Does he have to stick with this to the end?

Modadunn
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:17:04 +0000

I didn’t read through all the threads… but…

Son played football, basketball and Lacrosse all four years of HS. He was voted captain of both football and lacrosse. Basketball’s roster is swelling and son who liked basketball but didn’t love it felt there were other kids who did. He tried out for a school play instead of playing basketball. It wasn’t nearly the time requirement but he came out of the semester with straight A’s, something that had always been just a - or b+ away. I honestly believe it was his decision to take a risk and do something totally different and outside his “box” so to speak that got him into college as it made a great essay. He didn’t do it for that reason and I admit I was concerned how it might look, but it was a life changing move.

He is headed to a college where only one other student from his school is attending and while he will still get to play sports, he will also have the opportunity to redefine himself based on nothing more than his passions instead of friends who already think they have him defined.