Assignment 22 - Matthew Klee - College, I guess...

I'm so ready to go to college, but I have so many places I'd like to go and so many vast differences exist between them. So, for this blog post, I'll focus on going to a college that's small and that I could play tennis at. I've grown up, as far as I know, very privileged, I've never worried about where my next meal would come from or if my parents would split up. But, recently I have struggled with getting my parents on board with what I want to do with my life. As you can tell from my other blog posts I'm pretty passionate about athletics and playing tennis. But, my family is most definitely NOT a sports family, my sister swam in high school but no one in my family has ever had the desire to commit to sports and do anything with them other for enjoyment. However, I find sports enjoyable because of my love to compete in them, to be honest, I don't really enjoy playing sports "just for fun" or "just for exercise." So, it has been quite an obstacle for me to try and get my parents to understand that I really want to commit to something they know nothing about. I've worked really hard, especially during junior year, to inform my parents about the benefits of my athletics and what I can with tennis. So I would most definitely say that my parents have been a huge obstacle or condition that I've had to work with during my high school years. I've worked through doing everything I can to get them to let me play tennis, I meet their academic, social, moral, and family requirements and make sure I excel at them so they have no excuse to restrict my tennis. It shows my motivation, dedication, and passion for what I do.