"Your Decision" by Jesse J.

 

            There was a boy by the name of Joseph. Before we begin, lets get to know his dad. His dad was a star baseball player in college. Every professional baseball team wanted him to play for them. He was a stud. On draft day he was drafted first round to the Dodgers. On opening day he was so excited to play for his favorite team ever! Before the game even started he was warming up and then there was a terrible accident. He tore a ligament in his shoulder and in his elbow. He was never able to play again. This all happened because he didn’t stretch before the game. Now when his son was born he knew that he would be a baseball player. He had all the right tools and knowledge to make his son the best. From one month old in the crib he would stretch his legs and arms. Once he was able to walk (about 1 year old) he taught him how to throw and catch a baseball. By the time he could start to play competitively he was the best in not only California, but the world. Now when he was in kindergarten his life was school then baseball. He had done so much working out that he already had a cut body. He was already being scouted at the age of five. After school he would want to go play with his friends. This didn’t sit well with his father at all. The answer was no! After years of hating his dad, for not  letting him experience hanging out with friends and the world. He was a freshmen in high school and made varsity his first year. One day going home from school he had enough. He refused to practice or workout. Then they got into a huge argument and ended with Joseph saying that playing baseball is your dream and not mine. I can be whatever I want to be, it’s my decision. His life would change from that moment on. He never talked to his dad since. After that day he never would pick up a baseball again and resented his dad. He finally experienced the world first hand and hung out with friends after school. He eventually graduated and got a scholarship to USC for his grades and got a PhD in Anesthesiology. In the end, he realized that all his dad wanted was the best for him. But he had every right to be what he wanted.