stranger in the village
Taylor Hager
12-11-2013
5th period
Being a stranger in the village to me, means that you’re new and don’t know how things are performed. I was a stranger in the village when I joined a new soccer team. I was fifteen when I started playing for them. The team was full of Bishop Brossart girls and the girls have been playing together for six years. When I went to my first practice I didn’t know anybody. The only impression I had of Bishop Brossart girls were that they were mean and rude from experience with playing against them at Dixie. I was expecting nothing good from this team and a lot of mean girls.
The position I was taking was goal keeper and that position was a girl nick named Futch. She was everyone’s best friend. Everyone talked about Futch and all the memories they had with her when she played. It was very intimidating because I didn’t know if I was even wanted there or if they liked her better as a goal keeper. They were nice to me at our first practice and more than friendly but I knew they missed their friend playing with them. It was just a matter of getting used to change.
Practice was such a joke! My old team I played with for kings was so much different if you didn’t show up to practice you got punished. My new team only three people would show up to practice and it was such a culture shock because I am use to every one showing up to practice and having at least fifteen people at practice, so when only three people show up to practice I don’t know how to take it. I thought we would be awful and not play good together. I was very wrong we were great and undefeated, but the only thing that was bad for me was that because no one went to practice I didn’t know anyone’s name. As goal keeper you need to know people’s names because you have to call them out.
The girls all went to the same high school and there was a huge clique. Being the new girl it’s hard to jump right in and be there friend. The girls would talk about parties they all went to
12-11-2013
5th period
Being a stranger in the village to me, means that you’re new and don’t know how things are performed. I was a stranger in the village when I joined a new soccer team. I was fifteen when I started playing for them. The team was full of Bishop Brossart girls and the girls have been playing together for six years. When I went to my first practice I didn’t know anybody. The only impression I had of Bishop Brossart girls were that they were mean and rude from experience with playing against them at Dixie. I was expecting nothing good from this team and a lot of mean girls.
The position I was taking was goal keeper and that position was a girl nick named Futch. She was everyone’s best friend. Everyone talked about Futch and all the memories they had with her when she played. It was very intimidating because I didn’t know if I was even wanted there or if they liked her better as a goal keeper. They were nice to me at our first practice and more than friendly but I knew they missed their friend playing with them. It was just a matter of getting used to change.
Practice was such a joke! My old team I played with for kings was so much different if you didn’t show up to practice you got punished. My new team only three people would show up to practice and it was such a culture shock because I am use to every one showing up to practice and having at least fifteen people at practice, so when only three people show up to practice I don’t know how to take it. I thought we would be awful and not play good together. I was very wrong we were great and undefeated, but the only thing that was bad for me was that because no one went to practice I didn’t know anyone’s name. As goal keeper you need to know people’s names because you have to call them out.
The girls all went to the same high school and there was a huge clique. Being the new girl it’s hard to jump right in and be there friend. The girls would talk about parties they all went to