Personal Narrative: My Improvement In High School Football

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Did I or did I not improve this year on the things I said I would. I improved in all the things I said I was going to improve in this year. This year I improved my grades at the end of each semester, I improved in baseball, and I improved in football. I improved myself academically by finishing up the end of each semester strongly. I improved several of my grades in the last week to get them up to As. By showing that I can finish a semester out strong I proved that I don't have to be perfect throughout the grading period/semester. This year along with academics I was trying to improve myself athletically as well. I improved myself as a High school baseball player. When I started games on varsity I did pretty well. By showing that I can compete

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