Driven to Succeed. Kendal Netmaker

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СКАЧАТЬ 7th grade, we were all required to participate in a science fair. Our teacher insisted that we all needed to dress up sharp, which meant guys would have to wear dress pants, a dress shirt and a tie – none of which I owned. I had some money that I was saving in my room and I asked my mom if I had enough to buy a cheap outfit for the science fair. My mom measured me and we began to search through the Sears Catalogue. I was able to afford an outfit that I ordered in time for the Science Fair. The day of the science fair I was excited to be dressed up for the first time and ready to present my project (although it had nothing to do with science – it was about violence in video games). When I got to school my classmates told me to tuck my shirt in (I had no clue), and I had to ask our vice principal to tie my Mickey Mouse tie. After all that was done, I was dressed for success and I felt like a million bucks! I felt confident and was able to do my presentation on my own (even though I had a partner who skipped out). That day I got an honorable mention, which I was super proud of. I believe because I dressed the part, it elevated my confidence and I was able to give the presentation everything I had.

      I am very grateful to the many people from Cut Knife and the surrounding area who allowed me to be their friend and allowed me into their homes. Several of my friends would invite me to camp over for a weekend and hang out. I would always be in awe of their homes and the stuff that they had. One in particular had a beautiful home, everything you would want in a house and even the breakfast his mom made was like something out of a movie.

      Between grades 7 and 9, I started to play more sports – like volleyball and badminton. I grew fonder of the sport of volleyball primarily because I had great role models back home who always played it such as my mom, aunty, uncles, and cousins. We would play over old swing sets and eventually found a way to get a volleyball net in my Kokum’s yard where we would meet up to have games after school. This was the beginning of my volleyball career.

      In grade 9, I was playing a lot of floor hockey; there was an upcoming tournament in Wilkie, SK, and I decided to attend. During the tournament I was giving it everything I had when out of nowhere I saw my dad on the sidelines. He looked at me and said: “play hard son.” I was shocked to see him there cheering me on; he later took me to North Battleford to eat and then dropped me off back at home. I knew how passionate he was about the game of hockey, I just wished there was a way for me to play ice hockey so he would make more time to come and see me. My dad loved hockey and he made time to go watch more hockey games than come and visit us as kids. Another time he picked me up to go golfing at Attons Lake. It was the fastest round of golf I had ever played because my dad was a very impatient player, but I was grateful for the opportunity nonetheless because I loved any chance to spend time with my dad. Spending time with my father was something my sisters and I craved more than anything as kids. We would get to see him a few times a year and each time we did, we were grateful.

      At the end of grade 9, I decided it was time for me to change schools, because I wanted to play on more developed sports teams, so I had to say goodbye to many of my friends I had made over the years and journey on to a new high school in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

       HOW LEADERS INFLUENCE THEIR TEAM

      Grade 10-12

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