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To The Coach Who Made Me Quit My Passion

Thanks to you I like where I am.

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To The Coach Who Made Me Quit My Passion
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Dear Coach,

I played basketball and softball since I was a little girl. I once thought it to be my dream of playing for the WNBA or playing ball in college, but you crushed my dreams.

I thought I was good. Sure I did not play on select teams like you have but I worked hard throughout my life to be the best I could be. Then I met you in middle school and you weren't very nice. I was made fun of for what I thought was a realistic dream. I was made fun of for thinking I was good at playing these sports but I guess I was wrong. Thanks to you though I did have the courage to work harder and better myself. I later made it to a better team but that still wasn't good enough for you. I didn't care though I kept playing.

Then I met you again in high school. You weren't there when I played softball and I appreciated that since it was my favorite sport but you were there when I played basketball. Since freshman year you did not appreciate what I brought to that team. You went out of your way to make me feel like I was nothing. Little did you know that it worked and I really did feel that way. Even though I was able to play JV and varsity with you as a teammate you never even thought to utilize me. You made plans with every other player on that team except me. Naturally, like the bully you were you made up the excuse that I did not include myself even though I tried very hard. No one stood up for me but until after practice, not until it was too late. I wanted to play all four years in high school but you did not make that possible. I wanted to win state with you but I could not because I had to make a decision. I quit my senior year because you forced me to. I was so alone on that team because of you so I quit something I knew would be great in the end. Thanks to you, I still have regrets about quitting today even though I knew I made the right decision. Then we graduated and I thought I was done with you. Sadly, I was mistaken.

I searched and I searched for a college to where I could play softball. I looked at four and only one was willing to take me in, so, I went there. Then there you were, right in front of my face. You were my roommate. You told me things about MYSELF that were apparently "lies" but how would you know that? You just met me and really never gave me a chance. Then you spread rumors around and everyone started looking down on me. I thought I was done with this in high school with basketball but I was not. Then that night happened and once again you pushed me to a point that I could not control. It set me off the team for a month for a 'breather.' That breather gave me a lot of time to think and once again I made the decision to quit the team, because I did not want to go through four more years with you.

I actually must thank you, because if it were not for you pushing me to that point, I would not be where I am today. Thanks to you, I was able to find where I actually belong. Now I know that you are still out there and sometimes you come out of nowhere but I actually have people who care, so you are now irrelevant to me. I know you are not only a pest to me but to many others, and maybe you have one of yourself doing the same things to you but let me tell you, people like me will always come on top.

Sincerely,

The one you bullied.


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