One day after elementary school i tried out for cross country . Cross country was the first and last sport i played.  As my teammates and i  set up  at the starting line  getting  ready to run a mile and a half . I heard the  sounds of a older man in and gray truck  telling us to run , but before i could run five of my teammates was already in front me . As i ran  i realized that a friend from my art class was also trying out. He ran  right next to me , his forehead running with sweat , his eyes red from the consent sweat from his forehead. He then  started to grab the bottom of his shirt to remove the sweat from his face , but doing so he starts to slow down .I begin to leave him in the dust .I mean literally in this dust . As i look over my shoulder he was about the fourth person behind me . That was just the beginning of my happiness. my body began to slow , and i couldn't no longer tell my self to run . knowing that cross country was a mental thing . My  Body exhausted mind telling my eyes to look around for hope , hope to keep going. the gray truck was a few yards behind me . My Brain weaves telling me my leg hurt and that you can't move anymore . Voices on the right of me saying we don't give up . The last little voice in my head told me you got this , but suddenly my eyes start to black out . One of the voices from my brain spoke out in pain . Finally the earlier voices that was on side of me said " get in the truck you gave it your all, I see something in you kid . I couldn't really hear him from all the air in my ear . weeks later we had a few cross country meets . I always came in the top 10 of out 400 people . Me giving it all i have when i ran payed off  Every time i ran at a  meet . i was only getting better i realize that at my last meet .  running the first mile out of a mile and a half by myself in first place .   i felt so free , into a little young man passed me up from nowhere with energy i didn't have in me cause i was pacing myself .  that day i came in 3rd that day i realize i will never give up cause only you could get better by doing more of what you need help with  or what you  can't understand . Giving up is something you can not do .
spelling was a hard thing to endure in my last year of elementary . my parents didn't have the money go get me a afterschool teacher . but that did not stop me i read endless hours in a nights and took out word i didn't understand  and studied them . over time i didn't feel like i was learning anything . So that made me look for help at school . my english teacher always had meeting and didn't have time to do so . which lead me to start going to the library on the weekends and look a vocab books . over a months time i began seen my progress . words was running in my mind faster than it was befor . thoughts began to organize spelling 5 letter words became earlier to me than words of seven and  eight .  By the next month i started understanding how 4 letter word was in longer word of  seven and eight .  all the people who didn't help me or couldnt help me because they didn't have the time or money . i thanks them and i thank my cross country coach . i will not give up .

The meaning of the words ‘’Dont Give Up’’ plays a big role in my life as a whole . Just learning the lesson earlier in my life help me so much as a scholar at CCA . And as the gentleman i am today. the lesson learned can change your mindset witch change your physical action.