Believe it or not, judgment appears before your eyes every single day. At a school campus at this time, one group of classmates is giving a seminar on what shoes a student likes to wear; another individual is being degraded for his score on the pop quiz he was reluctant to study for. There are also cases when someone only feels as though he is being judged, this may be as common as the latter. Different people handle this harmful evaluation in a variety of ways.
Football is a very team oriented sport, requiring a band of many and a starting squad of few. Team members work hard through the week to prepare for Friday, but when the referee blows his whistle, only eleven from each team may answer his call. This scenario leaves plenty of room for misguidance or feelings of judgment. A friend of mine, playing the wide receiver position, worked diligently week after week to earn his position on the totem pole as a first squad …show more content…
The other players seemed as though they were receiving special treatment compared to his sideline stance. He worked just as hard as the rest of the team, didn't he? Flushed by anger, he gathered his emotions and pondered how to alter the outcome of next week’s game. The only “sure fire” way to seek change would be to confront the man in charge. Proceeding to the coach’s office, the athlete opened the door and asked, “Coach, how can I play?” The coach, sympathetic yet stern, then stated his case on why the young man didn't enter the game, saying the player was, “…too unfamiliar with the playbook.” The student understands his lack of game time from the coach’s point of view, recalling him having trouble remembering a handful of plays from the game earlier that night. He decided to move on from this week and look to the next. New opportunity appears at every corner and he would do anything than to suffer a replay of this week’s