An accomplishment in my life that marked my transition from childhood to adulthood was when I made the hard decision to quit competitive dancing and join my high school swim team. My entire life had revolved around competitive dancing from first grade all the way through elementary school and middle school. Letting go of dance and moving on to bigger and hopefully better things was the hardest decision I ever made. It was nerve racking to move from dance, a stage of my life I had become very comfortable in, to the swim team, something I knew absolutely nothing about. But I knew it was all worth my while when I won the team spirit award.
Like most three year old girls, my mother signed me up for dance classes. I loved dancing, and my dance teacher must have thought I was very good. Three years later, my mom opened a letter in the mail asking me to be on my studio’s competition team. I competed on a team of about ten girls. We learned a few dances to perfection and competed them a few times each spring. I did this for nine years all the way through the my freshman year. …show more content…
Attending classes became more of a chore than it was fun like it use to be. Entering high school opened my eyes to new opportunities. I joined the student council, the Best Buddies program, and the orchestra. My best friend convinced me in my sophomore year to join the swim team. As much as she wanted me to join freshman year, I had already committed to a whole year to my dance team. It was during that year that it occurred to me that I did not look forward to going to class anymore. The girls I had become friends with had either graduated or quit, and the rest were just not nice people. Being a part of a team was all I knew, but it wasn’t as exciting when I went to school and no one knew about the awards we had