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Hello, name is Deoshanae Borden, but everyone calls me nae nae for short.I am a senior at Euclid High School. I once had a mentor name Phillips. Phillips has been my basketball coach since i was in the seventh grade now i'm in the twelfth grade. She helped me improve on my balls skills for about six to seven years. I met her at a open gym middle school basketball Gym. As we had open gym it was like she watched me the whole time. I countie to hoop an act like i didn't notice. The of the open Gym she asked what was my name and number every since that day we were in contact almost everyday.
During Middle school Coach philip would always come to the games to watch and observe. Coach Philip would always say when you get to the high school you going to be the real deal. She told me about how you have to have good grades in order to play this Sports. Finally when I got to the High school to play for her every game day she would check grades. If you had a D or lower you wouldn't play because that wasn't acceptable. That made me make sure my grades was as high as they could be. That made work a lot harder, because i knew if i had a bad grade i wouldn't play in the game . Nobody likes to seat the bench during the whole game in not play at all so i tried my best to make sure that never happened.
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The only way that happened was by doing everything i was supposed to like keeping good grades, Perfect attendance and staying out of trouble. I taught my coach that you can't judge a book by its cover. Most children who are really bad may continue the behavior, but you never know because that person can always change. I believe that everyone deserves second chances. What my coach taught helped me out my High school career. This is my last year so during those high schools i taught and showed younger class about how to maintain your grades in behavior. Still to this day I still help

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