Insight urgently needed for a HS dilemma

ijamjl
Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:12:38 +0000

Well since you aren’t saying what the other activity is, I have no idea how time consuming it is. In HS, I was on a team too, and we practiced till 6pm every school day, came in every school holiday, and was at practice for at least 6 of the 7 or 8 days we were off during spring break. We had Saturday practice every week, so the only day we had off was Sunday. Weekday practices were from 2:30-6:00pm, Saturday practices would go from 8am-3pm or possibly longer, depending on how close competition was, and the practices during vacations were all as long as Saturday practices, but consecutively!

With all that said, taking on another activity is definitely a factor that would’ve made me want to quit the team, but it would depend on what it was. Do you think “sleep deprivation” is a little overdramatic because you want to be able to hang out with friends more often, or will you literally be constantly on the move for 12-15 hours a day?

I’d like to know if you’d be willing to say what the other activity is.

Anyway, I have no idea how to quit and not come across as a slacker. It’s hard to show that without actually explaining it to someone, so the only way would be to show that you quit to participate in another event, such as volunteering.