Winning is something everyone wants to do or accomplish. Most times, winning is the main goal for the majority of people. When you win its a very good feeling and it can make you feel a certain way about yourself. Their are many reasons why this is a problem.

       A problem that winning can cause is no one else is getting noticed on the losing side. A player or the whole team on the losing side could do so well but it wouldn't matter because they didn't win. I hate this because that certain player or team could have been working so hard just to not get noticed. Winning can take away a lot of great players and teams shine. 

      Like I said, winning is good and that is the point of almost everything. But at the same time, the people who work hard and just lose need a chance too. Winning can also give you the big head and no one wants to hear you brag all the time. 

    Being a student athlete is not for the weak at all. Let's start with maintaining your grades. Most athletes have to have a high C to a A to participate in their sport but some athletes take it upon themselves to get A's and B's or straight A's. Student athletes for some reason get the most homework or most things to accomplish for school and it's hard for them to get things done because they have to be at practice by a certain time. 

      Now let's talk about the sports activity of a student athlete. Student athletes have practice for multiple hours and for those multiple hours they work very hard. Most times practice is 2-3 hours. Maybe 4 hours depending on what day it is or how the school schedule is looking. When athletes get home it's either they are too tired to finish work or they finish their work and go to sleep in class in the morning. 

      The challenges student athletes go through are unnoticed and not talked about. As a student athlete myself (even though I don't play for the school), I feel as if we should have some type of help as with maintaining grades and practice. It's very hard for us. 

My special place is my old neighborhood. The neighborhood is called Glendale & it holds a whole lot of memories. Glendale taught me a lots of things and really was my guide to learning life. I learned about friends, trust, how to defend myself, strength, how to crack jokes, and how to not let anybody run over you. In Glendale, me and most of the kids in the neighborhood even girls were always outside. All of us used to play basketball, football, cops & robbers, and man hunt. I got into my first fight in this neighborhood. This is my special place not only because of the memories but because of what this neighborhood showed me. 

       Passion is not something you just have or someone wants. A passion is something someone can chase & dedicate their life to. You probably think you have a passion because you like doing that particular thing but if you don't actually love what you do or have a great reason why you do it then it is not your passion. It's also not easy to have a passion. Having a passion takes a lot of patients & hard work. 

      I have multiple passions & I can tell you a whole lot of reasons why they are my passion. My passions are Basketball, Music, and Fashion. These things aren't just anything I just like to do, they're a lifestyle and I love to do it. Basketball is way more than just a sport to me, I pull my all into basketball every time I get on the court because basketball really is fun and when I play it I get this happy feeling. Basketball takes all my pain or anger away when I'm sad or mad. Music is not always about listening to music, saying words and rhyming. It is the creativity, the lyrics, the beat & melody, and the flow of the music. Music is culture and it can cause a lot of things upon someones life. Music can help someone or destroy someone. I rap because of the positivity I know I can bring to the world and of the things I can provide for my family. Fashion and Music are almost like the same thing, they are both art. Art is a beautiful creation someone can make. Fashion is an art creation because dressing differently from someone else is more than cool to me. I feel like I dress like someone is going to look at me crazy or someone is going to be interested. Fashion is my passion because I can be myself by the way I dress.

       Like I said passion is not something you just like, it is something you go get. A passion can't just be handed to you, you have to earn it. Passion is more than loving something, it is why you love it. Passion is why you are so dedicated to something.