Personal Narrative: Retreat To Camp Tekawitha

All I wanted to do was enjoy my day on a Freshman retreat to Camp Tekawitha. On a hot day I got back from my retreat around 5:10. Jaclyn and I talked to our coach two days before the retreat and told her that we would be getting back around 5:00 and probably won't be able to make it to practice. We told our coach around 5:00 because our teachers didn't know exactly what time we would be getting back to school. Since practice was over at 5:30, Jaclyn and I thought it wouldn't be necessary to go to practice. Even though we told our coach we couldn't make practice, she was still upset about it. Our coach found out when we got back and she was very mad because we didn't come and practice. Some of the girls on the freshman team were telling our coach we were avoiding going to the gym to say we got back. We thought that it was okay to go home because both of our parents were there and we didn't want them to wait.
Since our coach was mad at Jaclyn and I, she sat us for the next four games in our …show more content…
It was my first time playing on a high school sport, and even making the JV team. She didn't respect me or Jaclyn the rest of the season because of this, the season is over two months long and this was the first week. She never played Jaclyn, I was the only setter so she had no choice but to play me, but if I didn't play that position I wouldn't have played either. I am still upset about it today even though this happened a year ago. Since we didn't do anything wrong, we should not have been punished. I can see where she's is coming from, but we told her we weren't going to be there. I learned from this that make sure you are clear when you tell someone something because you can be easily misunderstood. Also I learned that if you get back early from something to check in with your coach or boss and let them know you got back