Almost everybody would tell you that high school shaped who they are dramatically. They may tell you about some amazing teacher they had that taught them so much about life, a guidance counselor that they could talk about anything with, or a club they joined where they met their closest friends. For me, there were two things that shaped me in high school. The first thing was joining the wrestling team. Wrestling taught me a lot about teamwork and being independent at the same time. It’s about teamwork because each match somebody on your team wins counts towards your team points. However, it’s also individual because once you’re in a match, it’s up to you to win or lose. Nobody else is coming on the mat to help you take down and pin the other guy, you have to know what you’re doing. Wrestling also taught me a lot about dedication because we had practice every single weekday and many times also on Saturdays. I took everything I learned from wrestling and applied to my classes as well.
The other part of high school that had a big impact on me was Virtual Enterprise. VE was a class where we simulated running a business. We had different departments in the class and everybody had a job. I was the Finance Director, so I oversaw the day to day operations of the financial department and worked alongside the CFO to help prepare for competitions and make sure everything was getting done. In this class, I learned a lot about business and got to use Excel every day. I was even able to put together an inventory system in Excel that updated automatically using another spreadsheet when we made a sale.
As a college student, I hope to expand on everything I’ve learned in high school and use it to become successful throughout my time in college and into my career. I also hope to learn more about the real world because no class really does that in high school. I hope I do well throughout the first semester and not let old habits like procrastination hold me back. I also hope I join a club sometime soon.
I agree with what you were saying in the beginning, high school really does impact all of us in some way. Also, I think it’s pretty cool you had a virtual enterprise class, it sounds like it was a useful experience.
I can relate to both of your experiences with that of my own from High School.
Firstly I was on the baseball team so I learned about teamwork from there, albeit though from a different less individual aspect.
I was also a part of the VE in my school and was the CFO, so obviously there was a lot of learning there as well.
I agree with that fact that most people are impacted by their high school experiences. I actually wrote my first blog post about mine. I’ve personally never heard of VE, but it seems very interesting.
It is great that you found those two things in your high school that you cherished. It’s interesting that what you feel helped shape who you are were two very different things, each significant in your development in separate ways. Wrestling, specifically, sounds like a wonderful team building sport.