Author: Xavier (Page 5 of 5)

Before I talk about the communities I’m part of, I would like to figure out what it means to be in a community, like in order for it to be a community does it need to be more than one person or would that be considered a community. I’m just curious but have you ever been playing basketball and someone yells out “iso” or “2-3”. The meaning of them is pretty straightforward but for people who don’t know how to play basketball it may be difficult to understand. For example “iso” means isolation, basically when someone yells that out it means the one dribbling the ball or defending the ball, wants everyone to move out the way and make space, “2-3” on the other hand is a defensive position where all the players get to their positions. Any random person playing basketball wouldn’t know what that means, most people when beginning to play basketball won’t know what that means, and I say that because I’ve been there, I didn’t know what the hell was going on most of the time but I got the hang of things after starting to pay attention to the basketball language or slang you could say. Watching NBA games helped a lot too because seeing some of my favorite players talk and play while on the court really stuck with me as a young kid who wanted to play basketball. It got to a point where I would reenact what I just saw and try to implement it into my game. Another thing that helped me immensely was my teammates, having teammates that are also your friends helps more than you know it. Now my friends outside of basketball is a whole different community because the “language” I use to talk to them is way different, so different that I could last another 2 pages just on that!

It’s honestly ridiculous to say that your name or language defines who you are or that’s what gives people permission to treat you a certain way. I fail to see where that makes sense like how could you define someone by their name. My name is Xavier and I am who I am today because of my parents and all the good and bad decisions I’ve made in my life. It’s hard to say what defines you especially just based of one word because there’s so much context that goes into it but if I was to define myself. I would define myself as a responsible, respectful, intelligent, outgoing, down to earth young man that likes to play basketball, watch movies, jokes around and just have a good time. I definitely could say that my family has a lot influence on my goals and my attitude towards the world. My pops has taught me so much and expects so much that it’s hard to say they influence some of the things I do. Believe it or not I’m only going to school just to please my parents. I know that sounds crazy but I’m doing in a way where I’m interested in what I’m doing, while still keeping my parents content with me . But what could I say “It is what it is”