My first name came from my sister, Breanna. She is nine years older than me. My sister asked my parents to let her pick my name and they decided that she could do it. She ended up deciding that I should be named Brandon and I got my dad's last name, Freeman. I don't think that my name has ever brought me privilege. I think that my name is just find the way it is I like it and I wouldn't change it if I had the chance to. I have many nick names. My sister and her friends call me Tookie this came from what I thought the words to a song were. My eldest brother calls me Brando this came from trying to type my name in a video game we were playing and the last "n" didn't fit in the box. The nickname I am called most often is B-Free. This one came from taking the first of my first name and the first four letters of my last name. I think that looking at my last name shows what my family that came before me has been through, but other than that I don't think my name or any of my nicknames define me.
When I am playing basketball with a team or preforming a taekwondo demonstration I experience the feeling of being "two". When playing basketball when I play good not only does it make me look better at basketball, but it also makes my team appear better as a whole. This goes both ways though. If I make a mistake not only will people think that I am bad at basketball, but the team as well. When one person plays bad it also affects the way the whole game can go and the way the team plays together. Sometimes a team can still win when one person is playing bad, but it is a lot more difficult and when a team is playing bad this can lead to conflict in the team. It is almost the same during taekwondo performances. If one person messes up it can throw off the rhythm of the performance and cause everyone else to preform worse. I feel like this is escalated when I am doing these shows. Since I am an assistant instructor the students on the demonstration team look up to me. Due to the fact that I am the one that is frequently teaching them I believe that when I make a mistake it has a greater impact on the way that the rest of the show will go.
I really like how you talked about where your name came from, but I wish that you had explained more about what you meant when you said that "Freeman" shows your family's past. Be careful with your punctuation and typos, and try to vary your diction a bit more. My favorite part about this post was when you talked about your experience playing basketball or performing taekwondo, because I had never thought about how that could create the feeling of being "two." Great job.
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