Post by Croatia on Sept 25, 2011 21:11:22 GMT -6
Have to write this shitty essay for my college apps. 250-500 words. God, I suck at writing. Maybe someone can use their higher education to help?
At this time in my life, in every young woman’s life, there is a lot of confusion, a lot of stress, and a lot of underestimating oneself. This is where one needs a mentor, someone to help one come to terms with themselves and who they want to become in the near future. I am very lucky, because I have found such a person to help me through these turbulent times. My softball coach, Ron Scios, has been there for me since I turned fourteen and joined the Lutz Lightning fastpitch softball team. I know it must sound somewhat cliché. A coach for my favorite sport helping me through some tough times, but it’s probably the easiest thing for me to write about because it is absolutely true and is still affecting me to this very day.
I have known Ron since I was six years old, when I played on a slowpitch softball team with his oldest daughter. Through the years, he was sort of a background character in my life. When the Lutz Lightning fast pitch association was created in 2008, I originally did not want to join. My younger sister joined the younger team and Ron began coaching the older team. He requested that I come out and join the team as a guest player when needed and, being the rather congenial person I am, I obliged. I eventually went on to join the team and this is where the real story starts.
If it was not for Ron, I would not be playing softball today. I am a perfectionist, to the point of becoming very upset at myself for the slightest error, and playing a game of failure seemed to be a very difficult task for me. At the tender age of fourteen, while one is developing her sense of self and is in a very awkward state, playing a game that I did not know very well, I would never have survived the sport and reached the level of play that I have achieved. I have been able to talk to Ron about both the sport and my life. I have become a very skilled softball player and my overall attitude has improved. I do not believe many other coaches would have tolerated my perfectionist character long enough to allow me to perform at my current level. I have considered quitting softball many times, when stress and difficulties have made me fragile and upset, and he has supported me, even willing to let me quit if it would make me happy. I never did and, as hard as those times were, I have emerged stronger. While still a perfectionist, striving to be the best I can be, I no longer get upset at myself.
Coach Ron has inspired me many times to achieve my dreams for the future. He has challenged me to accomplish things that I would not have even attempted if not encouraged.
At this time in my life, in every young woman’s life, there is a lot of confusion, a lot of stress, and a lot of underestimating oneself. This is where one needs a mentor, someone to help one come to terms with themselves and who they want to become in the near future. I am very lucky, because I have found such a person to help me through these turbulent times. My softball coach, Ron Scios, has been there for me since I turned fourteen and joined the Lutz Lightning fastpitch softball team. I know it must sound somewhat cliché. A coach for my favorite sport helping me through some tough times, but it’s probably the easiest thing for me to write about because it is absolutely true and is still affecting me to this very day.
I have known Ron since I was six years old, when I played on a slowpitch softball team with his oldest daughter. Through the years, he was sort of a background character in my life. When the Lutz Lightning fast pitch association was created in 2008, I originally did not want to join. My younger sister joined the younger team and Ron began coaching the older team. He requested that I come out and join the team as a guest player when needed and, being the rather congenial person I am, I obliged. I eventually went on to join the team and this is where the real story starts.
If it was not for Ron, I would not be playing softball today. I am a perfectionist, to the point of becoming very upset at myself for the slightest error, and playing a game of failure seemed to be a very difficult task for me. At the tender age of fourteen, while one is developing her sense of self and is in a very awkward state, playing a game that I did not know very well, I would never have survived the sport and reached the level of play that I have achieved. I have been able to talk to Ron about both the sport and my life. I have become a very skilled softball player and my overall attitude has improved. I do not believe many other coaches would have tolerated my perfectionist character long enough to allow me to perform at my current level. I have considered quitting softball many times, when stress and difficulties have made me fragile and upset, and he has supported me, even willing to let me quit if it would make me happy. I never did and, as hard as those times were, I have emerged stronger. While still a perfectionist, striving to be the best I can be, I no longer get upset at myself.
Coach Ron has inspired me many times to achieve my dreams for the future. He has challenged me to accomplish things that I would not have even attempted if not encouraged.