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Growing up as a child, I had many dreams. However, I had one dream that offset the others. That dream was to one day play college basketball for Connecticut. Basketball was my life, I had been playing basketball since I was six years old. I played AAU basketball in the summer and I was on Varsity as a Freshman in high school. As mention, I dream to play basketball for Connecticut because that was my favorite college team. My role model was Diana Taurasi who played for Connecticut and one of the top players. Connecticut girls’ basketball program was one of the best programs. I remember telling my parents that one day I was going to be part of the Connecticut girls’ basketball team. When I played I use to imagine that I was playing for Connecticut. I also, imagine that my role model Diana Taurasi was in the stands watching me play. These imaginations made me feel great and like a super star.

Although, my dream was to play for Connecticut, I only receive scholarships from Junior Colleges. Every day, I would go home and check the mail to see if Connecticut sent me anything. Time was running out and it was getting close for me to graduate. I continued to play at my best every time I entered on the court. Then, something tragic happen, I had torn my ACL. I had to sit out the remaining of the season. It seems like my dreams went down the drain. I couldn’t continue to try to accomplish my dream while being on the bench. I became very sad and I didn’t get a thrill from basketball anymore. My thoughts for not getting a letter from Connecticut made me feel as if I wasn’t good enough. Growing up as a child my parents always told me that I would have to work twice as hard as any other race. I didn’t really know what they meant until experience my dream getting crush. As a result, it also made me feel as if I didn’t belong to play for Connecticut. The reason why I thought this way was because the team was predominantly white girls. They only had one black girl by the name of Barbra Turner. I felt like the only reason why she was on the team was to cover up only having a white girl team.

This experience made me reconsider my dreams and think about something else I wanted to do. I grew up in a low poverty area, an area that where no one considered to accomplish goals or dreams. This area had many people who lost hope and growing up I would tell myself that one day I’m going to be able to make a difference in someone’s life. My dream change from being a basketball star to one day helping someone rebuild their hope. I learned a lot from my first experience. I never gave up on dreaming. I went to college and got not a bachelor’s degree but two at the same time. This experience made me work hard and go a extra mile at whatever I did. It’s important to reflect on this experience as I learn about multicultural counseling and my future work as a counselor. It’s important that I don’t let this experience come in the way of counseling a client who have a different background.