At Flour Bluff High School, the bell rings each hour, on the hour and every day is the same. Every day, except game day. I am not sure why the walls don’t shake as the hoard of students stomp down the hallway towards their next class but they hold steady. The wonderful thing about my high school is the tremendous school spirit and the anticipation of those Friday night lights only heightens the intensity of the day. The morning announcements highlight "players of the week" in each athletic program only adding to the mayhem. I often find myself observing fellow classmates as we walk the halls together. I watch as they admire the posters and banners that cover the halls with news of upcoming athletic events. The conversations I hear as I pass groups gathered by their lockers typically involve the softball team's no hitter game the night before or the new linebacker that transferred in from a rival school. At the end of each semester, an athletic banquet is held to honor the seasonal sport teams. The booster clubs associated with each team are well funded leaving the athletic programs at Flour Bluff with out…show more content… My name could be seen on the posters that riddled the halls of my school and I was often mentioned in the morning announcements. It is important to understand that I have always been, and continue to be, a proud and accomplished athlete but that is not all that I am. This year as a senior I made the decision to focus solely on my academic aspirations. Through this transformation, I began to see my school in a different light. Making the transition from an athlete to academic opened my eyes to what I consider to be a very unfortunate oversight. In it's focus on athletic programs, my school had neglected to celebrate or recognize the accomplishments of our very successful academic
