Impact

So I've always wondered if I would ever be remembered. Usually when people graduate high school they leave and in a few years nobody remembers them. I put a lot of work into a lot of things in high school but I always wondered if it would mean anything. In 7th grade, our tennis program was a complete joke and although I had a lot of help from some parents and community members, I spearheaded the student effort to make it decent and the program went from 2 wins my 7th grade year to 12 my senior year along with 3 all-conference players. I assumed that after my senior year and the 4 other seniors left the team that the program would be horrible again. Well, I was wrong. The team went 7 and 7 and each players had an individual record around .500. When I came back to watch a match, all the younger kids acted as if Santa had showed up and parents I had never met before came up to talk to me. One boy I swear I had never seen before not only knew my name but had my shoes and walked around the court with the same mannerism as me. I made a joke about it to my friend Libby and she replied that the kid probably looks up to me. I laughed but then I started to think. The things I do really do have a big impact. The same thing was similar with band to a far lesser extent. Many of the younger kids who drove me nuts in Patriots sectional all added my on facebook and have messaged me several times. Maybe too many times. Although when I come back to high school I may be forgotten whenever there's a party or other social gathering, at least I'm remembered for things that I really care about.

Freshmen year

It's hard to believe freshmen year is already over. When I was moving all my stuff out of my room, I remembered the beginning of the year when I moved everything into my old room and how it seemed like it had just happend last week. My parents were there, the weather was warm, and we had to carry everything up and down several flights of stairs. I feel like I grew a lot my first year of college. I didn't learn as many things in the class room as I expected, but I learned far more than I ever thought I could outside of the classroom. In high school, especially the early years of high school, my people skills were lacking to the say the least. I rarely talked and when I didn't I often inadvertently offended someone. Although I still have work to do, I'm now comfortable in nearly all social situations and usually don't offend people as often anymore. The last weekend of tennis was crazy. Losing 5-4 in a 5 hour match with Luther and all I can say is those guys are assholes. Thankfully, I beat 4 of them in the next 2 days while winning the conference tournament. I will try to blog more often but no promises. I know so many people read these......