Hafta/Wanna

 Obligations are the things we have to do in life. They are the "haftas". The things we want to do are the "wannas" and to succeed, you "hafta wanna" do whatever it takes to reach your goal.

In the article Committing to Play for a College, Then Starting 9th Grade the author discusses how colleges are beginning to recruit women soccer players earlier and earlier, even before they set their first foot in High School. The author quotes many parents and coaches commenting on the absurdity of forcing this athletes to make life decisions at such an early age, and for good reason. Instead of letting them figure out what they want to do or where they want to go, these college recruiters are basically telling athletes what they are going to do, should they accept the offer.



In the article My High School Hoax the other tells a story about his time in High School. Coming into a new large school brought all of the typical freshman problems like insecurity and fear of the unknown. Throughout Middle School he was able to do well in school simply by coasting along and did very well in percussion. High School comes along and he sees that his previous methods don't work anymore. In order to succeed here he is going to have to put the work in. He caved in to the temptation that every student gets; to slack off and not do your best. He would plateau at one skill set while his peers are excelling making him indifferent to trying.Years go by, and he realizes the error of his ways. He is substitute teaching at his old high school and is able to spot all the students resembling himself. He wants to warn them to take school seriously. When he reminisces playing the drums, he is saddened by the thought that he could have been so much better, but gave in. The moral of the story is to take things seriously and to always do your best.

These two articles are alike because they both address current problems with how high school students see themselves and how adult leaders see them. The stress, and lack of it, are both detrimental to the future success of students. The latter addresses basically the lack of stressing yourself. He coasted through life and when it was too late, he finally realized the error of his ways. The former addresses the problem of too much stress caused by making life decisions before you are old enough to know better. A little stress is good, it is good to question the future and to think what you want to do. Even myself, I had never really seriously thought about what I wanted to do, and now I have to figure it all out to make a plan. Students should be exposed to the decisions of the future, so they can be able to make an informed decision they will be happy with.