Sophomore slump

My favorite truth that I wrote in “find the fib” was probably that this school year I played in 3 school sports, and that in every sport I played I went to state in all 3. This season of sports was very good for me and that's why I think this is my favorite truth. This season I played basketball, track, and cross country. Cross country was my first school sport and I was the number 1 or number 2 runner on the team. I did good throughout the season, I was doing good, but during the first meet I…

I have never really thought of myself as a leader, because I was usually quiet and self centered. Sophomore year was the year I truly became assertive and controlling that made me become a “leader”. Besides being challenged in academics and music, my role in sports became more defined that year. Track season during spring started out fine as everything was relaxing and looking good. With a small core of discus and shotput throwers, around three out of six of us were looking to go big. We learned…

When I first entered high school, I was excited to leave middle school. To completely have some freedom. Without having teachers supervise us walking in the hallways, lining up to walk to lunch, and having bathroom breaks. It was time to leave all that behind and start high school. I expected high school to be a breeze like middle school just more independent. My first year of high school was challenging for me, which has caused to fail my Algebra one class. I failed that class because I never…

As our heat was called we all stood up and started to exit the tent. When we got out of the tent we took off our sweats and started to stride out to warm up the legs. Then everyone ran together down to the 50 meter mark and ran back. This was one of the best parts of the meet. The starters then lined all of the runners up on the line and off they went. Drew had us in a good position and was keeping up with the top pack. When he handed off to me I ran as fast as I could holding our position.…

It all started on an Autumn afternoon back in 2012, when my beloved mother told me that she decided that it was best for me, my sister and her to move to U.S.A. Don’t get me wrong, since I was a little girl, I wanted to travel the world, I wanted to experience new things, meet new people, talk different languages. But not at twelve. I wanted to stay in Barranquilla, Colombia; I wanted to stay with my culture, my traditions, my family and everything that I was accustomed to. However I was only…

varsity captain’s little sister. I was exhausted every day after practice, however I eventually gained a deeper understanding of the game and grew to love it. Over the next three years I moved up the team ladder playing on both JV and varsity as a sophomore, finally moving up to varsity as a junior and senior.…

“’You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take’ -Wayne Gretzky” -Michael Scott Michael Scott and the characters of NBC’s wildly popular show The Office have years of runtime that have proven it to be relatable to almost everyone who watches it with themes relating to most aspects of American life. One of its most prominent themes, and the one that most speaks to me, is that of thwarted ambition. Pam’s discouragement from art school, Jim’s discouragement from starting a sports company, and…

Scottsbluff High School has been an amazing place to attend for the past four years. I have always loved the atmosphere this school has offered along with the staff and other students. Like every other high school in America all seniors look forward to graduating. This is the last step in completing the first of many parts in my life. As graduation approaches all seniors are looking forward the lasting tradition of how our school sets up its graduation. From the walk in to the walk across…

My favorite extracurricular called Odyssey of the mind has direct similarities with my life. The first part is the skit. The skit sets up the solution and what is to come. As for the script of my life, growing up I moved around a lot for my dad because he was trying to start his own business. From Colorado to Pennsylvania, every time I’ve moved it has been for him. To set up the scene, we were in a new state and with that, a new school and a public one too. No doubt about it fourth grade me was…

I can still clearly recall the first time I walked through the double doors that led to the spacious choir room. I remember walking in and admiring the many trophies and state championships that sat on the various cabinets along the outskirts of the room. For me, the decision to continue choir was a tough one. I mean afterall, in order to be academically competitive in this day in age, you need to load as many AP courses as possible into your schedule right? It became abundantly clear that I…