Every college students is failing
in some aspect of college. I believe that I am failing in the social aspect.
All I do is go to lift, physical therapy, class, softball practice then study
hall. I am only able to socialize with my softball team or I can social with my
non-athletic friends when or if we even eat together. I do not have a problem
with only seeing my softball team but I enjoy having multiple groups of
friends. Only having athletic friends makes it difficult for me to get away for
my athletic life. At home I had my best friends Jenny and Jena who both got
full scholarships to play soccer and softball at UMASS Amherst and my other
best friend Sam has a scholarship to play soccer at Dowling. I grew up with
them my entire life playing sports together. At home we all had each other to
do athletic things with and talk about sports but, we also had our other
friends Jade, Bryan, Billy, Joey, Carly, Laura, Kayla, Nina, Alyssa, Erin,
Shannon who did not play sports. So whenever we wanted a break from the athlete
life we could have it.
Here at southern Connecticut
everyone is an athlete or commutes and goes home on the weekend. I can never
have that athlete life break and I don’t enjoy it. It doesn’t make me feel like
a normal college student. Everyone looks at college athletes in a different
way, its either a good or bad thing to be a athlete but I don’t understand why
I can’t just be classified as a college student just like everyone else. That’s
why I enjoy having those friends that make me feel like I am a normal person
and don’t need to be judged for being an athlete.
Its hard to be more sociable, I am
a very outgoing person and don’t have problems making new friends its just that
I do not have the time to see my non athlete friends. There are days that I just
want to be able to go watch a movie or go shopping with my girl friends but I just
don’t have the time too. I just hope that once fall season is over and winter
starts up I will have more time to be able to see my friends.
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