High School Reflection Paper

As I walked through the doors of the Little Falls Community High School on my first day of school I was overwhelmed with emotions. Part of me was scared, as I was again the younger class, while another part of me was excited to start a new chapter in my life. I walked in to see my older brother, a link leader at the time and in his words "Mrs. Gwost 's favorite student", and my fears where soon calmed. They were however replaced by the embarrassment that was my brother. He was the spokesman link leader and he let everyone know that I was his little brother. Soon I met up with my friends and we started to talk about the summer making the whole experience much easier. As my freshman year continued I got involved in sports, playing hockey,

School and sports are a huge part of how I changed mentally. In school as a freshman I didn 't have a very positive attitude, I came to school most days, just waiting for the three o 'clock bell to ring. I knew school was going to be hard but I made it harder on myself by having a bad attitude. My outlook on school has been warped from hating it to not wanting my senior year to end. I actually enjoy going to school and hanging out with friends. My outlook has changed because I realized how easy high school actually is and how life in the real world is a lot

There have been so many practices and games where I have thought to myself, "why am I here?" "Why do we have to do this?" But as my career in sports evolved I took notice on how most of the tough games I played in didn 't come down to physical ability, it came down to mental toughness. Golf, some people may think it is not even really a sport, but I joined golf as a sophomore and it has frustrated me more than anything in the world. It may not be a physical sport, but the mental strength to play the game, and play the game well is the hardest part about golf. One day I can hit a ball 320 yards straight down the fairway, and the next day I hook the ball 150 yards out and into the woods. I learned in golf that no matter how bad my last shot was, I can 't get mad. Getting mad in golf only ends up making my score worse. Golf is not a game I can take my anger out on something or someone like football and hockey. It is biggest mental chest match and the opponent is yourself. As a senior now I understand the patience and mental toughness it takes to play golf. Being mentally tough helps keep emotions more