In our local newspaper, you’ll always find an article about who scored the final

touchdown, saved the most goals in a soccer game, or hit a triple in the varsity baseball game. But you’ll never read about who got the lead role in the school’s play, who became the Diversity Club’s president, or who made it on the dance competition team. That actually really sticks for me because I’m so not into organized sports. However, I am totally into acting, dancing, and working with young children. 

 

When I was younger, I never showed any interest in kicking a soccer ball around

a field or playing T-ball with my friends. I was way more into putting on my ballerina tutu and spinning around my kitchen while singing the latest Spice Girl’s song for hours at a time. While all my friends talked about how they learned to do a “header” in soccer, I was talking about how I learned to do a pique turn. At the moment, my best friend is the captain of her soccer team. When she told me, I got really excited for her, and thought that it was great that she got such an honor in our school. One week later, it was her congratulating me on getting my dance team’s captain. 

 

In my high school, there are so many different cliques. There are the football players, the cheerleaders, the soccer girls, the track stars. So where does that leave a kid like me? I’ll tell you where: with my fellow drama geeks. These kids are the best types of people you will ever hang out with. It’s always like one big huge family. We aren’t scared to say or do anything that makes us stand out. We’re the type of students that will give each other huge hugs in the hallways in between classes and not care when people look at us funny. Our way of looking at life is very much optimistic and we like to spread that view around to people that are – and are not – in the drama club.

 

This year in high school, my senior year, I got a job working with kids in grades

first though sixth. I got this job on the day that all of my friends were trying out for the school’s cross country team. They thought it was strange that I was going out for a job working with young children, whereas I thought it was weird that they wanted to go run five miles every day. My job is working with kids after school three times a week. I help them with their homework, play games with them, or just be a friend to the kids that maybe need one. It’s an amazing experience for me because I’m going to college for elementary education.

 

So, organized sports are SO not my thing. I’d much rather be spending my time in

theater, dance studio, or at my work. Most people say that playing an organized sport is the only difficult hobby that there is. Well, I dare those people to spend an afternoon with me and see if they feel any differently!