Senior year has finally arrived. The stress of all the necessities of the next 365 days is apparent but not yet overwhelming. She actively participates in all of the homecoming activities for the first time in her high school career. Although coaching issues lingers behind the scenes, she leaves everything on the volleyball court each opportunity she gets. Her mom, dad, sister, grandparents, and boyfriend make it to ever game possible. The end of fall brings the opportunity for her to lead the band as drum major, her dream since middle school. As the marching competition concludes she is handed a seventh place certificate, the best her school has ever done. Fall also introduces the final decision making process. Where will she attend
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To the point where it makes her ill. All she wants is to be the best of the best in all that she does, and she quickly finds out that it is impossible. Sophomore year brings a timid girl that has not been seen before. She hides behind the hands of EJ and is confused by love. Junior year brings back her outgoing personality and even sparks a new relationship. Her senior year ultimately brings out her perfectionist personality but on a much smaller scale. By the end of her career she learns to be content with everything that has happened in four years. It has shaped her in to what she is …show more content…
Assignments accumulate on the stiff, oak desk in her cramped dorm room. In a matter of weeks, she is already immensely overwhelmed. She speaks to her mom, best friend, and boyfriend. Between the financial responsibility and excruciating distance between her and the one she loves, a transfer to another university is already contemplated. Homecoming approaches, which means extended cheer practices and enticing social events. Exams begin over the topics learned. Nights have less sleep than ever before, and it begins to show. Everyone has stress, she is no different. She keeps her head high because she remembers it’s just college. Not everything HAS to be perfect. Even though her stress is still visible, she now excels at managing it
To the point where it makes her ill. All she wants is to be the best of the best in all that she does, and she quickly finds out that it is impossible. Sophomore year brings a timid girl that has not been seen before. She hides behind the hands of EJ and is confused by love. Junior year brings back her outgoing personality and even sparks a new relationship. Her senior year ultimately brings out her perfectionist personality but on a much smaller scale. By the end of her career she learns to be content with everything that has happened in four years. It has shaped her in to what she is …show more content…
Assignments accumulate on the stiff, oak desk in her cramped dorm room. In a matter of weeks, she is already immensely overwhelmed. She speaks to her mom, best friend, and boyfriend. Between the financial responsibility and excruciating distance between her and the one she loves, a transfer to another university is already contemplated. Homecoming approaches, which means extended cheer practices and enticing social events. Exams begin over the topics learned. Nights have less sleep than ever before, and it begins to show. Everyone has stress, she is no different. She keeps her head high because she remembers it’s just college. Not everything HAS to be perfect. Even though her stress is still visible, she now excels at managing it