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Personal Narrative: A Career In Tennis
Swinging at nothing and only hitting the air, I was just like everybody else when they first began playing during the first practice, knowing nothing. One of my greatest talents is in tennis. This talent has been meaningful to me because it has taught me to develop time management skills by balancing sports around with all of my school work. I had AP classes and I was involved in extracurricular activities, so I had to get as much homework done during school before I even got home. Since practice would last about two or more hours, I would get home to eat, shower, and still have to finish the homework that I had left which would have me up long hours at night. As I began playing, I knew nothing, but practice and ambition guided me to success
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