Classification

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And, Third, there are the students who are artistic. These are students who use their imagination to express themselves. They generally have a higher level of creativity and ingenuity. Theses artistic students are typically are skilled in or specialize in something. They are incredibly talented students who dedicate their time and hard work to creating a beautiful work of art, weather it a sculpture, music, literature, or a painting. These people have dedicated years of work to mastering their artistic ability. These students know exactly what their future plan is and how to achieve it. They know it's not easy and that it takes hard work and they welcome the new challenges. They might not always have a fantastic vision to work with but they can and will find a way to make something better. They also study art movements, history, techniques, various mediums and more importantly other artists on top of their endless hours of work in the studio.

Looking back, I fit into the varsity “R” athlete’s category. I feel that I would not have fit into any other category due to my athletic ability, shining personality, and lack of creativity artistic skills. Although I wasn’t able to continue into college due to an injury, I have learned numerous life lessons from being a high school athlete. There are many benefits to being involved in high school sports. Some of the personal qualities I have developed from being an athlete were teamwork, responsibility, physical endurance, perseverance, commitment, time management, and personal and emotional health. After a huge debate about weather or not to even tryout for the team, making the varsity team as a freshman was an enormous accomplishment. When finally finishing filling out all of the paperwork I had officially made a full commitment to attend all practices and to give 100% effort to this team. High school student athletes learn to work well independently and as team members as well, causing teammates to rely upon and support one another to reach a common goal. Student athletes show loyalty to their teammates by being dependable and responsible, showing up for all practices and putting forward their best physical and mental effort. High school athletes train very intensely to develop physical stamina in order to be physically prepared for competition. Another benefit of being a student athlete is that you are forced to maximize your use of time. Time management skills are put to the test when the student athlete not only is a full-time student, but also now has an additional time commitment. Because of this additional commitment, in order to be both academically and athletically successful, self-discipline must be implemented to control the athlete’s use of time. Some say that when a person has more responsibilities, they are forced to take control of how their time is used and they actually wind up accomplishing more and maintaining a high performance level in both academics and athletics.