Blog 2: Being A Good Person Never Works

Let me just cut to the chase, this week I've realized that maybe being a good person just never ever works out because people don't care if you're a good person, they will still be jerks.

So this week, a kid that I've recently befriended flipped out my friend and I because we were simply being girls and ranting on about things we hate. The kid that I befriended was a "nerd" or whatever people would label him... But I put all that "nerd" crap aside and made him my friend because we both enjoyed volleyball. People would call him names and basically put his whole being down, and I would stick up for him. I even kicked someone out of my lunch table for him to sit there.

The whole point is, when he flipped out on my friend and I, he told me that all I ever did was "put people down" and that I was "negative"... How dare he say that because I was always there for him when he was alone. I never put anyone down, I'm never negative. This basically pissed me off.

No matter how nice you are, people will never appreciate it, they'll always take it for granted. And when that one event happens when you're a bit out of your character and unkind, they're so quick to say that you're a bad person.

Being nice gets you NOWHERE...

Blog 1: Volleyball issues

The Stresses of Volleyball

            Last season of volleyball was probably one of the worst seasons of a sport I’ve experienced. There were too many personality clashes, cliques, and talking behind peoples backs. I can’t say that I wasn’t a part of any of the immature things going on, but I wasn’t the root of all the drama.

            This volleyball season was anticipated. Some girls who were returning from last year, and I, were excited to start new on a team that wouldn’t include the seniors whom were the source of drama, and our horrible 2-18 record.  We brainstormed things that would make our team closer and better, like team bonding, communication, positive attitudes, and all of those other optimistic thoughts people would have.

            Finally, the season had arrived, and yes, we were more excited than ever. The people, who were expected to return, returned.  We were all ready to go about our game plan from last year.

            But now, the season is really gaining its momentum, and some people are showing their true colors. I understand school, practice, and games are some sources of stress to people, but the drama isn’t caused by stress. There’s complaining, crying, attitudes, and egos. We have just about everything that we had last year including slight drama. And even worse, our coach is somewhat of an issue. Lately she’s decided to create tests and quizzes to evaluate how well we know the game of volleyball. Mind you, we have 2 hours of practice, and all this test business has been cutting about an hour and a half on practicing.

            We’ve lost to teams we shouldn’t be losing to. Who’s to blame for this so far? Should we blame the teammates for having a little bit of drama towards each other? Or our coach for cutting practice time down by creating quizzes like we’re in school? I don’t know, but I’m just ranting and venting. I need a little bit of insight on this situation, because I want to know what is REALLY going wrong with our team, and how we can solve the issue.