School Memories
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Volleyball -
Intro to Volleyball, though I only played for about 2 weeks before having my arm broken, actually opened doors for me in the military. I had slightly better skills than the military intramural players, and so I was invited to play with a military club team in Louisiana. This led to trying out 1 year for the Air Force team in Florida, as well as playing tournaments throughout the south.
I later ran into the senior that broke my arm in high school my sophomore year. Of all places, on an atoll in the middle of the Indian Ocean, 4miX9mi, Diego Garcia, 7 years later. we were both military... and were very amicable! (though the look on his face was PRICELESS when he realized who I was) It was all in the past, and part of a different era.
I owed this all to the very short 2-week introduction that I had to the SPHS Volleyball team.
Waterpolo -
working out with the water polo team was incredible. It pushed me further than I had been pushed before, and gave me an incredible amount of strength as I developed later. Waking up and swimming in the dark was just a nutty concept. Starting classes while having been awake for 3 hours already, and feeling as if it were just "the next thing lined up" in my day, as opposed to the first and only thing to get through.
The immediate challenges of breath, awareness and seeming exhaustion were very challenging through those workouts. But life was so much better, so much crisper, cleaner, clearer and more balanced afterward.
The best rewards are those achieved through worthy... and appropriate... challenges. It's how we gain value.
I had some fantastic teachers that encouraged critical thinking... before I knew what that meant.
