My Challenge - as written by Abby

Here is the essay that my 5th grader wrote regarding her challenge....

Have you ever had a challenge you wanted to face? I am facing my challenge right now. My challenge is soccer. My brother started playing this year ad I wanted to play to. My mom signed me up. Then, one day we went to a store called Dicks Sporting Goods to buy cleats, socks, shin guards and a soccer ball. I was ready to play!

Finally, the first practice day showed up. I was very, very nervous. I was anxious to see if any of my friends were on my team. I could not believe my ears when the coach said we had to sprit all the way around the high school. That didn't exactly make the team very blissful. Then after we finished, I was extremely pleased when we got to go get an icy gulp of water.

Next, we had to split up into teams and play a practice game. T he coach advised me of the positions. Let me tell you, there are a lot of positions in the game! It was hard for me to comprehend every position, but I finally caught on. Then, later that week, my first game day came up. I was extremely panicky. Then to make things inferior, I was playing the first quarter. That made me even more frightened! But after I played, I was in good health. No broken bones or anything! I couldn't wait to be in the third quarter After the game was over, I realized that we lost. Well, it was our first game and we barely knew each other. I was still determined to play and win the next game. So if you want to do something very badly, always work hard at it and make sure that you really want it. But also, make sure you will have fun!