My Anti Drug

My Anti Drug is volleyball. Without volleyball I don't know where I'd be. When I first joined the team my freshman year it become everything to me. Sometimes I would go to school just because I would be able to play at the end of the day. On game days I actually made the effort to get up early and make it to school on time so that I could be eligible to play. Volleyball is my favorite distraction and it allowed me to make lifetime friends and create bonds with people I would have never spoken to otherwise. It has introduced me to an entire community of people that love the game as much as I do. Even after season was over my teammates and I would still search for open gyms and the opportunity to play again. As a result I was kept occupied for many hours of the day and even night time.  In many ways volleyball is a drug to me because I don't believe I'll ever stop playing it and I certainly cannot live without it. Volleyball is life.

An Inconvenient Truth

Global warming has been an issue for as long as I can remember. Even in elementary school I remember teachers saying we would one day face the dangers of a world without the resources we depend on today, but the funny thing is my teachers are still telling us the same thing I've been warned about for the last 10-15 years. In An Inconvenient Truth I saw the realities that not only teachers but scientists and even politicians, like Al Gore, have been trying to convince the rest of the world. The fact that we're headed towards chaos is no secret however, no one seems to be worried, except for the world's greatest scientists and specialists of course. When I graduate high school I hope to someday travel and be able to see many of the species that will someday very soon be extinct. Among these creatures are the polar bears and arctic cats that many believe to be common but in  reality are disappearing rapidly. I want my children to see these animals too, however the way things are going it seems very unlikely that we'll ever care enough to change. It wont be until our own species is endangered and decreasing rapidly that anyone will even begin to worry. When we think of the future we think of technology, flying cars, and bigger better homes. No one considers the dangerous reality we are facing  when it comes to the planet.