This essay serves as a reflection for myself and the process our group went through for the semester. Through this module, I gained greater insights about myself, discovering my strengths and weaknesses when working in a team, as a member, and as a leader. Reflecting upon the past few months, cohesiveness was something very valuable I picked up from this group project. It was something our group never failed to have, even from the moment we formed the group. Initially, I was very critical towards group work because of my prior experiences with bad groupmates.
This essay serves as a reflection for myself and the process our group went through for the semester. Through this module, I gained greater insights about myself, discovering my strengths and weaknesses when working in a team, as a member, and as a leader. Reflecting upon the past few months, cohesiveness was something very valuable I picked up from this group project. It was something our group never failed to have, even from the moment we formed the group. Initially, I was very critical towards group work because of my prior experiences with bad groupmates.
His shield was a symbol of life as it described every aspect of life and not only war. Achilles could remember that there were not only warriors in the world but also different kinds of people, his role was the leader of the Achaeans that would lead them to victory. In this sense the shield tells us that everyone in the world plays a role in something. The importance of this is that if you skip out on things that you should be doing it can cause a lot of regret and pain in only you but others. Imagine if you had an essay to do and it was worth a great portion of your grade, but you procrastinated and didn’t do it.
His scenario was beyond my imagination, yet I could not tell him that it seemed too much for me. Gradually, my tendency to try to please everybody came back. Suddenly, I got an injury during practice. Although I twisted my ankle, I could not tell my coach that I had the injury because a big meet was coming. I was afraid of disappointing my coach by telling him I could not run in the meet for I thought it would let him feel down.
In my early years of coaching, I was adamant that to get to the top was hard, but staying on the top was even harder. It demanded, or so I believed a ‘24/7’ commitment. The message I was delivering was “To be the best, everything in your life must be geared to get you there.” Two things happened to me in the first few years of my coaching career that changed that thinking. In my early days, I had some very talented girls who ran for me at St. Patrick’s School. They were all great students who would go on to have very successful lives later in life.
Most of my time through high school, I was not a favorite through my instructors eyes. I was practically put at the bottom in all of our shows until my senior year. Then, I was upset about that because I felt like I was the only person who knew how hard I worked outside of high school practices. I was also put more as a dance soloist in shows rather than challenged in equipment, but I was excited about it at the time because I felt like dance was the one thing I was good at. Now, because of how far I grew as a performer since graduation, and all my hard work to gain new skills in equipment, and learn at a faster pace, I am better at flag.
In the begining of highschool it was very challenging for me to balance school and friends making me choose friends which in this case was so not important or even worth it. Friends change, just like seasons and you might not always have the same ones. Several people that you might come across with are people who just teach you a lesson and aren’t in your life for the long run. My freshman friends taught me a lot because I am not so close to any of them, but during the time they sure did distract me from everything in my life. I started being disrespectful to my parents and not care about my grades.
In addition to marching, another skill needed is the ability to memorize your marks (when and where to be at a certain point on the field during the show) and to be able to play your music at a mastered level. All of these skills must be executed while being judged on your every move and note played. Some may argue that marching band isn't a sport because there is no competitive league, however this is quite the contrary. In addition to high school marching bands, there are college level marching bands and professional/competitive leagues such as DCI (Drum Corps International). In college marching bands it is expected that the members are able to play their instrument at a mastered level, making no mistakes whatsoever.
Last year marked the start of playing field hockey in high school. I have always loved the sport with a passion; it was something that my friends and I could enjoy together. Freshman season was enjoyable. Sophomore season, however, I found to be a lot more of a challenge. I worked so hard to make varsity that year; I knew that I was already at a disadvantage given that many of my other teammates played hockey year round.
Popular or not the bully always has to have the last word at the end of the fight, just to make sure that everyone knows they won and you might be next if you ever get in there way. Victims and Parents want change Some parents are tired of there kids get beat up so they are taking matters into their own hands. Some of the victims are starting to take self defense classes so they can stand up to the bullies. In some states they are trying to pass a self defense bill, because the victims should be able to fight back without living in fear of getting