Out of all the challenges in my life, there was one that swept me the most. I hated attention. I hated the way people glance at me or stare and scowl when I make a mistake. That why I never participate in some gym activities. I'm afraid that people might spot my imperfections. And what if a make a mistake? I know that at least one person would notice that i'm doing something right. I would always observe people and how they react to others. I hate being close to others too. When I want to do or join something, I always back out. But, as I went to 7th grade, I soon realized that if I don't do any after-school activities, it might affect my college and high school. So I then chose track. The reason why I chose track is because one, it’s energetic, and two, it might be fun. These are the main reasons why I did and did not want to join track.
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Not cuts as “knife cuts”, but cuts as in getting kicked out of the team. One, I could be humiliated. Who wants that? Last year I would always admire the people in track that actually “made it”. People who actually had the guts to ignore people’s glances and stares and just did it anyway. This year though, there wasn’t any cuts. But I didn’t join anyway. The second reason why I did not want to join track is because of practice, I might have to practice every week, and what about studying? There’s no time for practice if I had summatives and formatives. Taking track my lower my grade down. That might impact my high school GPA too. Plus, all track meetings are after school. Sometimes, the activity bus won’t be there. It’s basically a waste of gas. I don’t need all the stress of competitions and meetings. Sometimes it might be too much work just for athletics. I should be worrying about education and things like
Not cuts as “knife cuts”, but cuts as in getting kicked out of the team. One, I could be humiliated. Who wants that? Last year I would always admire the people in track that actually “made it”. People who actually had the guts to ignore people’s glances and stares and just did it anyway. This year though, there wasn’t any cuts. But I didn’t join anyway. The second reason why I did not want to join track is because of practice, I might have to practice every week, and what about studying? There’s no time for practice if I had summatives and formatives. Taking track my lower my grade down. That might impact my high school GPA too. Plus, all track meetings are after school. Sometimes, the activity bus won’t be there. It’s basically a waste of gas. I don’t need all the stress of competitions and meetings. Sometimes it might be too much work just for athletics. I should be worrying about education and things like