The Future - Emily Cashman

I'd say this year has been pretty successful for me. I earned a lot more playing time in this past Varsity soccer season and my all-around performance in the games and practices stepped up as well. Throughout junior year I've also made a lot of new friends and gotten closer with kids in the academy that I had never really hung out with before. Although my first semester grades were actually the worst grades I've gotten in high school, I'm not really upset by them, especially since one of those B's was in AP Physics, and I honestly just can't understand that class to save my life. Another success of mine this year happened this weekend. I ran a half marathon in Louisville with my friend Dara. I didn't train at all for this race and only did it because Dara's sister backed out and she didn't want to do it alone. I'm so happy Dara asked me to run it with her, and I'm proud of myself for completing the half marathon and running the majority of it with any preparation beforehand. I want to run it again next year and train so that I can beat my time from this year, which I don't think will be very hard at all. Looking back on junior year, I don't think anything specific has happened that I would classify as a failure. Sure there were things I could have done better or put more effort in to, but overall I have really enjoyed this year and wouldn't change anything about it.