High School Graduation Day Research Paper

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For Better or For Worse High school is one of the most memorable moments of your life. All of your friends that grew up with you and new friends all going to the same school. There are several high school experiences that I went through. From the first day of high school all the way to graduation day. These experiences could be great or they could be terrible. The high school experience that I went through was horrible. The night I lost to Dorman High School in the third round of the playoffs. I remember the whole day like it just happened yesterday. The most that I remember about that day is the pre game, the actual game, and the post game. The pre game was the better moment out of this high school experience. During pre game the coaches told us to meet them in the meeting room at 4:00pm. When I walked into the meeting room it was silent and stillness in the cold room. I can remember coach Lane walking into the room silently and with the bible in his right hand. As we went around the room letting every player talk it finally came around to me. I stood up and turned my attention …show more content…
As I stood in the middle of the field hearing Dorman scream to the top of their lungs we going to state. I looked over at the sideline to see that everyone was crying. I tried my best to hold in my tears but I couldn 't they started flowing down my face. I noticed that my high school football career was over. Then I seen the security guards open the locked gates. My family rushed straight towards me to try and comfort me. At that moment I really didn 't feel like talking to anyone I just wanted to be alone. As I was walking up the hill to the locker room the coach stopped me. Coach Lane told me that I have a very bright future ahead of me. Coach Lane told me to keep my eyes on the right path don 't let any distractions get in my way. After hearing those words I started to lighten up and just accept that we

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