Make Your Freshmen Year Something You'll Remember

During my freshmen year at Donelson Christian Academy I have had many memories, and I have learned and experienced many different things. I have many amazing memories from this school year. I cannot just choose one memory so I will tell you about a couple of them. Being on the soccer team this year was an amazing memory. The whole season was very fantastic. We were not very good, at all, but we had so much fun and grew so close together as a team. Joining the soccer team really helped me come into high school comfortably because right off the bat I was becoming friends with upperclassmen.  Going to FCA camp and being on the basketball team was also very fun. FCA camp challenges how strong you really are as an athlete and a Christian. Being on the basketball team also helped me come into high school already knowing a lot of the upperclassmen and made it a lot more comfortable to be in high school. The last memories I have are when the softball team went to Destin, Florida for our spring break trip. Just being on the softball team in general is such a fun time, and you build so many friendships. We always ride the bus with the baseball team and I made friends with a lot of people I would probably never have talked to if it wasn’t for being on the softball team. On the way back from Zion Christian Academy I was sitting with my friends in the back of the bus and Brett Wolfe and I hid Jamo Manning’s phone on the bars on the bus ceiling. Jamo finally realized he didn’t have his phone so he kept looking for it. Brett and I both kept hinting at him to look up and Jamo looked up and right at his phone a few times and still didn’t see it. Finally Brett gave him his phone and Jamo started making this monkey face at me and making these really weird noises. I laughed for a good 10 minutes straight because it was so funny. That was a good memory because I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard in my life.  I learned many things at the academy this year. The most important thing I learned was you have to work hard and care about your grades or you will not succeed. Advice I would give to the upcoming freshmen for next year would have to be don’t chew gum in Mrs. Crittenden’s class, read ALL of the English books Mrs. Studer gives to you, and work hard in weight training or it’s a “minus five”. Those are all just funny advices but seriously, get involved. Play sports, be in drama, join choir, do something; the year is a whole lot better if you just get involved in something. It’s a major part of the high school experience. Next, do your work. Freshmen year is such an easy year if you just do your work. Take the time to do it because the work does matter and zeros on homework do make a difference. Finally, be yourself. Don’t let strangers or friends try to change who you are in order to make you “cool”. Originals are a lot cooler than copies. Freshmen year is a great time and you will have so many memories coming out of it. 

Be involved.