Hope Kelly attended her first year of high school at the John Carroll School. Participating in the Girls Soccer program, she played on the JV soccer team starting. Over the course of the year she learned a lot and changed as person, as she faced new challenges and met new people. Her year at John Carroll was exciting and memorable. Hope learned a lot about herself through the late nights, the bad days and the god, tough classes, and motivational teachers.
When Hope first came to John Carroll, she was definitely focused on her studies and playing for the soccer team to give her talents to the school. She met tons of great new people and survived the freshman struggles of figuring out the lockers and not embarrassing herself to much. Although, when Hope looks back, she realizes that she had not yet made the change to really embracing John Carroll. To her, it was just another school but bigger with more work. As the year went on though John Carroll became more than just another school, but it became a home. Hope really created a bond with some of the teachers and began to make even more friends creating memories and bonds that would last a life time.
Going into the year, Hope remembers a lot of typical freshman problems I had. For one thing, the freshman on the soccer team were definitely hassled a little; although, not as bad as rumors seemed to say. Hope has lamented the fact of carrying the dreaded water back and forth from the locker room to the soccer field. Inside of school, Hope’s greatest problem was coming from private school figuring out lockers. The upper classmen though were great and always helpful.
Hope will never forget her first year at John Carroll. The people and things I have been taught have changed her forever. Most importantly John Carroll has taught Hope many life lessons and also changed her idea of school. It is no longer a boring place you go to learn, but a home with a second family.
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