Self Consciousness

The first time that I became self concsious about my height was elementary school gym class when we are playing basketball. We playing for the first time all year and so no one had any idea how we were as players. Right about the time when guys starting big, i stayed very small. My friend and i were always some of the last boys to be picked for basketball because we were so small. It did not matter how good we were because we just too short. It was not about passing, shooting, or dribbling, but about how tall you were. Because of this, I never really cared for basketball. It was the only sport I did not play through elementary school. It left such a deep impression on me at that age that I completely stayed away from it up to 8th grade where i decided to give it another shot because size was not as big a factor as skill or hustle. Basketball however, left a large impression on my life because it certainly made me aware of my size compared to that of my classmates and those around me.