Graduation Speech : Winning The State Championships

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I dialed his number and heard the phone ringing and then a voice said, “Hello.”

Emerson once wrote that "Unless you do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." By stating this quote, Emerson is trying to help us understand that doing more than what we are comfortable with doing, will help us grow more as an individual. Going above and beyond in school, our work, and sports will help us grow, because we are pushing our brain, and body to do more than it has always done. How often do we say that we do not understand a topic, just because we do not want to actually think about it? Many times in the past, high school students will whine and fuss about not understanding the material within the class because they simply just do not care to push themselves to think past what they know. If we do not understand the material, nor do we ask for help, this will

It is 2:20 in the morning when the phone rings. You are automatically startled and jump to pick it up after the second ring. That feeling in your stomach tells you that something is terribly wrong. It is the police on the other end of the line telling you that your daughter has been in a fatal accident. As the officer is talking, you seem to freeze and zone out. Your spouse is up now and takes the phone and talks to the officer to find out what is going on. You are in a state of shock as you both drive to the hospital so that you all can identify your daughter. When you become more coherent, you learn that a senseless fool who was drunk took your precious baby away from you. This is one phone call

The call came in around 3 in the morning, a thick echoing ringing that filled my ears and reverberated within my head. I fumbled for the phone and answered it, trying to get rid of the sleep that was trying to pull me back.

Stars: I attended Lee High School in Huntsville, AL for 4 years. As a general, I participated in many varsity sports, but anyone who knows me knows my favorite is football. Looking in as an 8th grader the varsity team at Lee was pretty good under head coach Kinte Welch; however, finally graduating and becoming a part of the team my freshman through junior year was pretty awful. Our program was awful because of many reasons, but you can 't blame it all on the head coach. Ending my junior season, we 'd maybe won 4 games in 3 seasons. At the beginning of baseball season my junior year the athletic department decided to release him from his head coach position. After many potential coaches filled out for the position our principle filled the spot. He was familiar with the football in our area and he also coaches at a rival school Huntsville High School. Coach Woods has been around football all his life also playing linebacker at the University of Arkansas. Woods taking over and hiring a new staff made our life so much easier. The senior class who came in as a freshman, and stuck through the tough times help lead the team to the 6A playoffs after not being a contender for the last 10 years. I played a huge role as a defensive captain and we were ranked one of the top defenses in our region. As a three-year starter for the Generals, we turned the whole program around my senior season and made it to the second round of the playoffs where we lost to a power house.

From before day one, all our minds were set. This was the year to win a State Championship. I can’t exactly explain it, but right from the start I knew we were going to do it. I was never so sure about anything in my life and I never doubted it once.

"Who is this?" I snap as I answer the call, my lips pursed together in annoyance. The other side of the line is quiet, like they're wondering what exactly to say. I know who it is, just by the fact that the number had been blocked, but I have to make sure before I decide to rip an innocent person apart, and yes, that has happened before. The poor bloke didn't even know what to say when I was finished screaming at him to leave me alone.

Before I head off to college, I want to personally thank you both for being coach, mentor, role model and a friend to me. There are no words that can describe how thankful I am to have had you be part of my life. How cool is it to have actual professional soccer players be your personal coaches?

High school sports are like no other experience in adolescence. Christina had come to learn this after making the varsity soccer team her sophomore year. This was something she had worked very hard for, and had no expectation for the great memories she received from this this privilege. Having seen all of the movies about the game winning basket that made every kid in school know their name, she had decided that she would try out for the high school girls’ basketball team. Daunting, but at the same time a glorious triumph if she did prove herself. After realizing that she was not as experienced as many of the other girls her age, making the team would mean an automatic climb on the social ladder of high school, and allow her to say that her hard work payed off even next to the ¨best of the best.¨

I sat in the waiting room of that hospital for about an hour and a half. They let the younger children with the ear infections, and mild flu like symptoms go first. As I sat there in the wheelchair I saw a very familiar face walk through the semi-crowed waiting room. As the face got closer and clearer, tears began to form and fall to my face. My head coach walked up to me and asked how I was doing. This meant so much to me, to know that he took time away from his family to see one of his players. We sat there for a while and talked he cracked a few jokes and we shared a few laughs. All of a sudden my mind started to wonder, and the first thing that crossed was what if it is too bad for me to return to the court within the next two weeks, or worse for the rest of my high school days.

You know you love Auburn when you get to the college and can instantly feel happiness and warmth inside of you. That’s how I’ve always felt about this amazing University. People that know this feeling say this often, but it really is true that there is just something special and different about Auburn than any other college. I remember my first Auburn football game, the first toilet paper roll at Toomer’s corner, and when I took my first official tour of the college and I didn’t want to ever leave. I love the tradition, the home atmosphere, the amazing academics and activities, and the family of Auburn, and I believe each of these aspects will help me to be successful here. The traditions of the college, such as the songs, the eagle, the game

One afternoon, after my break, I took a call and the person was being super genuine about her story but the transactions on her account told another story. The customer said she just lost her job and her son just stole her car

A whole picture of suspense in less than 150 words! It left me hanging and bothered. From working in BPO industry in the past, receiving weird calls always came in package with normal ones. Had I experienced one like what happened in the story, I would probably be so affected. It's difficult feeling so helpless while sensing something tragic happening on the other line. Good job in successfully writing a fear stirring plot line.

"UGG...Not This again...." I said to myself. When I answered the phone I was pretty surprised at what I