Watching soccer has always been a favorite pastime of mine and my family. For as long as I could remember, I woke up to the Premier League, ate lunch with La Liga, and dined with Liga MX. I witnessed the likes of Manchester United vs. Manchester City, Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, and Chivas vs. America. From El Clasico to El Super Clasico, I lived, dreamed, and consumed every team and derby. For every school year from September to June, watching clubs was religious. Then comes summer. This is when my Aztec side bursts out of my soul. A national friendly or tournament is always right around the corner, and I’m representing Mexico, no matter a win or loss. But what’s that I hear? A World Cup? It’s time! For four painfully long years, I’ve been
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Also being 6 feet tall, people were taller than me, football, soccer, and swimming teams roamed throughout the narrow hallways that I would one day feel the same way many did towards me on my first day at high school. My mom always said that “with new places, new opportunities will arise.” And this couldn’t be more true. In my four long years being in a school where I thought I didn’t belong, I learned that everyone belongs, it just matters when you make the first move to do so. If you want the ball to be passed to you in soccer, then you call for the ball. You meet people from Ghana who like the exact same things as you, talk to that one weird boy from middle school who’s not afraid to express himself, meet a kid that constantly pushes you to try new things, and talk to someone who you would never expect to be an extrovert. Getting into Drama just to talk to a girl, burning bridges, pulling a 50 hour all-nighter, losing weight, starring in musicals and plays, and even small things like growing out my hair, getting new glasses are all things I would’ve never done before High School. Four years can mold a person and change their future
Also being 6 feet tall, people were taller than me, football, soccer, and swimming teams roamed throughout the narrow hallways that I would one day feel the same way many did towards me on my first day at high school. My mom always said that “with new places, new opportunities will arise.” And this couldn’t be more true. In my four long years being in a school where I thought I didn’t belong, I learned that everyone belongs, it just matters when you make the first move to do so. If you want the ball to be passed to you in soccer, then you call for the ball. You meet people from Ghana who like the exact same things as you, talk to that one weird boy from middle school who’s not afraid to express himself, meet a kid that constantly pushes you to try new things, and talk to someone who you would never expect to be an extrovert. Getting into Drama just to talk to a girl, burning bridges, pulling a 50 hour all-nighter, losing weight, starring in musicals and plays, and even small things like growing out my hair, getting new glasses are all things I would’ve never done before High School. Four years can mold a person and change their future