Freshman Year Research Paper

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Looking back at freshman year my life was full of “first times”, first day of high school, first football game, first homecoming, first high school test, first practice...etc. I was just like any other high school freshman who walked the halls of Mayfield High School scared of the everyday challenges high school has to offer. And now four years later looking back high school had shaped my life more than anything else. Not only did school teach me math, english, and science, but compassion and my view on life. From the classroom to the basketball court the life lessons i've learned are irreplaceable. Going back to freshman year I remember impulse deciding to join the soccer team, not having played in five years. I enjoyed doing something new and being with all my friends but deep down I was itching for basketball season to come. …show more content…

August and September flew by and then it was already October which meant it was finally time for my first high school basketball season to start, I went to open gyms every Tuesday and Thursday in October and then November came and it was time for tryouts! I came to tryouts assuming I would be like every other freshman and be placed on the freshman team with all my friends. That's what I had prepared myself for, but little did I know I would be playing on the varsity basketball team with all juniors and seniors, I went from being a quiet freshman who speed walked from class to class not saying a word to a varsity basketball player, scared was an understatement, which thus far has changed my life for the better in so many ways, teaching me to step out of my comfort zone, use my voice and most importantly not just be the scared quiet girl who was afraid to speak. From that day forward I fell in love with this game. It became my passion, what I strived to be the best at. I believe the passion I have for basketball translates to the classroom in multiple

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