Years ago, when I was a child me and my father had a hard time bonding. My dad bought me a basketball because basketball, a while back, was his favorite sport. The basketball finally helped me and my father bond and the ball helped me develop most of my friendships. The basketball showed me that the best friends you can possibly have are friends you share interests with. When I was nine years old my dad bought me the basketball. The basketball wasn’t like ordinary basketballs, it was white with black stripes coming down it. Everyday after school, my dad would take me to the park so we could play basketball together. As time went on I started to sharpen my skills at basketball and ended up joining my 4th grade team. I was anxious …show more content…
My new school was Sayler Park and I was unfamiliar with the kids who went there. Sayler Park wasn’t very resembling of my old school. Sayler Park was a very limited school with just one class per grade. My first day started out very uncomfortable for me. I didn’t have anyone to talk to or associate myself with. During lunch I didn’t sit by anyone because I was afraid to meet them. At the end of my first day the teacher announced to us that we would be going to the gym tomorrow. The next day when we went to the gym, I realized that everyone there loved to play basketball. All of the guys were playing a game and I wanted to participate so I asked them if I could accompany them. I ended up on a team with this boy named Keaton. Keaton seemed like a kid you wouldn’t want to mess with because of his muscles, but he turned out to be a ducky teenager. Me and Keaton would play basketball every day during lunch time. This eventually ended up halting because school ended and summer break …show more content…
I have always achieved good grades but when I found out that Sayler Park started a basketball team for the 8th grade, I raised my grades to straight A’s. My teachers saw that I started to be exceptional in the classroom and they told me to take the entrance test for Walnut Hills. I ended up taking the test and passing very easily and then I decided I would go to Walnut Hills. I am a freshman in Walnut Hills High School now and I love the school. My future would be very different if my dad never bought me my first basketball when I was very young. I wouldn’t have been able to start most of my friendships and I wouldn’t be going to Walnut Hills. I still have my first basketball but it has had a great deal of damage done to it now. Everytime I see a basketball I reminisce of the memories of my friends, my dad, my school, and most of all my childhood. Basketball taught me a life lesson and that lesson is the best friends you can have are the ones you share interests with. This has been verified by the friendships I made through the game of
Starting my freshman year at County High School, I played basketball and loved every minute of it. I wouldn’t be conceited enough to say I was good, but God did bless me with the talent to play. My life revolved around the sport of basketball; some would say I slept, ate, and breathed every part of it. I spent all my time training and practicing to make myself a more dedicated athlete. This dedication not only helped me as a player, but also molded me into the person I am today. It somehow helped to prepare me for what defeat I would face with back surgery in the future.
Friendships can be maintained through mediation between friends who are temporarily separated. However, it is established that, according to Cocking and Matthews (2000), purely mediated close friendships are impossible. The internet presents structural impediments to the formation of exclusively online close friendships as they inhibit an essential feature of close friendship, this being relational identity. The internet allows an individual to choose their identity rather than being forced into non-voluntary self-disclosure. Individuals are capable of distorting filters onto themselves that are normally revealed to friends in an offline encounter and when the relationship is online, the crucial mutual interpretation and shaping of
Growing up in Alabama where the weather changes as quickly as a couch potato's remote and football is the epitome of life lead to an interesting childhood. Scarred knees, dirty clothes, and climbing willow trees were part of my every day life. As I progressed through middle school I began to associate with kids older than myself because we would indulge in playing basketball during recess. Although I was eleven at the time I could hold my own on the basketball court against the fifteen and sixteen year olds. It was during these times at the basketball court they would share their experiences in life amongst us and I often felt left out. Being t...
On the surface, basketball has a number of impacts on young people. For instance, the boys and girls who participate in basketball learn certain positive character traits. There is evidence to suggest that because of participation, they have a better attendance in school, better grades associated with good behavior in school, and less trouble and rarer discipline issues. In addition, students also have better citizenship in school as well as the community, and an upward mobility orientation like joining college later on in life.
When you look at a basketball what do you see? Most would see an orange, sphere, shaped rubber ball. There are black lines and real leather. If you look closer, you would even see the size of the ball in which you are playing with. A basketball could be just a toy for many, or even represent a release for others, but for me, it means a lot more. A basketball represents my blood, sweat, tears, passion, sacrifice, and most of all, a sense of belonging, like a family. At this moment in my life, there are only three things I devote my life to- family, friends, and basketball. Basketball has shaped my life probably more than anything else. Basketball has instilled in me a vicious will to achieve and embrace my ambitions instead of fearing them. Basketball gave me an open opportunity to try something new. New opportunities and experiences are not such a big deal anymore. From academics to personal matters, the lessons that I have learned from basketball has impacted my life.
"Friendship" is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as, the state of being friends, or a friendly feeling. Friends, on the other hand, are defined as people whom one knows well and is fond of. The second definition states a friend as an ally, supporter, or sympathizer.
Being part of the basketball clique in high school helped me learn the intrapersonal and social communication skills I use today. As a child playing basketball was my favorite activity or hobby. It's also the way I met a lot of my good friends that I have now. All my close friends I have met. I have met them through playing basketball.. Whether they were on my team, the opposing team or just fans in the crowd who admired my play. Not only has basketball helped me gain friends, but basketball also taught me a lot about life. There are many aspects of life that coincide with basketball. For instance basketball is a team game and an individual game. Like in life you have to work together with other people. The communication skills I learned from basketball helped me communicate with friends, girlfriends, parents and bosses at work.
“The silver friend knows your present and the gold friend knows all of your past dirt and glories. Once in a blue moon there is someone who knows it all, someone who knows and accepts you unconditionally, someone who is there for life.” This is a quote I read once in an article by Jill McCorkle. I wrote it down and posted on my wall. McCorkle’s description of a “gold friend” describes a friendship that I have with a group of girls who mean the world to me.
Has technology changed the way we make friends? Today’s society is known as the Informational age, and this is because technology has allowed the people to grasp onto certain information with a push of a button. However, it’s not only information that people are grasping on to, but it is also friendships. Friendships and acquaintanceships in the past were made by communicating in person; however, technology has interfered with our communication skills. The concept of “friend” in today’s social networking world is considered deleterious based on the elements such as cyberbullying, antisocial behaviors, and hyper-connectivity of technology.
Friendship is the most wonderful relationship that anyone can have. Ideally a friend is a person who offers love and respect and will never leave or betray us. Friends can tell harsh truths when they must be told. There are four different types of friends: True friends, Convenient friends, Special interest friends, and historical friends. To have friendship is to have comfort. In times of crisis and depression, a friend is there to calm us and to help lift up our spirits.
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” has been a strong factor in the formation of alliances through ought the ages. Influential and charismatic leaders have conquered great empires and scored promotions with help from friends, all of which might not be possible alone. On the other hand, friendship does not only benefit our professional lives, but assists in emotional development beginning as early on as childhood. “We evolved to make friends and tell them things” (Akst 88). Friendships provide children with more than just fun playmates. While interacting with friends, children learn many social skills, like how to communicate and cooperate. It is evident in our history books as well as everyday life how one is effected by the benefits, or lack
Acquiring a good friend in your entity can impact you in so many ways it's almost preposterous to envision. They are so critical and meaningful because they can support and comfort you. For example, they can assist you with homework, and always stand up for you. Surprisingly, they have the potential to help you become a better person.
Life teaches us a lot of things. But none is a better teacher than friendship (Importance of Friendship). There is one person who knows who I really am and that is my best friend, Danny. Friendship is a special love. Finding a true friend is always hard. So when one is found, it is important to hang on tight. The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. Growing up, I was the girl that was confident, strong, and had all the answers. No one had fully ever understood me or my actions, I was constantly on the move, keeping myself busy with any task or activity I could get my hands on, and I never told anyone the entire truth to why that was. My appearance to always seeming assured, formidable and dependable could be imputed to one prevailing time period, but was separated into hundreds of different memories of my past, each with their cause and effect. However, it started with one substantial hit, afflicting me in my teenage years.
technology. People are able to fly across the world in less than a couple of weeks, even contact
When I was about seven years old my dad wanted me to go out for basketball so I tried out, he is one of the most athletic people I know. Well ever since he had me go out for basketball I have been doing sports then when I want to give up when I can’t make that perfect lay up or when I can’t make that perfect over hand serve he will sit there and help me do it till I get it done and done right. My dad also taught me how to play half my spor...