"Our Mission is College"?

You ever know that someone is pretending to be your friend, and for your best interest? The people who smile in your face, but speak badly of you behind your back. Those individuals who tell you to work hard, and things of that nature, but when you are rewarded for your hard work they seem to pull you down. This happened to me this past week.

Over the past four years, I've worked very hard to be one of the better football players. I was a captain my freshmen year, and made varsity my sophomore year. The past two years I've been captain, and a starter at both Middle Linebacker, and Quarterback and made all conference both years. Well, just when it appears that my hard work is about to pay off, it gets thrown back in my face.

On Tuesday, a coach from Central State University came to speak with me about a scholarship opportunity. To my surprise, I did not hear about this until Friday, from my coach. The Recruit from Central State was told that they could not pull a student out of class. Yes, this sounds as if they are looking out for my school work, but if teacher from FOCUS or the Brotherhood needed any student they could be pulled out of class easily. This is amazing to me, coming from a school where "Our Mission is College" as self proclaimed, who would have expected you'd be sending them away.