My Passion For Playing Basketball

As far as I could recall I have always been a person who loves to help other individuals. I remember being in the 2nd grade and most of the times I would finish my classwork earlier than most of my casemates. And, I would usually ask my classmates if they needed help with their work. Equally important, during recess I enjoyed playing sports whether it is basketball or soccer. Not to mention , I would often stay after school to play basketball with my schoolmates. furthermore, I also enjoyed playing with my hot wheel cars at home and at times I pretended to fix my cars just like my dad, who is a mechanic. I guess I grew to love cars from an early age because every weekend my father would fix cars, so I was always around cars during my childhood. …show more content…
Therefore, it became a crucial compent of my early vocational self-concept because I realized that I did not have the abilities to play basketball professionally. More importantly, I was not blessed with an average basketball player height or skills. So I accepted the fact that I was not going to make it to the NBA. However, my passion for helping others has always been a part of my personality. I recall being in 8th grade and volunteering at school to help pick up trash from the local park. I have carried these experiences with me and they have shaped me into the person I am becoming. I say this because I honestly believe that one is always growing as person either emotionally or mentally. More importantly, the experiences one goes through during childhood, early adolescent and young adulthood are important because those experience have made me view people and the world with a different …show more content…
I had no one to steer me in the right direction or role models who I could look up too. My parents did not graduated high school, so they could not provide me with the necessary to continue my education and go to college. Therefore, I took the intuaioive to seek information form my own good. I visited the nearest community college by my house. After gathering useful information , I decided to attend my local community college that was a huge step I took. I became the first one in my family to attend and graduate college. More importantly, a college student I took many interesting and not so interesting classes. I viewed my community college experience as an exploration stage. I was exploring my options, I was trying to figure out what I saw myself doing for the rest of my life. As result, I found my criminal justice classes so interesting that I decided to declare criminal justice as my