Narrative Essay On Peewee Hockey

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After thinking about failure, I remember my first year of Peewee hockey, where I had failed to make the “A” team. Every year prior to my first year in Peewees, I had always been placed on the more advanced (higher skill level) hockey team. I worked hard throughout the tryouts and thought I had a good chance to be on the Peewee “A” team. I remember waiting anxiously for the results to be posted online. After several days, the results were posted and my name was listed on the Peewee “B” team. I had failed to make the more advanced team. To this day, I still remember telling my dad that I should just quit hockey and that I just wasn’t good anymore. In this situation, I should have been more like Jim Marshall. Jim Marshall did a good job accepting

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