Process Essay: The Importance Of Diversity In College Sports

Since, I was young I have moved many times. Moving is difficult because when you are new you have to try and figure out how fit in and adapt to new situations. Overall, since starting school at age five, I attended ten different schools. The good thing about changing schools is that you can reinvent yourself, but the challenge is adjusting to how they run their sports and academics. You need to figure out how the school works, and how the kids interact with each other. Overtime, I learned it is not about fitting in, it is more about being myself and having people accept me for who I am. Nevertheless, I still had to navigate different school and figure out how long the class periods were. Some of my schools had seven class periods a day and others had 4 periods a day. Some schools had two gymnasiums and I had to figure out, which gym to go to for my class. I liked to play basketball and would try out for the school’s basketball team. Each school runs their own basketball program, which can make joining a team hard. …show more content…
Some coaches show favoritism and only choose players they are familiar with, but other coaches are more fair and pick the students who play the best. I had a lot of experience with different teams as I was fortunate enough to make all the basketball teams I tried out for. Sometimes it’s not good moving teams like that if you’re shooting for a scholarship. But at the same time it is good because some schools have a better advantage of helping someone get a scholarship, because their programs are more rigorous and they play more challenging teams. The players I met often invited me to go hang out at the local stores or