Adolescent Autobiography: Joining The Varsity Soccer Team

Adolescent Autobiography Adolescence is an important time period of development among all people. Events that occur in this stage of life influence a person in various, immense ways. The ability to analyze these events is an important skill to obtain. The purpose of this paper is to discuss and analyze not only how the events of joining the soccer team and living without my Dad for two years have affected my physical/health, social/friendship, familial, and self domains, but also the outcomes that were produced from these experiences.
Joining the Varsity Soccer Team
I have played soccer since I was about five years old, and ever since I was little, I remember watching older girls playing soccer and anxiously anticipating my turn to play for

As a team, we always had either practice or a game together after school every day. This allowed me to develop my social skills because I was always interacting with my teammates in a social environment. This has impacted my life in college in immense ways. On the big campus of BYU, I am forced to use the social skills that I developed on my soccer team to meet new people every day.
Living Without My Dad When I was about 14 years old, my mom and dad announced to my sisters and I that my dad got a new job. We found out that he would be living in Dubai and working for a company there, while the rest of my family would stay in Georgia. Originally, we thought that he would only be there for one year, but two years and four months later, he finally came home for good.
Familial
The first outcome that I learned through this experience, is the importance of a close-knit family. When my dad was in Dubai, it was critical for my family and me to remain strong as a unified unit in order to get through the challenge together. Without this strong family foundation, I know that I would have had a much harder time dealing with my dad being in Dubai alone. My knowledge of the importance of having a close-knit family still affects me today. I do all that I can to tell my family members that I love and miss each of them immensely. Also, when I picture my future family, I know that I will strive

While my dad was gone, my sisters and I had to learn to do jobs around the house that normally he would do, such as mowing the lawn, taking out the trash, and washing the car. This hard work was essential for our home to continue to run smoothly. This helps me today because life in college is not easy, and it takes hard work to be successful in both grades and jobs. The second outcome that I have gained from the event of my dad living in Dubai is responsibility. Now that there was one less person in the house helping with completing chores, I learned to step up and do chores without being asked. I knew that my Mom had other things to worry about, so I took responsibility and helped out around the house without being asked. This is essential to who I am today, and in college, I am having to use a tremendous amount of responsibility. While living on my own, I am forced take responsibility and do chores and school work all on my