Assignment 18 - Matthew David Klee

An item on my bucket list before I complete high school is to get to a level of tennis that is high enough to play in college, either Division II or III. I've never been a huge sports person but I've played all my life, first it was basketball - 5 years - then baseball - 2 years - and then soccer which I enjoyed pretty thouroughly - around 8 years - however, I didn't find the sport for me until I entered high school and picked up tennis. Now, I had played a little when I was kid because my mom made me but never did anything serious until I entered high school, ever since then I've been hooked and am always looking to improve. A huge barrier though is in fact high school, the school work limits my time to play and practice, along with my otherwise busy schedule and my parents incessant drone of "academics first," "you know what your priorities are," "tennis won't get you anywhere but school will," and so on. So, now that I can drive I have amped up my playing time and am on track to play for at least a small school in college, however, I'd like to amp up my playing time even more by the end of high school so that I can play at a more competitive level.

With my college bucket list, I'm a lot less sure. I'm not sure if I'll be burnt out with tennis or by then will have completely figured out my career and be ready to enter the workforce. However, one thing that I know will definitely continue to be on my bucket list until I achieve it is to get "swole." This is kind of a light-hearted thing I want to achieve but I've always admired people who work out every day and know just what to eat to stay looking great. To achieve this, I would most likely find a couple friends at the college I attend to workout with me and keep me on a routine, I'm not the type of person who dreads working out or even eating healthy, I actually love doing both, but I am the type of person who either forgets or decides that doing something else is more important, if I have friends to motivate me and keep me on a set weekly schedule I'm sure I could achieve this goal.

A life goal I have is to speak 3 or more languages, not including English. I know this goal is a little bit strange but it's just something that I've always admired about people who either move to America and can speak multiple languages or just study multiple languages. I've started with this goal right now in high school, I chose to take Spanish because not only was it offered in the public school system all the way through supposed mastery with AP (the level I take currently) but I know and see many Hispanic people that I could practice the language with. However, I am also interested in other European languages because of my travel to Europe, I'm interested in learning German because I think it sounds pretty cool (a great reason, I know) and also some of the Asian languages like Japanese or Korean. The Asian languages not because I'm a weeb or a nerd but just because I think Japan is super cool and so aesthetic and Korean because I assume once I've learned a language with characters like Japanese another Asian language would become easier to learn.