Potential Deal Breakers For College

Football  is the reason why I came to Chabot to pursue my dream of playing at a four year college. Right now it is the top thing getting me through school and staying on top of all my work, so I can make it out of here. Without football school would defiantly be more of a challenge to motivate myself to want to be a college student. If football was not there it would be a struggle to really want to go to school it would be a big deal breaker for me. Its something I love to play and the thing that is keeping me in school and working hard to make my goals a reality. I know it would be a deal breaker because I cannot see myself just being an average student and just going to school. Football is not the only reason why I am still in school. I am in school to get my degree and one day go out and find a job that I will love. the thing is for football it really makes any athlete actually try and want to go to school and make something better out of himself. Being a student athlete is also like a full time job we have hours of watching game film and practicing not only that but playing games and our bodies taking a beating. Then over everything we are full time students who have to keep a certain GPA to stay eligible to play and for junior college athletes to transfer. It takes a special person to be committed to the game of football. Why it would be a potential deal breaker for me if it went away because of all the memories you make and the bond you form with coaches and teammates how you will do anything to become the best and win. It is the reason why I am trying so hard in school to maintain good grades and pass my classes, so that I can transfer to some of my dream schools and through football get my degree. This game is more then just a game as of right now it's my life and nothing can take it away. Check out this link of my Freshman season highlights to see how much I really love playing this game. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/879320/zach-parrella

College is a very difficult thing for most people in our generation to stay on top of things and be committed to their work. Many people fall off because of distractions and other important things going on. College is tough and is easy to fall behind in all the work. Thats the one of the toughest things for me in school is just making sure I stay on top of all my work and studies. Falling behind is what really makes students give up or drop a class and that is something I've been trying not to fall into and stay on top of my stuff. The problem when students start getting behind in their classes most automatically give up on the class and themselves. I personally can sometimes struggle with this if I start getting behind, I just feel like there is no way to get back on top of it. This is the same for many other students and why many people do dropout and just simply give up. I do not want this to become a reason why college would end for me and stop me from getting my degree. To prevent this at night I put away any distraction and really focus on doing my school work and not falling behind. I started really trying to focus like that by actually having no distractions and it has paid off. In high school I had a GPA of 2.3 and now in college I have maintained a 3.1. I will not let distractions and falling behind take me out of college and attaining my dreams.