Lj Idol: Week 25 [I think?] The Catbird's Seat

[lyssa027]

This was written for week 25 of therealljidol. The Theme is the Catbird's Seat. I hope you enjoy reading this and please consider voting for me and any of the other talented writers who are participating in therealljidol. Voting info shall follow once I get it. I have track blood in my family. My Great Uncle Irvine won the 1944 Olympic Trials for the decathlon and would

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[awakenyourfaith]

It's so good that you managed to succeed in track, even with family stress on about.

[lyssa027]

Thank you

[halfshellvenus]

where all students were allowed to participate in sports teams with no exceptions.
Required to participate, maybe? Or did you mean that all sports teams had to accept all students who wanted to participate?

Your dad was pushing you so hard, it was hard to tell whether the school was doing that too--or just letting you onto the teams that your dad guilted you into joining. Yeesh, what if you hadn't inherited track blood, what then? There's nothing quite so miserable as a parent trying to make you live (or relive) their dreams

[lyssa027]

where all students were allowed to participate in sports teams with no exceptions.
Required to participate, maybe? Or did you mean that all sports teams had to accept all students who wanted to participate?

In my high school, students were NOT allowed to be cut from any team. Freshman were always on Freshman teams, if there was not a freshman team, it was JV. Seniors were automatically on a varsity team. If you wanted to participate, they had to let you.

Though by junior year, for most people, I would say... unless you were really into a sport, the numbers on sports teams dwindled because students would find other things to do aside from sports.

[bleodswean]

Well told! A great story about personal growth, especially during those years when that sort of growth seems to be demanded of us, yet you made the conscious choice.

[lyssa027]

Thank you :) and Thank you for reading

[viagra]

I love your stuff! You're so tough and I love that you have the ability to self-assess and course correct. It's easy to say that you have to be doing something for yourself to really be into it and excel at it, but it's much harder to actually do that, especially when you're dealing with family pressures and legacies and all that. Hell, even I felt proud of you at the end of this!

Great work :)

[lyssa027]

aww thank you

[xlovebecomesher]

I'm glad you got the sportsmanship award and found a way to make track your own!

[lyssa027]

Thank you