has paid off through my high school career I was not known for being weak but a hard worker whenever I am asked about to the coaches they will say nothing less but how they respect me and adore how I never gave up Coch Bishop when he was talking about the legacy this group of seniors will leave he brought me up saying how he adored how I worked he said no matter what I threw at him he never gave up but exceed my expectation it didn't matter if I threw him in with the ones …show more content…

Imagine if Martin Luther King never dreamed his dream of white and colored people living in unity, what if Daniel never held on to his dreams, what if our forefathers never had the ambition and passion to make their dream of the United States come to life what if...evaluate your dream and strive to make your dream come true.”Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world” Harriet Tubman throughout high school my dream was and is to become a business operations manager and play college football but Through my laziness my ambition fought, through my pain my passion strived and through it all I can say I have the opportunity to fulfil my

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