high school blues...

A high school , classes ,teachers , students , learning ,playing ...and ups and downs.

A high school senior ready to take his place in the world ,a keen sports man who wanted nothing more than to be his schools sports captain

....all his life has been a preparation for this goal, a building up towards this one moment, a dream that will come to life..

Passion ,ambition and adventure; these had been the keywords of Ryan ' s life.He wanted it all...

excitement ,recognition and success ,

but most of all he wanted to be the sports captain of his school!

He had dreamt of this almost all his life with expectation and enthusiasm,but sometimes his enthusiasm had taken him beyond the expectation of others and he had ended up doing things which were on the borderline of what was permissible ,so he had been sliding in and out of trouble .He had no idea what his teachers thought of him ,what the head teacher thought of him .He only had this idea that one day when he is a senior he will be the sports captain of his school.

The appointed day arrived.

He learnt that there were many black marks against him.

He also learnt that his past as a sports man did not make a difference.

He learnt that there are thing that he had never considered but others considered them significant enough.

He learnt that his desire and dream were to be shattered.

He learnt first hand about disappointment.

He learnt that he was not going to be the sports captain of his school.

Anger..raw burning anger tore his guts.He did not know what he did that day.

Then anger gave way to a desperation that was a raw wound within his heart.

Then the desperation settled into a dull throbbing pain of disappointed hopes.

Many days went by...so did nights.

A distinct sense of the unreality of it all was with him.

Life is exciting ....sometimes ;and sometimes disappointing.It is a roller coaster of events , a maelstorm of emotions.

Life presents itself in various ways.

What matters is how one reacts to the given situation.Ryan did not give up his belief in himself,he thought

if not this than there are many other ways in which i can be who i meant to be.'

He decided that it did not matter whether he had not attained his dream,

what mattered was that he had many other dreams to attain.

And he moved on...with life ,without giving up his unique enthusiasm for LIFE.

No one can make me a winner, i am one if i think i am '

and he knew it for true!