Merissa+Ciesielski

Hi my name is merissa ciesielski and this is my second year here at medaille. My major is early childhood eudcation, i love child and working with child during the summer i work at a day camp with kids. I love it i love going to work and jsut being around the kids. My other favorite thing to do id i paly softball for medaille also, i have been palying since i was seven years old i love the game. i work two jobs during the school year i work at a family resturant and i work at a colthing store in the mall i work so much. Than when i do have time i love to be woth my friends i would be lost without them they are a big thign in my life, they are the reasons i didnt go away too schooli couldnt be away from them. Merissa Ciesielski Mary Louise Hill September 17, 2008 Eng 200-01 The question is “what are the systems we live in”? According to Tim Parks and many others, there are many different type of systems that we live in. We have things like religious views such as Catholic, Christians, language which is Spanish, German, many different laws like no drinking and driving or you must be eighteen to go downtown, and many more. Softball changed my life for the best, it’s what I do to get away from all my worries and problems for that 2 hours that you play. The first things you have to know about the system called softball is there is a diamond which has four bases. You want to hit the ball as hard as you can and run as fast as you can so you can make it home. This way you can get more runs than the other team, so you can win the game. There are a lot of positions to cover when playing softball. There are 9 spots you have to fill with the best players you have. When playing this game, you always what to keep your eye on the ball and never take if off even when you are batting. Before the ball is even hit, every player that is playing the field should be thinking to them self what I am going to do if the ball gets hit to me where should I throw it? The big difference between high school ball and middle school ball is the level of working hard. In middle school I did it for fun, and no one got mad if they lost. When you come to high school it’s all a different game. I play because I love the sport, and to win is a big deal so I can go to states and then getting on going from there. People do not take the game for a joke they want it all. One system that has influenced my life very strongly is being on my high school softball team. It all started in middle school I always wanted to be part of a group, where everyone loved the same thing and knew why you were there and what had to be done. I always loved softball. I had the idea to try out my 7th grade year, and I made the team. From that day on I knew I would love being on the team and everyone on the team. I worked so hard every day making every practice. Finally the first game came, and as a 7th grader I was starting on a JV team because of all the hard work I did. All the players and coaches were so proud of me and knew what I deserved to be starting. Then I started high school and as a freshman, the varsity coach wanted me on his team. That was the best feeling in the world to know that I was that good to be on his team, but I was so scared because I was so used to all the girls on my team, and knew I had my position on the field and if I moved up I might not. I chose to stay down and that was where I was so wrong if I would have moved up I think I could have learned so much more than I did. He was a harder coach and he had different goals for me before I went off to college in the big world. My senior year of softball was the best year ever. My team had grown so much together because we spent more time with them than we did our own families. We went to school than went to softball till 9 than went home and did homework. We were so close that we called each other families and whenever we needed anything we would go to them. Most of the time we won games because of how much trust we had with one other. If one was having a bad game one of us was there trying to pick them up and get through the day. My coaches had never given up on me and had made me the player I am today which is someone that is good enough to play college ball. I worked so hard to get where I am today. I believe softball over powered my family sometimes because I was spending so much more time with team than time with my family.` This system that is called my high school softball team has been a big positive influence is my life because it’s something I love to do. I wake up some mornings knowing that at the end of the day when all my work is done I still have softball and can’t wait till I get to go to practice. That one place is where for at least two hours all my stress and worries go away. I don’t think of anything but softball and it makes me happy to know that I have something in my life still that can make me do that. I really believe that softball has changed my life even since high school, that is one of my passion in life is to play softball. Now that I play for college I have to start all over again and get use to playing and being with different girls. The level of the game is even higher now. There are many systems in our lives that have influence all life’s greatly. Other people’s system that changed their life is different than others. Softball is a system that has changed my life of the best and I thank my high school team because of that. I play because I love the game.