Reflective Essay: My First Impressions

First impressions are a tremendous deal with anyone. Especially when that person is your future role model. “Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.” (Dalai Lama) I don’t really make a good first impression but it shouldn’t affect my outcome on someone. I’m going to tell a story about my first impression with Coach Grayson.
I was in 8th grade. I was more on the ‘popular’ side of the social groups at the school. Mainly all of my friends were too. I like to be better than all of my friends and one morning I was waiting outside of the school before the bell rang to let us in the building. I saw three of friends walking up to the school pretty late and asked them “where were you guys?” they said, “we were lifting at the

I asked myself, “why would they lift without me?” Later that day I went up to one of my friends (Derek) and asked him how I can come in and lift with them? He just replied with, “We lift every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Just come in on Wednesday at 5:30 in the morning. Coach Grayson shouldn’t care.” I got super excited because I was going to get big and stronger than them. Being the best is just in my nature. “I'm about being the best.” (Frank Ocean) Tuesday night I set my alarm for 5:00 AM. WHen my alarm went off the next day I was pumped. My dad took me to the High School and when I walked into the weight room no one was in there. I went into the hallway and saw my friends bags so I just put my bag there and went back into the weight room and sat down. About 10 minutes later my friends and Coach Grayson came in the weight room. I never seen Coach Grayson before and he was a very big man. Coach Grayson looked at me and said “Who are you and why are you here?” I instantly got