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It is the day that the results for the chorus solos come out and everyone who tried out was so excited including myself. All through the day, I have been that kind of like nervous, excited thing.
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I swerve left, I swerve right, I step on the gas, and there I am at the board. I can’t admire it too much because everybody is right behind me. I scan the sheet “Blah,Blah,Blah,Blah,Blah,” and then right there straight in the center of the paper I see my favorite name in the whole wide galaxy, my own. I was so excited. When I was walking to the bike rack, I had a little more pep in my step. I rode home with a big smile on my face saying hi to everyone I saw. I get home, throw my bike on the ground and run inside to tell my dad because my sister is too young to know what the heck I'm talking about, my mom is still at work, and my brother is off somewhere with his friends. I tell him, “dad guess what, I got a solo in the chorus!”, “Congratulations!” he says to me. While my sister is probably chewing on something. At the end of the day, it was just another day in the neighborhood
I am now officially in my Senior year of Cross Country , and am close to the end of my season. My first race of this year though was a big accomplishment for me, because I hadn`t been able to run. When I ran that race though it made me just so happy I was able to finish it, I was`nt happy with the time, but there is always time for improvement. I was glad to be racing again and being apart of the team again. I believe that my injuries were a barrier in my way, but they did not stop my sports career.
Sports are not for everyone. I tried a variety of sports throughout my childhood but I was never really athlete material. I am as slow as a turtle and I have little to no hand-eye coordination, but I gave each sport a try. It was truly a shock when I decided to run cross-country since I had no speed whatsoever.
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When I crossed the line I had decided that was the hardest and most painful race I had ever ran. Never had the pain gotten that bad, but that made me a little proud because I knew that I had tried my hardest. Brandon placed 2nd and ran as amazingly fast as he always had. Austin made a huge improvement in time and placed 12th. Sean did not do as well as expected but placed 25th. I myself placed 48th, which wasn’t awful. My time was decent. Justin tanked and he placed 56th. 56th wasn’t bad, but was expected to be much faster than me. Coach was a bit disappointed when we finished because based off of what he saw it did not look like we made it out. While we were back at “camp”, Sean pulled up the results on their phone.
These were the lists for all of the people that made it into Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band for the next year. I look down at the trumpet section and as I'm reading through the names I see what I've been wanting to see for the last month and a half, and that was my name on the list for Jazz Band. I was really happy and I wanted to tell my friends and family right away that all my hard work paid off. I got home that day and told my parents the good news, they were very proud of me for reaching this big
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I strolled towards the double glass doors, deliberately kicking at a large, spiky, chestnut pod as I went. It skidded across the concrete and sent three more spike-balls rolling before toppling over the edge of the ramp. Gazing upward through the branches, which were camouflaged by green and brown splotched clumps of large, tear-drop shaped leaves, I could see bits of crisp, blue, autumn sky. I repositioned the strap of my viola case on my shoulder. It's too bad I can't stay out here to enjoy the weather. At that thought, I slowed my walk. Why am I nervous? I'm more prepared for my lesson this week than I have been in a long time. The set of doors now loomed ahead of me, and I tugged one of them open, making my way up to the second floor of the building. I knew there was no reason for me to be nervous, but the butterflies flitting around in my stomach didn't seem to care.
People started crowding around, to see what was happening. Almost all the kids laughed at me, the older kids laughed because they were mean and the smaller ones laughed to fit in. Luckily, the bell rang and recess was over. I was truly "saved by the bell." I had put it off for too long; I had to tell my teacher about these bullies.I went to my teacher’s desk and whined to her, "Some older kids were bullying me in the playground. They told me to cut my hair.""You should cut your hair. So much hair is disgusting" she told me most spitefully.I went to my seat crying with anger, not to those bullies or my teacher, yet to myself for being, so weird.
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I took my bag and walked out the class without looking at other students who were present in the class and laughing at me. I was walking along the sidewalk and thinking WHY THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS TO ME? …. WHY THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS TO ME?