Student story: Extracurriculars that carry over from high school to college
About this video
A college student describes playing varsity basketball in high school, where she was captain and learned to work with teammates from different backgrounds toward one goal. In college she chose the club team instead of the varsity team because it takes less time, and she is still a captain, now facing different challenges.
You'll be able to
- explain how a high school activity can continue in college in a different form.
- compare a varsity team and a club team in terms of time commitment.
Key words
- varsity team
- A school's main, most competitive team.
- club team
- A less formal team that takes less time than varsity but still practises, travels and competes.
- captain
- A team member chosen to lead and organise the team.
- collaborative
- Working together with others to reach a shared goal.
Transcript
- I did basketball, varsity basketball, my sophomore, junior and senior year in high school, and that was really fun for me, because I was captain junior and senior year, and I got to work with a bunch of girls who were from different backgrounds that come together and be collaborative just to get, to reach one goal.
And we were really good in high school. And so when I got to college, I didn't want to be on the actual team, which they called the varsity team, I wanted to be on the club team, so it's less of a time commitment, but still a time commitment. So the club team, we typically travel, we play tournaments at different schools.
I've been to Georgia, Delaware, Virginia. We are not as good as, like, my high school team was, and so I'm still a captain on that team. So I'm dealing with different types of challenges, but it's still fun to work with a different group of girls that are trying to win.
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