MEYER MINUTES
By: Nate Hartman
November 3, 2009
Last Friday at the Halloween party, I had an eye-opening experience. As the Preschoolers walked past me in the gym I reminisced about the time when I was a Bumblebee showing off my costume for the 7th and 8th graders. Then, I glanced at the Black, Red, and White teams. They were all watching how the Cardinal team acted towards the preschoolers. As I noticed this the song "I Believe I Can Fly" rang in my head. Images of last year's graduates, my role models for many years popped into my head. I realized that after they left I gained a lot more responsibility to lead with the younger kids. They watch my every move, taking notes in their heads about what's cool and accepted. Being an 8th grader the theme for this year, "Release" means a lot to me. Teachers always ask me, "What are you gonna do this year to feel like you have fulfilled all your goals as a Concordia Cardinal?" Now, most of them expect me to say something like, "Win another L.E.S.T basketball championship" or "Win all of our games this season!" But, it's more than that. Sure I would like to do those things, but I feel like they aren't that important to me right now. For me to fulfill my goals I need to instill positive character traits in the younger teams, as I have tried to be a positive role model for the younger kids. God has put me in a great position. He has given me great qualities and abilities so that I can fulfill my goals for my last year here at CLS. Just the other day Mrs. Buck asked me if I was ready to move on to high school. My response was "no not yet". But, in my heart I know that I need to release my leadership of being a role model to these wonderful kids, on to the up and coming Cardinal Team members. It'll be hard, but I know that with God, my family, friends, and teachers behind me, I can do it.
"I Believe I Can Fly!"
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