Bullying and cyberbullying are ugly topics. It is unclear to people how many kids and teenagers are bullied in a year. It doesn't matter if you are kidding or not you should not bully anyone. What you don't know could affect them a lot. Sometimes bullies need to stop and think about why they are bullying other students/kids.  So before you bully stop and think about why you are bullying that kid.

Volleyball

I love volleyball. Some people may say it is easy but that is just looks they need to get on the court and try to play the sport. It takes courage. It takes strength. It takes a lot of conditioning. The pain you get after bumping the ball is a pain I cannot explain neither can anyone else. Volleyball takes a lot more than what most people would think.

My most recent season ended on Sunday. This year I played competitive volleyball. When you play competitive it runs 9 months out of the year. With competitive you don't have games you have tournaments. They are every other weekend. Also with competitive you have the opportunity to travel to different areas and possibly even different states. My team did not get to go out of state this year. Our last tournament was on Sunday we took 6th out of all of the other 12's teams in our division.

Competitive volleyball was really fun. The bad thing about it is that you have long tiring days. Most tournaments are on Sundays. In there we might have a few three day tournaments. The only three day tournaments are the big (major) tournaments and at these tournaments we could see any age group from 12's to 18's. The biggest tournament is crossroads. At crossroads there are about 116 courts. Almost all the time the courts are being used not one empty one. They have more than two teams per court. Teams come from all over the U.S. to play at crossroads. 

Next year I would like to do competitive volleyball again. I liked fivestar but, I want to try different clubs . Fivestar was a good club but, I want to know if there are better clubs. I would like to try some clubs that have differences. Clubs that are different from the rest. Not all clubs are the same they might have different traditions different goals.  Places that have their own gym. Teams that play and act like a family, back each other up when they need help.

To conclude, volleyball is my passion, my hobby, and most of all my favorite sport. If you love the sport you play it will not be a burden going to practice or getting up early for the tournaments. I really truly love volleyball but, if I have a team I get along with then it will be a lot better . I want a team that treats me like family. A team that I have no issues with. I am not saying that fivestar was terrible I am saying that I didn't always get a long with my team. When you don't get along with your team it is not fun.

My family

My family rocks. They are the best thing anybody could ask for. Not even to mention my friends are amazing. They make sure I'm ok. When I'm sad they bring me up. If I am sick they are there for me. They never let me down. I am so glad That i have people i can count on.  That will never leave me alone even when i want them to.

To start off with my parents. My parents do a lot for me and sometimes I am not thankful for what I have. My point is that a lot of people say their parents don't do anything for them. They need to think about how the food got on their table. How the roof got on their head. How they got clothes and shoes on their backs. I was very unthankful until I relized what I wouldn't have without them. This is enough to make a person think about ho they act and how they treat their parents.

Next, I'm going to talk about my 19 year old brother that lives with us. He does a lot for me and my other brother. Sometimes he buys us lunch or he may take us to ice cream. He is a ride to sports, to school, an alarm clock if i don't wake myself up. HE does a lot and I do say that I don't show him as much respect as i should. I should show him as much respect as I show my parents. He is always there for me and I know that if I need anybody he is there.

I have another brother that lives at home, he is 15 years old. He will buy me stuff if I don't have money. He cleans the house when we need to and I have homework or I have volleyball practice. He will sometimes work 12 hour days and then come home and clean the house so I don't have to. He always helps me if is watching for my bus in the mornings while I'm still getting ready. I wasn't thankful, but then I relized what he does for me.

Family is your support, not only my family everybodies family. Sometimes you may have to be the rock, the glue that hold your family together. You may go through some rough patches in life where you feel unloved, but no matter what happens you know they are always there for you. I would be nothing without my family. They are what gets me going when I don't want to. My family is my everything and yours should be to.