Personal Narrative: My Life As A Volunteer Soccer Coach

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Though I undoubtedly cherished every moment with all of the activities I had participated in throughout high school, the one I yearn to continue is being a volunteer soccer coach for youth in my community. I’ve always been a firm believer that there is more good in the world than there is bad and coaching these kids, reinforced my belief. My first season coaching, there was a young girl with Down syndrome on my team. I was nervous the kids would not understand and exclude her. After the first practice, all my fears vanished. Her teammates accepted and encouraged her. It was so relieving to see kids working together to have fun and be competitive with other teams rather than put their teammates down for their differences. I would love to be

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