A Responsibility Handled

A time when I was given a responsibility that I did not think I could handle was when I had to babysit for the first time by myself. Normally when I babysat, it would be with me sister Devanie, and we would babysit 3 boys. One of the boys was still a baby, another one was 10, and the oldest one was 14. The problem that I had was that the 14 year old boy had many disabilities such as being blind, deaf, and he was not able to eat properly. I was always afraid of him because he had a tendenacy to hit people. When I was asked to babysit I had become very nervous because I did not think that I would be able to handle it. The 10 year old boy had helped me to take care of his brothers and he signed to his deaf brother whenever I did not know the correct sign language. After babysitting that day, I was no longer fearful and I had a feeling of accomplishment.

Advice about the OGTs

Some advice that I would give to the next class that has to take the OGTs is to not stress about it and to take their time. I believe that they should not stress because the teachers have covered the majority of the questions that would or could be on the test in that specific subject. There is also no need to stress because it is suppose to be a test that everyone in the state of Ohio could pass. The OGT was not meant to be extremely difficult and make a student doubt their knowledge. If they do not pass it the first time, there is still more opportunities to take it again and pass it. By taken their time it should raise their probability of passing the test because they have read it and payed attention to it more efficiently. It may also give the student a chance to think about their previous knowledge to help with that specific question. The OGTs is not a very hard test and I think that more than the majority of the students should pass.

Desperate measures

All year long we had been pushing ourselves to our full potential, worked very hard, had some minor and major injuries, learned new skills, and had to always stay strong and confident in ourselves and in our teammates. It had been our final, and most important competition, and it was our time to show everyone what we have worked so hard for all season long. It was U.S Finals. The practice before the competition was extremely difficult and many incidents happened. The worst incident was when a girl broke her wrist while tumbling. The team had to quickly find a replacement for the girl with the broken wrist, and teach the new girl the whole routine, including stunts. Fortunately, she had learned quickly, and was eligible to compete. Finally, it was competition day and we were warming up our routine in the back. While in the back the worst possible thing happened; one of the bases had broken her noise which led to a concussion, and she was not able to compete. We were very desperate to find a last minute replacement. Luckily, one of the other teams had seen what happened and offered to fill in for the injured base. The team was very relieved, and we were able to compete. After competing we knew that we did not perform as planned, but we still did good and did not end up in last place. It had been a very emotional time, but we all came together and showed our love for the sport.